Our Staff
Dr. Jodi Pettazzoni
vice provost and director, SACSCOC Liaison
Email: jepettaz@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.5535
Jodi works with faculty and staff to plan and complete assessment of educational programs and administrative priorities. As an ex officio member of the General Education Council, the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, and the Graduate Curriculum Committee, she works with faculty who serve on those committees to ensure processes and policies are followed to approve, revise, and expand academic programs. Jodi is the University’s liaison to our accrediting agency, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) for all issues related to UNCG’s accreditation, and to the UNC System General Administration on issues related to academic programs.
Liane Davenport
Administrative Assistant
Email: lcdavenp@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.5531
Liane provides administrative, budgetary, and event support to the Office of Assessment, Accreditation, & Academic Program Planning. She handles questions from staff and faculty about business process, documentation, and workshop registrations.
LynN Wyrick
Senior University Program Specialist
Email: plwyrick@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.5425
As Senior University Program Specialist, Lynn provides support for the General Education Council and the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. She advises faculty and staff across campus about undergraduate course and program curriculum revisions. She works with faculty leadership to organize the GEC and UCC committee work. Lynn is a primary manager of UNCG’s CourseLeaf CIM system, which is UNCG’s curriculum revision management tool. She offers one-on-one and group training sessions for curriculum-related topics. She liaises with the University Registrar’s Office and the Graduate School to ensure efficient and effective updates to undergraduate and graduate curriculum tracking in Banner, Degree Works, and CourseLeaf Catalog. Lynn is a regular presenter for the CourseLeaf users’ Lilypad University series.
Kate humphries
Academic Program Specialist
Email: skjessup@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.9798
Kate manages curriculum revisions for graduate courses and programs and supports the Graduate Council’s activities. She monitors academic program activity, advising about program changes that need to be reported to the UNC System Office and SACSCOC. She maintains the institution’s inventory of academic programs and leads efforts to identify substantive changes to academic programs, and to report them to SACSCOC. She helps manage the approval processes for academic programs to the UNC System Office and ensures all internal documents, web sites, and publications accurately report the institution’s academic programs. Kate is also a resource for NC-SARA compliance.
Rachel Chandler
University Program Specialist
Email: rcchandler@uncg.edu
Phone: 336.334.5445
As University Program Specialist, Rachel supports the planning, execution, and closure of projects related to the SACSCOC Reaffirmation of Accreditation, departmental reviews, institutional effectiveness and assessment, and strategic planning, and provides back-up support for various OAAAPP activities.