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General Education Course Certification Committee

The purpose of the General Education Course Certification Committee (GECCC) is to review general education course proposals and certify whether the courses meet the purposes of general education as specified in the approved policy manual.

For questions, contact Ryan Goss, Faculty Fellow, at ryangoss@nmsu.edu.

GECCC Committee Members

Committee member for the General Education Course Certification Committee.
Name  Role/Represents Email
Dan Dugas Arts & Sciences ddugas@nmsu.edu 
Avis James Arts & Sciences (alternate) avis@nmsu.edu  
John Campbell Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences jwcamp@nmsu.edu 
vacant Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (alternate)
Baolong Bai Business baolong@nmsu.edu 
Lucinda Vargas Business (alternate)
Salim Bawazier Engineering abawazir@nmsu.edu 
Umaima Al Aqtash Engineering (alternate)

umaimaq@nmsu.edu
Blanca Araujo Health Education & Social Transformation baraujo5@nmsu.edu
Beth Hendricks Health, Education & Social Transformation (alternate) bethrn@nmsu.edu 
Chris Nordquist Community College, DACC cnord@nmsu.edu 
David Bishop Community College, Grants dabishop@nmsu.edu  
Gloria Villaverde Community College, Alamogordo (alternate) gavillav@nmsu.edu  
Judith Flores Carmona Honors College judithfc@nmsu.edu  
vacant Honors College (alternate)
Leslie Ross Library rossl@nmsu.edu
Erin Wahl Library (alternate) ewahl@nmsu.edu 
Ryan Goss Chair ryangoss@nmsu.edu  
Oladayo Bello Faculty Senate obello@nmsu.edu 
John Sandstrom Faculty Senate (alternate) jsand713@nmsu.edu  
Carley Casey Institutional Effectiveness (ex-officio) carleycc@nmsu.edu  
Last updated October 8, 2025.