CAMPUS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2008
Weeks Elected to Commission on Accreditation
of the CCE
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Laura Chadwick Weeks, D.C.
Vice President for Planning,
Assessment and Enrollment
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Sherman’s Vice President for
Planning, Assessment and Enrollment Services
Laura Chadwick Weeks, D.C., has been elected to
the Commission on Accreditation of the Council
on Chiropractic Education (COA/CCE). Weeks was
elected as the Commission’s CCE accredited
program employee representative.
The announcement was made December 7, 2007, and
her three-year term began at the conclusion of
the COA meeting on January 20. Weeks served the
COA executive committee as chair from 2003-2006
and served COA member terms from 2000-2003 and
2006-2007.
The COA/CCE enforces and interprets the Council
on Chiropractic standards, determining if
colleges meet the standards. The commission also
organizes and serves on accreditation site visit
teams.
“I look forward to working with the commission
to promote educational excellence through strong
chiropractic educational standards,” says Weeks.
College President Jon Schwartzbauer, D.C., says
the college is honored to have a Sherman
representative on the Commission, “We are
pleased to have one of our own alumni and
administrators recognized and included on this
distinguished committee. Dr. Weeks’ election to
this post is a reflection of her commitment and
service to the chiropractic profession and her
dedication to promoting excellence in
chiropractic education.”
In addition to her service on the COA/CCE, Weeks
is a member of the South Carolina Women in
Higher Education Administration. Before being
appointed vice president for planning,
assessment and enrollment at Sherman, she served
the college as vice president for academic
affairs and as dean of chiropractic health
services. She is a 1990 graduate of Sherman
College and received the Distinguished Alumnus
award in 1997 and Service to Sherman College
award in 2000. She also holds a bachelor of
science in business from Winthrop University and
has completed graduate courses in business
administration at Clemson University.
For more information, please contact:
Karen Rhodes, Director of Public Relations
Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic
P.O. Box 1452 / Spartanburg, SC 29304
(800) 849-8771 or (864) 578-8770, ext. 242
E-mail:
krhodes@sherman.edu
Please visit our web site at
www.sherman.edu
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