Mission

The mission of the UA Little Rock Online Campus Advisory Board (OCAB) is to prepare Online Campus students for success, ensure positive learning experiences, and improve recruiting and retention by sharing knowledge and information, refining programs and processes, and promoting innovation and engagement. To this end, the Board specifically works to:

  1. Identify and resolve any issues online programs encounter;
  2. Develop strategies and initiatives to strengthen faculty, staff, and student support and retention;
  3. Produce innovative ideas for online programs that promote engagement and community;
  4. Ensure implementation of approved policies and procedures for appropriate tasks; and
  5. Provide informed recommendations to Board leadership for improving the fully-online learning experience.

Membership

The Online Campus Advisory Board includes rotating members from each academic college and standing representatives from the Offices of eLearning. Academic college members are nominated by Online Campus stakeholders within their respective college.

College of Business, Health, and Human Services

Catherine Crisp, Ph.D.
School of Social Work

Amar Kanekar, Ph.D.
School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation

Richard Lewis, Ph.D.
School of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Robert Lytle, Ph.D.
School of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Crystal Rose, Ph.D.
School of Nursing

College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education

Jay Anderson
CHASSE Student Success Center

Rebecca Glazier, Ph.D.
School of Public Affairs

Nathan Marvin, Ph.D.
Department of History

Daryl Tate, Ed.D.
School of Education

 Edma Delgado Solórzano, Ph.D.
Department of World Languages

Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Bruce Bauer
Department of Information Science

 Melissa Hardeman

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Ottenheimer Library

Louise Lowe
Ottenheimer Student Success