C.A.R.E. Team

The C.A.R.E. Team is made up of a multidisciplinary group of staff and one faculty member who are committed to (a) improving the safety of the College community through a proactive, collaborative, coordinated, objective, and thoughtful approach to (b) prevention, identification, assessment, intervention, and management of situations that (c) pose, or may reasonably pose, a threat to the safety and well-being of any individual student or the campus community. The C.A.R.E. Team meets monthly to discuss referrals from concerned faculty, staff, and students, and provides information regarding both campus and community resources to help students of concern reach their educational goals.

The C.A.R.E. Team membership consists of representatives from the following departments/offices:

• Brandon Hill, Dean of Students
  254-299-8402 l bhill@mclennan.edu
• Lacey Fitch-Ondracek, C.A.R.E. Case Manager
  254-299-8204 l lfitch-ondracek@mclennan.edu
• Taylor Lewis, C.A.R.E. Case Manager
  254-299-8208 l tlewis@mclennan.edu
• Lizett LaStrape, Director, Counseling Center
  254-299-8181 l llastrape@mclennan.edu
• Clayton Williams, Director, Public Safety/Chief of Police
  254-299-8844 l cwilliams@mclennan.edu
• Natalie James, Associate Director, Completion Center
  254-299-8524 lnjames@mclennan.edu
• Kelli Nehring, Associate Director, Accommodations  & Title IX
  254-299-8520 | knehring@mclennan.edu
• Shelley Blackwood, Program Director, Associate Degree Nursing
  254-299-8354 l sblackwood@mclennan.edu