Meharry Medical College
SACS Reaffirmation of
Accreditation (2007)

A Message from the SACS Accreditation Liaison Officer

Greetings to each of you. This is indeed a special time for all of us as we move forward with the SACS self-study for our reaffirmation year in 2007. The Time Line provided by SACS is included. This SACS Newsletter will periodically provide each of you pertinent information to enable you to be more knowledgeable about the new accreditation process and how you can be of assistance and involved. Included is the list of SACS Self-study chairs and co-chairs, along with internal orientation meeting dates for senior staff, leadership of each school, students, faculty, chairs and co-chairs, and staff. There will also be a special kick-off meeting for the campus community with the president. Please know that the Chairs and Co-Chairs have been provided some suggested names for their committee membership and they will be contacting those individuals and other interested persons inviting them to serve. SACS Self-Study Committees will include faculty members, administrators, alumni, Board of Trustees members, and students. If there is a particular committee that you think can use your talents, you are invited to contact my office or the chairperson of a particular committee to let them know of your interest to serve.

In addition to the above self-study committees, a new and important document must be developed based on an institutional need – The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) focus. Identification of this specific institutional need will be identified by a survey to be distributed campus-wide.

The SACS accreditation process is an on-going process. I look forward to working with all of you over the next two years.

A. Cherrie Epps, Ph.D.