Faculty and Staff Leadership (2024-25)

Faculty Senate

President
Dr. Saygin Koc – skoc@ewc.wy.edu

Vice-President
Luke Audette – laudette@ewc.wy.edu

Secretary
Kayla Linard – klinard@ewc.wy.edu

Senators

Dr. LeAnn Smith – lsmith@ewc.wy.edu

Amber Salmon – asalmon@ewc.wy.edu

Kerry Weaver – kweaver@ewc.wy.edu

Rhett Greenwald – rgreenwald@ewc.wy.edu

Amanda Lashley – alashley@ewc.wy.edu


Purpose of the Faculty Senate

In recognition of the right and necessity to represent faculty members’ interests and their desire to assemble to promote the mutual welfare of the common faculty and the community college system, the Eastern Wyoming College Faculty Senate has been established. It shall be the purpose of this senate to strengthen communication and cooperation among all faculty members, and endeavor towards a more informed, responsible, and active community college faculty dedicated to advancing the interests of higher education and the instruction thereof.


Documents

Our most recent constitution and faculty handbook can be accessed by clicking on the links below:

 

Staff Alliance

Chair
Jessica Anders – janders@ewc.wy.edu

Vice-Chair
Sherri Peif – speif@ewc.wy.edu

Treasurer
Jamie Sullivan – jsullivan@ewc.wy.edu

Secretary
Donna White – dwhite@ewc.wy.edu

Parliamentarian
None at this time

At-large classified
Dixie Kroenlein – dkroenlein@ewc.wy.edu

At-large professional
Aaron Bahmer – abahmer@ewc.wy.edu


Significant enhancements at EWC as a result of Staff Alliance action or initiative during recent school years include:

  • New summer operating hours were implemented in May 2016
  • Health/Wellness Leave donation changes
  • Improved format of annual winter Holiday Party
  • 2016 state-level WACCT Professional Employee of the Year recipient
  • 2018 state-level WACCT Classified Employee of the Year recipient
  • Increased child’s age limit for 50% EWC tuition benefit
  • An ardent proponent of good employee health through a self-paced Fitness Challenge activity each semester.

Each benefitted employee in the Professional and Classified employee categories are, by virtue of their EWC employment, automatically a Staff Alliance member and eligible to vote, hold office, and participate in Staff Alliance business.  The Staff Alliance Bylaws are effective Dec 1, 2019.