Guilford Budget Fact Sheet
The Office of Communication and Marketing has developed a budget fact sheet which Ty suggested I might share with the community here. It is attached below. Guilford Budget Situation Fact Sheet 3.6.15
Clerk’s Committee Minutes from February 16, 2015
Clerk’s Committee Minutes – February 16, 2015 8:30 AM Minutes taken by Edwins Gwako Present: Adrienne Israel (Vice President and Academic Dean), Zhihong Chen (Recording Clerk), Dave Dobson (Clerk), Edwins Gwako (Social Sciences), Tim Lindeman (Arts), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Jeffrey Ray (SGA Representative), Steven Shapiro (Natural Sciences & Mathematics). Not present: Sherry Giles (BP&SS), Colin …
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Update on meetings with academic dean search consultant
Hi, all – I thought I’d follow up my e-mail last night with information from the meetings I attended with the search consultant, Tom Courtice. First, I have a complete list of the people he met with now. He met with Jane, Kathy Adams, Adrienne, me and Rob Whitnell, Bob Jones (the chair of the …
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Discussion on Interim Academic Dean Search
Please feel free to comment on the search for the interim academic dean here by using the comment feature below. You may comment anonymously or enter your name as you wish. Note: The first time you comment, or if you comment anonymously, I need to approve you as a commenter, so it may take …
Academic Dean Search Consultant’s Visit
Hi, all – There was a question today in faculty meeting about the visit from the academic dean search consultant. I thought I’d fill you in on what I know, which isn’t a lot. Here’s what I know: Jane has told the faculty that, following Adrienne stepping down this summer, there will be an interim …
Discussion area for Faculty Meeting on March 4, 2015
Please feel free to comment on today’s meeting here. If you would like to submit anonymous comments, please email them to ddobson@guilford.edu. Comments from cards in the meeting: I’m concerned the Arts are not represented on cut committee Dave: Can we hear from the Enrollment ad hoc committee what is being urgently/currently done to …
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Meeting notes from Ad Hoc Curriculum Review Committee Meeting, February 27, 2015
Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, February 27, 2015 1:30 p.m. Meeting notes Present: Richard Schilhavy, Kathryn Shields, Robert Duncan, Jennie Knight, Marc Williams, Melanie Lee-Brown, Heather Hans, Jim Hood Guests: Damon Akins, Michele Malotky, Drew Hays 1. Drew Hays, Michele Malotky, and Damon Akins reported to the committee regarding their recent attendance …
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Ad Hoc Committee for Curriculum Review Agenda for Friday, March 6
(submitted by Jim Hood) Ad Hoc General Education Curriculum Review Committee Friday, March 6 1:00 p.m. Study Abroad/Career Development Conference Room, King Hall Agenda 1. Moment of silence 2. Appoint note-taker for this meeting 3. Discussion and approval of proposed faculty survey and student survey re: effectiveness of current general education program 4. Discuss key …
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Sweet Briar’s woes
Many of you have probably heard that a relatively nearby small liberal arts college, Sweet Briar College, is closing after this year due to declining enrollments and financial problems. If you want a summary, see this article from Inside Higher Ed. This is clearly a drastic solution to this kind of problems, especially as they …
New Online Tech Training & Professional Development Tool: Atomic Learning!
The College is dedicated to bringing technology training to the entire Guilford Community through a partnership with Atomic Learning. Training videos and assessments are easily integrated into Moodle, and allow faculty to focus instructional time on teaching their subject discipline, not technology! Available 24/7 from campus or home, it includes more than 60,000 step-by-step tutorials …
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