波蒂诺达科他学院（DCB）获得了高等教育委员会（HLC）的认证。 HLC是一个机构认证机构，对授予学位的高等教育机构进行认证。 DCB自1971年以来一直获得认证，并计划在2029-2030年再次获得认证。 To prepare DCB for its continued reaffirmation of accreditation, Dr. Lexi Kvasnicka-Gates (KG), DCB Professor of Psychology, began leading the college’s accreditation efforts in 2017 and now serves as Director of 认证 and 认证 Liaison Officer (ALO). 近十年来，Kvasnicka-Gates博士帮助将DCB的认证文化从一种合规转变为一种持续的质量改进。

从2026年1月开始，Kvasnicka-Gates博士将通过高等教育委员会为新的认证联络官提供第三次培训课程。 Last spring she was approached by HLC's Director of Member Education and Training to assist in redesigning and facilitating the HLC orientation course. Dr. Kvasnicka-Gates states, “It has been absolutely wonderful to work with ALOs who are new to the role, as well as the Director of Member Education and Training and the Associate Director of Member Training.” During the fall 2025 cohort, Dr. Kvasnicka-Gates and members of HLC’s education and training team brought in a group of experienced ALOs to help facilitate smaller group sessions offered in a live format. 这扩大了她的ALO朋友和导师的圈子，其中许多人是她在过去10年里在HLC年会上看到的个人。 此外，Kvasnicka-Gates博士还制作了课程中使用的教育培训视频。 视频的重点是实质性的变化。 她主持了一个经验丰富的ALO和一个新角色之间的讨论，帮助突出通过HLC可用的资源以及一路上学到的技巧和技巧。

“This experience is not only a wonderful professional development opportunity for me,” Dr. Kvasnicka-Gates states, but it also really feeds my passion regarding institutional accreditation”. Seeing as passion is 十大博彩平台 of DCB's institutional values, this work is even more important. 由于她在过去一年里与HLC的合作，她还被邀请参加HLC成员培训工作坊静修活动，在那里，来自不同HLC机构的领导人聚集在一起，讨论通过HLC提供教育和培训机会的想法。