Healthy Campus and Environment Committee
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
Contact Us
President's Office
Bristlecone Building, Room 140
2201 West College Parkway, Carson City, NV 89703
Tracy Mendibles
tracy.mendibles@wnc.edu
775-445-4236