Last week the General Education Council met and continued the discussion about the Council of Deans response regarding the World Cultural Traditions category change proposal. The official response from the Council of Deans cited a lack of assessment data and sufficient support/reasoning for changing the category organization in their decision to vote down the proposal. [...]
General Education Council Meeting (Feb. 2011)
February 22, 2011 by
One of the main topics of the meeting was the resolution concerning the World Cultural Traditions curriculum change written last semester and submitted for review by the Council of Deans. The Gen. Ed. council’s resolution was in favor of the curriculum change in that it focuses on “encouraging a greater diversity of perspectives” by broadening [...]
General Education Council Meeting
February 8, 2011 by
The main topic of the meeting last week was about the resolution concerning the World Cultural Traditions curriculum change written last semester and submitted for review by the Council of Deans. The council’s resolution was in favor of the General Education curriculum change in that it focuses on “encouraging a greater diversity of perspectives” by [...]
Graduate Council
November 23, 2010 by
When: November 18, 2010 Where: Electronically Items discussed: 1- Approval of the revised graduate school mission statement 2- Program/Course modification (Geography Department/MSCED) – Change of CED 6360 from required to elective – Reduction from 27 to 24 SCH of required courses – Elimination of the requirement to choose between two areas of emphasis – Creation [...]
Student Publications Board
November 22, 2010 by
The Student Publications Board met on Thursday, November 18th. The purpose of the meeting was to appoint the Editor and Assistant Editor positions for The Echo. The board interviews two students and selected Taylor Lowery to be Editor and Preston Tolliver to be Assistant Editor. The Board will meet again in the Spring semester to [...]
Parking and Traffic Committee Meeting
November 16, 2010 by
The meeting was canceled and was rescheduled for next month.
Library Fee Sub-Committee – Novebmer 2, 2010
November 3, 2010 by
During the first Library Fee Sub-Committee meeting we discussed different allocation possibilities of the newly collected funds from the library fee increase put into action this semester. The committee is made up of an equal number of students and faculty (each one of a different department) with Art Lichtenstein as administrator. The budget (to be [...]
Athletics Committee Report
November 2, 2010 by
The University Athletics Committee met on October 28th at 12 PM in the Physical Therapy building. The committee voted to make Dr. Bill Bandy the chair of the committee for the tenth consecutive year. Dr. Brad Teague, Athletic Director, conducted the meeting in Dr. Bandy’s absence and presented the committee with an overview of UCA [...]
University Student Life Committee Meeting
November 1, 2010 by
Meeting time: 10/28/2010- 1:40p.m. What took place: This was the first meeting for this committee. We began by introducing ourselves and our positions and then proceeded to address the issue of how many members are necessary to maintain RSO status. A paper was given to each member of the committee showing the membership minimums for [...]
General Education Council – October 5, 2010
October 6, 2010 by
The main topic of the meeting was concerning the transfer of online lab credit for science and math courses. There was a lot of concern among not only the council members (as to what the absence of a hands-on, real lab experience would mean for students) but also among the heads of the Chemistry, Biology, [...]
