Healthy Campus & Environment Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the Healthy Campus and Environment Committee is to instill a culture of health and wellness at the institution.

Charge (Mission & Values)

Promoting physical, mental, emotional, and environmental wellness through implementation and recommendations of health programs across all Western Nevada College campuses and the communities they serve.

Committee Goals

  • Promoting the integration of physical, mental and environmental health and wellness into college programs in education, operations and public service
  • Instilling a culture of physical, mental, emotional, and environmental health and wellness at the institution
  • Implementing programs that support physical, mental, emotional, and environmental health and wellness on campus and within the community
  • Assisting with, and making recommendations for identifying the effective use of resources to increase the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental health and wellness of the campus and surrounding communities

Composition

  • The membership of the committee is ideally composed of at least one member from the following college areas: Administrative Faculty, Academic Faculty, Classified Staff, Human Resources Representative, Student Representative, and Facilities. A student representative is appointed through the Associated Students of Western Nevada (ASWN)
  • Committee memberships may fluctuate due to external constraints, e.g., funding reductions for personnel, etc. or the creation of other relevant committees. 
  • Committee members serve one-year terms starting in August after the spring appointments or immediately upon interim appointments. Committee members may serve more than one term
  • Committee members are expected to contribute to the process and obligations of the committee
  • A committee member who misses three meetings in an academic year without an excused absence is subject to recall

Membership

  • Nigel Harrison - Chair
  • Shannon Covey - Secretary/Recorder
  • Mary Gillespie - Academic Faculty
  • Stephanie Bishcoff - Academic Faculty
  • Martin Schmidt - Administrative Faculty
  • Elizabeth Best - Administrative Faculty
  • Kyle Kelly - Administrative Faculty
  • Cameron Carr - Administrative Faculty
  • Tracy Mendibles - Administrative Faculty
  • Hilda Villafana - Classified
  • Jeff Erickson - Facilities Services
  • Cindy Lepe - H&HS Rep
  • Matt Shafer - Media Services
  • Ed Millim - Security
  • Logan McAlister - Student Representative

Officers

A. The Chair's duties shall be to:

  • Establishing a meeting schedule for the committee;
  • Presiding at meetings of the committee; 
  • Sending out an agenda for the meeting, ideally three days prior to the meeting;
  • Serving as a tiebreaker for all votes taken by the committee requiring a majority; 
  • Communicating with the College Council regarding major actions approved by its reporting committees

B. The Secretary/Recorder's duties shall be to:

  • To take roll and record minutes at all meetings, and
  • Maintain, on the committee's website:
    • All meeting agendas
    • All meeting minutes
    • All committee reports
  • Transmit such records in a timely manner to committee members and others as directed by the committee