Undergraduate
Academic Affairs Council (UAAC)
Meeting Minutes
RSC 111
Present: Chuck Reichert (Chair), Erin Aldridge, Dorothy Anway, Kim Borst, Ed Burkett, Ella Cross, Barb Erickson, Cindy Graham (for Brent Notbohm), Gary Johnson, Gary Keveles, Jim Lane, Steve Rosenberg, Deborah Schlacks, Cecilia Schrenker, Joel Sipress
Guests: Mark MacLean, Mary McCauley
I.
Call to
Order,
II.
Election of
Chair and Secretary: Erickson/Graham (M/S): Nominate Joel Sipress as Chair of UAAC for 2007-08. Motion carried. Graham/Schlacks (M/S):
Close nominations for chair and cast a unanimous ballot. Motion carried. Johnson/Graham (M/S): Appoint Steve Rosenberg as
Secretary of UAAC for fall 2007 and
III.
Approval of
minutes: Johnson/Reichert (M/S): Approve minutes of
IV.
Reports:
a. Chair: None
b. Secretary: None
c. General Education Subcommittee: None, but appointments for 2007-08 should be made at this time. Nominator/nominee: Aldridge/Rosenberg; Anway/Aldridge; Keveles/himself; Rosenberg/Schrenker. All four nominees accepted appointment to the General Education Subcommittee for 2007-08.
d. Registrar: (1) Enrollment FTE numbers are down; faculty should remind students to register as soon as possible for arranged courses, as there will be budgetary repercussions otherwise. (2) DARS implementation is moving forward. (3) This is a catalog year, so UAAC representatives should remind their departments to submit catalog copy.
e. Other Announcements: Deborah Schlacks announced that the former Department of Language and Literature has split into two departments, designated the Department of English and the Department of World Languages, Literature, and Culture.
V. Old Business:
a. Anway/Aldridge (M/S): Approve the General Education Recommendations set forth in the document “ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BASED ON SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NCA WORKING GROUP ON GENERAL EDUCATION”, with reference to the document “Learning Goals for the General Education Program”. Three amendments were proposed: (1) Schlacks/Johnson (M/S): Replace “elegantly” by “clearly” under English Composition, and remove four extraneous colons from the Learning Goals document. Motion carried. (2) Graham/Schrenker (M/S): Use names of categories consistently as section headings in the Learning Goals document. Motion carried. (3) Aldridge/Graham (M/S): Change the first subcategory designation under “FINE ARTS” to “Fine Arts History, Criticism, and Appreciation”. Motion carried. Discussion ensued about when the changes would take effect. They would take effect immediately upon passage by the Senate, and would be included in the following catalog. Motion carried.
b. The First Year Seminar was removed from the agenda by the outgoing Chair (Reichert) following the request of Sue Holm.
c. Award of Credit for Prior Learning – Schrenker/Reichert (M/S): Table this agenda item. Motion carried.
VI. New Business:
a. Johnson/Schlacks (M/S): Accept the proposed 2007-08 schedule for UAAC. Proposed amendment: Schrenker/Aldridge (M/S): the November 20 meeting should not be held unless there is time-sensitive business to complete. Motions carried.
b. Erickson summarized the rationale for the proposal to create a new seat on the Academic Reinstatement Committee to be filled by a member of the office of the Dean of Students. Schrenker/Reichert (M/S): Table this item pending the appointment of a permanent Dean of Students. Motion carried.
c. Mark MacLean was present to advocate his proposal that a score of Pre-Step 1 or above on the EIKEN/STEP exam should satisfy the English proficiency requirement. Schlacks/Johnson (M/S): Accept Mark MacLean’s proposal. Motion carried.
d. Graham/Schlacks (M/S): Approve the revision of the Women’s Studies Minor (see attachment). Motion carried.
VII.
Meeting Adjourned,
Respectfully submitted,
Steve Rosenberg, Secretary