WICHE’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council advises the WICHE Commission and staff in matters related to veterinary medicine in the Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP). The council convenes annually to discuss the profession’s education and workforce trends, the vet med student pipeline and recruitment, student success initiatives, and opportunities for collaboration across colleges and states in the West. Council representatives include pre-veterinary advisors and legislators from states that provide financial support for students through PSEP; professional veterinarians and leaders of state veterinary medicine associations; and deans and administrators of cooperating colleges of veterinary medicine.
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This two-and-a-half day seminar gives participants (capped at 17 to maximize intimacy and interactivity) a nuanced and sophisticated perspective on the many facets of a chief academic leader’s role, as well as discussion and problem-solving related to opportunities and challenges presented by myriad stakeholder groups with which provosts work. Participants must be of Dean’s rank or higher, nominated by the institution’s provost or senior academic official of VP rank. The Academy is a major output of the Western Academic Leadership Forum, whose members are four-year institutions throughout the WICHE region, represented by their provost or chief academic officer.
The Legislative Advisory Committee’s annual meeting brings together Western legislators in a discussion of current higher education policy issues. Members engage with fellow legislators, subject-matter experts, and WICHE staff to discuss state policy approaches to addressing key challenges in higher education as well as strategies for interstate collaboration.
WICHE Task Force meetings are designed to bring key stakeholders from the three Task Force states (Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming) together to work toward closing postsecondary attainment gaps by sharing challenges and solutions, building cross-state and sector relationships, and establishing regional recommendations.
This meeting is a primary annual Western U.S. convening for chief academic leaders in the four-year higher education sector who are members of the Western Academic Leadership Forum.
This year’s meeting, themed Embracing the Brave New World: Higher Education and the Future of Work, features speakers including:
- The Honorable Spencer Fox, Lieutenant Governor for the State of Utah
- James Allen Dator, internationally renown futurist from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Tanya Garcia, Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce
- Beth Bean, Strada Institute on the Future of Work
- Holly Zanville, Lumina Foundation
- Two former presidents from Aspen winner institutions: Jack Friedlander, Santa Barbara City College and Steve VanAusdle, Walla Walla Community College (WA)
- Industry representatives from Mills Construction (SD), Kenworth Sales Company (UT), and Tesla Inc (NV)
- The Honorable Spencer Fox, Lieutenant Governor for the State of Utah
- James Allen Dator, internationally renown futurist from the University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Tanya Garcia, Georgetown University Center on Education and Workforce
- Beth Bean, Strada Institute on the Future of Work
- Holly Zanville, Lumina Foundation
- Two former presidents from Aspen winner institutions: Jack Friedlander, Santa Barbara City College and Steve VanAusdle, Walla Walla Community College (WA)
- Industry representatives from Mills Construction (SD), Kenworth Sales Company (UT), and Tesla Inc (NV)
WICHE’s governing commission, comprised of 48 individuals representing 16 member states and territories, meets twice annually to discuss business of this interstate agency. This meeting is also a convening for WICHE committees including Policy and Research, Programs and Services, and the WICHE Executive Committee.