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HLC Accreditation

2022 HLC Site Visit

Welcome HLC Guests!

Please use the links in the sections below for direct access to major evidence collections.

Academic programs (self-studies, external reviewer reports)

Externally accredited programs (reviews, documentation)

HLC Assurance Team

Dan Ringrose: HLC Team Chair; Chair, Division of Social Science; Professor of History

Editorial Team 

  • Laurie Geller: Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Daniel Ringrose: Chair, Social Science; Professor, History
  • Linda Cresap: Professor, Business Information Technology
  • Lisa Borden-King: Associate Professor, Teacher Education & Kinesiology
  • Bethany Andreasen: Professor, History
  • Nathan Anderson: Director of Institutional Assessment

Contributors to criteria research and drafts and to support for revisions, fact-checking, linking, and evidence management

  • Criterion 1
    • Ann Beste-Guldborg: Research Associate, North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities (Chair)
    • Warren Gamas: Chair, Addiction Studies, Psychology & Social Work; Associate Professor, Teacher Education & Kinesiology
    • Heather Golly: Associate Professor, Kinesiology, Exercise Science & Rehabilitation
    • Daniel Ngugi: Professor, Economics
    • Beth Odahlen: Former Director, Academic Support Center
  • Criterion 2
    • Joseph Collette: Associate Professor, Geoscience
    • Michael Linnell: Director, University Communications
    • Beth Marschner: Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Exercise Science & Rehabilitation
    • Jean-François Mondon: Professor, Foreign Language (Chair)
    • Gary Rabe: Chair, Professor, Criminal Justice
  • Criterion 3
    • DeVera Bowles: Professor, Music/Performing Arts
    • Maria Kerzmann: Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
    • Ernst Pijning: Professor, History
    • Jessica Smestad: Director, Honors Program
    • John Webster: Professor, Geoscience (Chair)
  • Criterion 4
    • Ashley DeMakis: Instructor, Nursing
    • Kayla Fisher: Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorders
    • Mark Singer: Associate Professor, History (Chair)
    • Laura Zucca-Scott: Associate Professor, Teacher Education & Kinesiology
  • Criterion 5
    • Stewart Kelly: Professor, Philosophy (Co-chair)
    • Vicki Michels: Professor, Addiction Studies
    • Sophia Rammell: Director, Interdisciplinary Programs; Assistant Professor, Foreign Language
    • Jay Wahlund: Chair, Assistant Professor, Accounting & Finance
    • Nicole Wald: Assistant Professor, Accounting (Co-chair)
    • Brent Winiger: Vice President for Administration and Finance
  • Linking, evidence management, fact-checking
    • Cari Olson: Director, Institutional Research
    • Lauren Young: Administrative Assistant, Performing Arts & Social Science
    • Jeni Anderson: Administrative Assistant, Criminal Justice
    • Deb Wentz: Executive Administrative Assistant, President's Office