Mike Poston recently presented some materials to Budget Committee on the state of the two campaigns, one $60 million campaign just completed, and the $15 million bridging campaign just beginning now. In the survey I did last May, many people requested more information on the college’s advancement efforts, so I thought you might find this …
(From Ron Cardwell) Ron thought this movie might be of interest to faculty: It’s a pro-grammar-education documentary; there’s more information on its Kickstarter page here: Grammar Revolution Kickstarter
Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Friday October 3, 2014 2:30 pm Gathering and Moment of Silence 3 minutes Approval of Minutes from September 19, 2014 2 minutes Planning: Schedule for October 10 Meeting and Faculty Study Leave Applications 5 minutes Meeting Assessment: Faculty Meeting October 1 2014 10 minutes Special Guest Star: Kyle Dell – Curriculum …
I’ve posted the three sets of slides shown at the October faculty meeting on Moodle. Here are some direct links to those files on the Faculty Moodle site (Moodle login required): Dave’s Slides – Curriculum Revision Caryl’s Slids – GELO assessment Drew’s Slides – History of curriculum proposals The data files Caryl presented are already …
Please add any comments here you have about the October 1 Faculty Meeting. From comment cards at the meeting, all of which were anonymous: Can Caryl clarify where freshman data was collected (month?). This affects our interpretation of the data. Maybe ask to hear from folks who didn’t talk/share ideas at the next meeting Thanks …
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Kyle and Adrienne have both recommended the following book as an useful guide to curriculum revision. Based on many years experience in workshops on curriculum change and research into curriculum revision efforts, the authors describe 50 potholes many institutions hit on the road to curriculum reform. Here’s the link: Revising General Education and Avoiding the Potholes: A Guide …
Today’s faculty development workshop was the first of a two-part series on designing learning spaces. The guest speaker was from Steelcase, who have done some interesting research on innovative classroom and education space design. They’ve also advised Hege Library during its strategic redesign process, some of which is already implemented and in place. If you …
(From Drew Hays) Here are minutes from the Curriculum Committee meeting on September 9th, 2014. This included approval of the Biotechnology major proposal and forwarding it to Clerk’s Committee. Curriculum Committee Minutes September 9 2014
Full minutes are in the document here: Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes 9-12 Approved A summary is below: The meeting opens with a moment of silence. CC approved edited Minutes from September 5, 2014. Assignment of Clerk’s liaisons to standing and ad hoc committees: CC approved the revision to Sec. 1.402 of Faculty Handbook (Assessment Committee) …
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(From Zhihong Chen) Attached are the minutes from our faculty meeting of September 3, 2014. They are also available on the faculty conference Moodle site. If you have suggestions for changes or additions, please forward them to Dave Dobson, Clerk, and Zhihong Chen, Recording Clerk. Faculty Meeting Minutes 9-3-2014