Innovation Through Collaboration
The DCS Faculty Academic Policy Committee (FAPC) is charged with promoting a culture in which adult and contemporary learners are treated as valued members of the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) community. The FAPC shall develop recommendations to support baccalaureate degree attainment and completion by adult learners enrolled through the Division of Continuing Studies. Additionally, the FAPC shall establish and regularly review the quality standards for the BMS program.
Membership of the FAPC is comprised of faculty representatives from each of the six colleges at UNO. The committee members include:
John Bartle, Dean, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Christine Billings, Director, Division of Continuing Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Maggie Christensen, Director, First-Year Writing, Department of English
Joseph Price, Administrative Coordinator, Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking
College of Business Administration
Jennifer Riley, Director, Master of Accounting Program
Steve Schulz, Director, Supply Chain Management Program
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
Sam Wilkins, Assistant Professor, School of Health and Kinesiology
Melissa Cast-Brede, Associate Professor, Teacher Education
College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media
Melissa Berke, Associate Dean
College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Todd Richardson, Associate Professor, Goodrich Program
Scott Vlasek, Lecturer, Avaian Institute
College of Information Sciences and Technology
Andrea Grover, Assistant Professor, Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis
Sandy Vlasnik, Instructor, Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis