Council on Academic Affairs

The Council on Academic Affairs is a committee of the Office of Academic Affairs

Responsibilities


The Council on Academic Affairs (CAA) is the major policy-making body for the academic programs of Eastern Kentucky University. The council processes, reviews, and votes on the approval or disapproval of curriculum changes including new courses, course revisions, course deactivations, new programs, program revisions, program suspensions, new policies, and policy revisions. Major actions of the Council are reviewed by the Faculty Senate and subsequently presented to the President of the University and the Board of Regents for final approval.

The Council membership is comprised of the following:

  • Vice Provost and Chair
  • Associate Deans of the Academic Colleges
  • Executive Director for Enrollment Management(non-voting)
  • Dean of Libraries
  • Registrar
  • Chair of the Faculty Senate
  • Chair of Chairs Association
  • Dean of Graduate School
  • AVP of Institutional Effectiveness and Research
  • Director of e-Campus Marketing and Enrollment(non-voting)
  • Executive Director for Retention and Graduation(non-voting)
  • Vice President for Student Success(non-voting)
  • Associate Director of the Honors Program
  • Director of Academic Advising(non-voting)
  • Student Government Association Representative

2024-2025 CAA Meetings


Fall 2024 Meeting
October 10, 2025, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. (ZOOM link available by request to Jennifer Wies)

Spring 2024 Meeting
April 10, 2025, 1:30-3:00pm (ZOOM link available by request to Jennifer Wies)

2024-25 CAA Meetings are via Zoom at 1:30 p.m. on meeting dates, unless otherwise specified.

2024-2025 CAA Members


  • Baggett, Ryan (Graduate Education and Research)
  • Bhandari, Michelyn (Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences)
  • Bowes, John (Associate Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Brent, John (Faculty Senate Vice Chair)
  • Bush, Dana (College of Education and Applied Human Sciences)
  • Liddell, Erik (Honors Program)
  • Isaacs, Trish (Associate Dean, College of Business)
  • Harrel, Sherry (Associate Dean, College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
  • Hendrickson, Dan (University Registrar)
  • Hunt, Scott (Associate Dean, College of Justice, Safety, and Military Sciences)
  • Miller, Bethany (Associate Vice President for Student Success and Institutional Effectiveness and Research)
  • Poffenberger, Abbey (Chair of Chairs Council)
  • Rugebregt, Jonas (SGA Representative)
  • Smith, Kelly (Director of Collections and Discovery, Libraries)
  • Wies, Jennifer (Associate Provost and Chair)
  • Non-Voting Members
  • Schumacher, Matt (Executive Director of Enrollment Systems)
  • Wooldridge, Lakin (EKU Online Representative)
  • Cox, Lisa (Director, Articulation and Transfer Systems)

Past Academic Year’s Minutes & Agendas