LAGER Committee Minutes 9-22-16

Final LAGER Committee Minutes 9/22/16   Present: Kyle (chair), Caleb, Suzanne, Melanie, Stephanie, Lavon, Drew (recording)   Minutes from 9/15/16 were approved New Business Chair had meetings with Stephanie Chang, Steve Mencarini Good productive meetings Support from both for what LAGER is developing We have a new rep from CCE, Darla Lee Final draft of …

Early release of general education proposal documents by LAGER

Friends, The Liberal Arts General Education Revision (LAGER) Committee is honored to share our first full draft proposal for Guilford College’s next curriculum. This curriculum will support thousands of future Guilfordians. As Jane has mentioned, Guilford is a “small college of excellence doing a few things splendidly.” We believe our next curriculum supports that vision …

LAGER Committee Minutes 9-15-16

LAGER Committee Minutes 9/15/16   Present: Kyle (chair), Caleb, Lavon, Melanie, Stephanie, Barb (FYS), Drew (recording), Damon   Minutes from 9/8/16 were approved Old business Feedback from Dept. Chairs meeting Meeting did not happen Barb Boyette Chair posed question as to what aspects are important to a first year experience? Do not eliminate some sort …

LAGER Committee Minutes 9-8-16

Final LAGER Committee Minutes 9/8/16   Present: Kyle(chair), Damon, Melanie, Stephanie, Lavon, Drew (recording)   Minutes from 9/1/16 approved with minor edits Kyle will reach out to both student governments about student representation on the committee Dave Dobson – faculty meeting joined the meeting Clerk’s committee planning on LAGER speaking at Sept. 28 faculty meeting …

LAGER Committee Minutes 9-1-16

Final LAGER Minutes 9/1/16   Present: Kyle(chair), Suzanne, Melanie, Stephanie, Damon, Lavon, Damon, Drew (recording)   Minutes from 8-25-16 were approved with minor edits Clerk of faculty will join LAGER at 9:45pm on 9-8-16 Meeting will begin at 9:30am Debrief from 8-31-16 community meetings Committee needs a unified description of the curriculum Consider further developing …

LAGER Committee Minutes 8-25-16

Final LAGER Committee Minutes 8-25-16   Present: Kyle (chair), Suzanne, Melanie, Drew (recording), Damon, Lavon   Meeting opened at 10:10am with a moment of silence   Discussion of feedback from opening community meeting Feedback was minimal New points of discussion Quantitative Literacy Not a part of the current catalog language How to visualize integrated QL …

LAGER update, August 2016

After returning from the General Education Summer Institute with the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), LAGER has been developing materials for the draft general education proposal to share with our community this fall semester. As you will recall, the faculty has committed to a process of completing a curriculum revision no later than …

LAGER Committee Summer Update

LAGER Committee Summer Update   On Saturday, June 4th, seven members of the LAGER Committee and Academic Dean Beth Rushing traveled to Boston University to attend the American Association of Colleges and Universities Institute on General Education and Assessment. During the five days of the institute, the team attended workshops with experts in the many …

LAGER Committee Minutes 4/26/16

Final LAGER Committee Minutes 4/26/16   Present: Melanie, Jennie, Lavon, Damon (recording),  Drew, Kyle (chair)   Regrets: Dale, Caleb, Stephanie, Suzanne,   Minutes for 19 April 2016 approved. To Do List created Discussion of QEP and its relationship to GE.   ACTION ITEM: Kyle will reach out to Steve to begin a conversation   Discussion …

LAGER Anonymous Survey Link

The LAGER committee realizes that not everyone in our community feels comfortable publicly expressing their feelings about the proposed revision to our general education curriculum. In order to address this, we have created an anonymous survey to gather feedback. Please use the link below to access this survey. We appreciate your feedback! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GenEdRevision