Curriculum Committee
Curricular changes at River Valley Community College are made through a formal request process as governed by CCSNH policies. If you are a Program Director looking to make a change, please follow this process:
What kind of change are you making?
Internal Changes
(Require College Leadership Approval)
- Proposing a new course
- Eliminating a course
- Changing the name of a course
- Changing the hours in a course
- Changing pre-requisites for a course
- Changing a course description
- Changing course competencies
- Changing course topics
- Changing baseline instructional / assessment methods
- Changing course/program grade requirements
- Changing the course sequence in a program
- Notification of a change through the CCSNH external process
External Changes
(Require CCSNH Leadership Approval)
- Changing the name of a program
- Changing the number of credits in a program
- Proposing a new certificate
- Proposing a new degree
- Eliminating a certificate
- Eliminating a degree
Kathy Hilliard, Chair
Sheri Gonthier, Financial Aid Director
Eric Sutphin, IVPASA
Suzanne Groenewold, Director of Enrollment & Marketing
Theresa Fuller, Registrar
Hagen Mendrykowski, Library Manager
Leah Rothenberg, Program Assistant
Dr. Julie Foote, Faculty
Documentation is due on the second Wednesday of each month. Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 12:00 PM via Zoom. Note: the possible December emergency meeting is an exception to this pattern.
August 26, 2026 – (emergency meeting only) Docs. due 8/12/26
September 23, 2026 – Documentation due 9/9/26
October 28, 2026 – Documentation due 10/14/26
November 25, 2026 – Documentation due 11/11/26
December 16, 2026 – (emergency meeting only) Docs. due 12/2/26
January 27, 2027 – Documentation due 1/13/27
February 24, 2027 – Documentation due 2/10/27
March 24, 2027 – Documentation due 3/10/27
April 28, 2027 – Documentation due 4/14/27
May 26, 2027 – (emergency meeting only) Docs. due 5/12/27
