Minutes of the Faculty Senate General Education Committee
April 7, 2008
325 Main Hall
Members Attending: Current, Fields, Galbraith (presiding, Kraemer, Loh, Pribek, Prucha, Ragan
Guests & Consultants: Carla Burkhardt, Billy Clow, Amelia Dittman, Deb Hoskins, Sue Knudson, Betsy Morgan, Leslie Oganowski, Jennifer Terpstra, James Wheat, Marcie Wycoff-Horn
meeting convened 3:35pm, by Chair Galbraith
MSP, to approve minutes of 3/31/08; voice vote, unanimous
chair's report
- GEC charge/request for AHAC sent to Senate
- AHAC membership not-yet-determined, awaiting one college appt.
MSP, to approve HON 160 , General Art Foundations, for Gen. Ed, II, f; rep. by D. Hoskins (Hon ) & J. Terpstra (Art); voice voice, unanimous
MSP, to approve HED 207, Youth Health Issues, for Gen. Ed. II, g; rep. by Marcie Wycoff-Horn (HEHP) & Leslie Oganowski (HEHP); voice vote, unanimous
Discussion of Position Description, Director of University Core GE), as drafted & referred by SEC
- Galbraith estimated about 10 hours/week for GE; same from Kraemer, former chair
- matters of conversation:
1. % appointment
2. reporting line: Senate, Provost, or GEC chair
3. conflict between comm. chair & director
4. merging comm. chair & dir.: faculty as dir. or dir. as
non-voting chair of GEC, and summer stipend for non-
teaching activities
5. position title: co-ordinator, assistant dir., program
assistant
6. interaction with AssComm
- chair volunteered to revise description to incorporate suggestions from comm. & submit for email comments prior to next meeting
MSP, to approve James Wheat (Music) as Writing Emphasis Instructor; voice vote, unanimous
meeting adjourned at 5:37pm
Notes compiled by
T. Pribek