Purpose
- Identify cultural and institutional conditions that influence student academic achievement, particularly retention.
- Identify, recommend, and assess best practices.
- Communicate these strategies to the Appalachian community.
The success and persistence of our students is a campus-wide responsibility. Retention and graduation are performance indicators and an index of our effectiveness in teaching and assisting in the personal development of our students. These performance indicators are also utilized by the UNC General Administration in the new performance funding model.
Memberships and Meetings
Student Success Team meetings are held monthly.
2025-2026 Student Success Team Membership
- Richard Miles Britton, Rhetoric and Composition Program/Writing Across the Curriculum, brittonrm@appstate.edu
- Lee Cope, Student Learning Center, copeiial@appstate.edu
- Amanda Waterman, Student Learning Center, watermanal@appstate.edu
- Jayne Dowdy, Office of the Registrar, dowdyj@appstate.edu
- Dr. Trina Palmer, Mathematics, palmerk@appstate.edu
- Grace Fortune, University Recreation, fortunege@appstate.edu
- Julia Padgett, Counseling Center, padgettjg@appstate.edu
- Ken Johnson, Belk Library, johnskw@appstate.edu
- Megan Kasper, Community-Engaged Leadership, kaspermm@appstate.edu
- Jennifer Shaffer, Career Development Center, shafferjl@appstate.edu
- Clinton Marsh, Orientation, marshrc@appstate.edu
- Rick Sears, Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning, searsrm@appstate.edu
- Dr. Kim Morton, Transfer Admissions & Engagement, mortonka@appstate.edu
- Jordan Perry, Wellness and Prevention Services, perryj2@appstate.edu
- Lamont Sellers, Student Success and Community sellersla@appstate.edu
- Tara Shumate, Office of Financial Aid, shumatetl@appstate.edu
- Christy Chenausky, Arts Education & Outreach, chenauskyc@appstate.edu
- Claire Lemoine, Murray Family ACCESS Scholarship Program, lemoinece@appstate.edu
- Cathia Silver, TRIO Student Support Services, silverct@appstate.edu
- Katharine Johnson, College Success Seminar, johnsonk4@appstate.edu
- Dr. Shernita Lee, University College, leesl2@appstate.edu
- Chanel Frisco, University College Academic Advising, friscoca@appstate.edu
- Dr. Lindsay Masland, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Student Success, maslandlc@appstate.edu
- Jazmine Tero, Office of the Dean of Students, teroj@appstate.edu
- Dr Beth Carroll, Writing Center/Writing Across the Curriculum, carrollel@appstate.edu
- Dr. Ted Zerucha, University College, zeruchat@appstate.edu
- Allyson Murphy, TRIO Student Support Services, murphyag2@appstate.edu
- Amber Kirscht, University College, stricklandam1@appstate.edu
- Jayne Hoyt, University College Data Services, hoytjh@appstate.edu
- Maureen Cathey, Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies, catheyme@appstate.edu
- Dr. Rita Joyner, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, joynerrl1@appstate.edu
- Adam Wenzel, University Housing, wenzelac@appstate.edu
- Traci Royster, Dean of Students, roystertd@appstate.edu