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Early Care and Education Committee

GVSU Women’s Commission

Early Care and Education Committee

Summer 2011

Established Oct. 2009

Committee Members: 

• Sharalle Arnold, Director Children’s Enrichment Center
• Takeelia Garrett-Lynn, Assistant Director Housing & Residence Life
• Sue Sloop, Worklife Consultant

Committee focus:
To benchmark early care & educational best practices with peer institutions to better understand how to improve current GVSU facility programs for students, faculty, staff and community.

Long term goal:

To connect research to best practices in an effort to enhance care options and family support services to a wider range of families, including infant care and flexible drop in options.  

2011-2012 committee goals: 

• Work collaboratively with the Children’s Enrichment Center (CEC) to secure endorsements from campus partners who realize the need for space modifications to help offer more comprehensive early care.
• Work collaboratively with the CEC to develop awareness information to be shared with identified stakeholder, in an effort to maintain a collective message to the campus community.

Committee meetings:

TBA as needed based on committee consensus.

Committee Contact:

Sharalle Arnold

arnoldsh@gvsu.edu

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