First-Year Experience Committee

2026 – 2027 FYEC

The First Year Experience Committee (FYEC) is charged with "...mak[ing] recommendations to the Academic Senate for the first-year seminar and other first year experience that helps first year students...[and] evaluate implemented first year experience activities and report findings to the Academic Senate" To learn more, refer to Senate Policy #S20-279, First-Year Experience Committee.

NamePosition InformationContact

Vacant 

  • Student Affairs and Enrollment Mgmt
  • 1st-Year Peer Mentor
  • Voting member
 

Vacant 

  • Academic Affairs
  • 1st-Year Peer Mentor
  • Voting member 
 
Vacant
  • Voting member
  • ASI 1st year Student Representative
 

Robert Bonner 

  • 2025 – 2028 
  • LFCOB
  • Academic Senate Appointment 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
bonner@sfsu.edu 

Theresa Roeder 

  • 2025 – 2028 
  • LFCOB
  • Academic Senate Appointment 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
tmroeder@sfsu.edu

Fang-yu Chou 

  • 2025 – 2028 
  • CHSS
  • Academic Senate Appointment 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
fchou@sfsu.edu 

Aditi Grossman 

  • 2025 – 2028 
  • COSE
  • Academic Senate Appointment 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
aditigrossman@sfsu.edu 

Stephanie Cyr 

  • 2025 – 2028 
  • HSS
  • Academic Senate Appointment 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
scyr@sfsu.edu

Vacant 

  • Director of CEETL
  • Director of CEETL or designee 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
 

Michelle Kalus 

  • Director of Developmental Studies
  • Director of Developmental Studies or designee 
  • Ex-Officio Member 
  • Voting member
mkalus@sfsu.edu

Herman Lee 

  • Undergraduate Advising Center
  • Director of Undergraduate Advising or designee  
  • UAC
  • Voting member
hklee@sfsu.edu

Ezekiel Cerezo

  • Undergraduate Advising Center
  • Undergraduate Advising 
  • UAC
  • Voting member
ecerezo@sfsu.edu

Xochitl Sanchez 

  • EOP
  • Educational Opportunity and Pathway Program Representative
  • Designee
  • Voting member
xvsz@sfsu.edu

Susanna Jones 

  • Asian American Studies
  • First-Year Experience Director (Faculty Director) 
  • Faculty member 
  • Voting member
susjones@sfsu.edu

Evan Jaynes 

  • Division of Student Life
  • First-Year Experience Director (Student Affairs) 
  • Student Affairs
  • Voting member
jaynes@sfsu.edu
Kent Lorenz
  • Ex-Officio Member 
  • GE Director
  • Voting member
 

Vacant 

  • Health and Wellness
  • Health Promotion and Wellness Rep 
  • Designee
  • Voting member
 

Savi Malik 

  • Metro
  • Metro Academies Representative 
  • Designee
  • Voting member
smalik@sfsu.edu

Emmanuel Padilla 

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Services
  • Representative from Equity and Community Inclusion 
  • Designee
  • Voting member
emmanuelpadilla@sfsu.edu

Vacant 

  • Residential Life
  • Residential Life Representative 
  • Designee
  • Voting member