March 2015 – The Moon Room

Ad Hoc Committee on Curriculum Revision Meeting Agenda for Friday, April 3

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Review Committee, Curriculum Revision March 31, 2015Comments are Disabled

Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, April 3 12:45 p.m. Study Abroad/Career Development Conference Room, King Hall Agenda 1. Moment of silence 2. Approval of notes from last meeting, 3/27/15; note taker for this meeting 3. Update on mining CIRP or other existing student data about general education—Rich & Stephanie 4. Update on …

Meeting Notes for Ad Hoc Committee on General Education Curriculum Revision, March 6, 2015

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Review Committee, Curriculum Revision March 29, 2015Comments are Disabled

GenEd Ad-Hoc Committee 2015-03-06 Attendance: Jennie Knight, Melanie Lee-Brown, Marc Williams, Heather Hans, Stephanie Hargrave, Kathryn Shields, Richard Schilhavy, Jeff Ray, Robert Duncan Missing: Jim Hood Faculty Survey Committee discussed the current state of the faculty survey distributed by Heather via email, and the timeline to distribute the survey to faculty. Marc raised concerns about …

The Problem with a STEM focus

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Design March 29, 2015Comments are Disabled

Jack Zerbe suggested this piece by Fareed Zakaria as potentially helpful as we consider curriculum revision. Less a defense of the liberal arts and more a statement of their broad entrepreneurial value, as valuable (or perhaps more) than technical skills.

A history of presidents emeritus

by Dave DobsonGuilford History March 27, 2015Comments are Disabled

I got a question recently from a faculty member about how frequently we have offered President Emeritus status to our outgoing presidents. It turns out that Liz Cook, one of the library archivists, did a study to answer that question last fall. Here are the results. Emeritus Status for Guilford Presidents

Guilford of the 1930’s, or what was old is new again

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances, Guilford History March 27, 2015One Comment

Gwen Gosney Erickson found an interesting set of documents in the college archives – minutes from the trustee meetings from the early 1930’s. As the Great Depression swept the country, the college was in some financial trouble, suffering from deficits and apparently unable to pay full salaries. Faculty proposed a salary policy – a combination …

Open Forum for Called Faculty Meeting March 25, 2015

by Dave DobsonFaculty Meetings March 25, 2015Comments are Disabled

Please feel free to leave comments here about our called faculty meeting on March 25th, 2015. If you wish your comments to be posted anonymously, you can just enter them without using your real name, or you can e-mail them to me at ddobson@guilford.edu. Here are comments from note cards submitted at the meeting. Fair …

Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Agenda for Friday, March 27

by Dave DobsonCurriculum Review Committee March 24, 2015Comments are Disabled

Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, March 27 1:00 p.m. Study Abroad/Career Development Conference Room, King Hall Agenda Moment of silence Determine note-taker rotation Approval of notes from last meeting 3/7/15 Student survey—finalizing it, sending it out? Faculty survey—preliminary results, further analysis Report to faculty—continue assigning writing tasks (see outline below) Next …

Minutes from Clerk’s Committee Meeting March 9, 2015

by Dave DobsonClerk's Committee March 23, 2015Comments are Disabled

Attached are the minutes from our March 9 Clerk’s Committee Meeting. Clerks Meeting Minutes 3-9-15

Everything we need

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances, Faculty Issues March 23, 2015Comments are Disabled

I received the following as an anonymous hand-written note in my campus mail. I think it is in response to our March 4th faculty meeting. The author requested that it be posted to the Moon Room. Have you ever witnessed a sudden eruption of violence? I have, and it is so interesting to see …

St. Mary’s wage proposal

by Dave DobsonCollege Finances March 22, 2015Comments are Disabled

There has been some talk recently about the salary proposal put forward by some employees at St. Mary’s College. Here’s a link to a summary of that proposal: St. Mary’s College Wage Proposal Their administrative structure, staffing levels, and budgets are obviously different from ours, and the ratio approach may not be feasible or appropriate for …

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