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University Forum Minutes for October 12, 2006
Attendance: Amissah-Arthur, Abigail; Anand,
Padma; Atchinson, Alana; Brosnan-Watters, Gayle; Como,
Thomas; Cooper, Bill; Conlon, Michael; Cortijo, Adelaida; Creasy,
Kim; Fleeger, Tammie; Frederick, Heather; Galbraith, Diane; Gorman,
Anita; Iksic, Rose; Johnson, Patsy Ann; Jones, Diana; Lusher, Anna;
Manuel, Josh; Matambanadzo, Michael; Matambanadzo, Nyarayi;
McCollin, Michelle; Michaels, Meg; Papay, Alyssa; Quinn, Katrina;
Salsovic, Annette; Shields, Darla; Silva, Judy; Teodoro, Melissa;
Tsuquiashi-Daddesio, Eva; Wang, Jialing; Weary, Kimberly; William,
Williams F; Yamamoto, Junko; Zeiger, Bill; Zillifro,
Traci.
1. Meeting
was called to order at 12.30pm.
2. Minutes
from the last meeting were approved with the following
additions:
Academic
environment: additional member isGalbraith, Diane
Nominations
committee additional member is Creasy, Kim
Recommendation committee additional member is
Cortijo, Adelaida
3. Committee
Reports:
(a)
There were no reports from the Academic
environment andNominations
committees.
(b)
Recommendations committee gave an update on
issue of bike racks and the effort to survey bike
riders.
4.
Membership: Faculty members were again asked to inform student
representatives to attend the meetings of the forum. Send names of
new members toHeather
Frederick.
5. Web page:
Junko Yamamoto gave updates on her efforts. She informed the forum
that the Forum website has been updated and that the blackboard
aspect is under development.
6. Old
business:
(a). Class
offerings: Alana Atchinson presented on behalf of the group
addressing the class offering issue. It was reported that Elliot
baker had raised legal concerns on the issue. Amanda Yale mentioned
that many departments have their seasonal offerings on their
websites. It was then suggested that it might be helpful to create
a 1-stop page to describe seasonal class offerings for each
department.
(b) Class
size: Padma Anand presented a break down of the questions and the
results of part one of the pilot study. She also distributed copies
of the survey results. She mentioned that other data from the study
is under analysis.
7.
Assessment:
(a)Tom Flynn
gave an overview of the university’s assessment plan. Flynn
again reminded the forum members that October is assessment month.
He mentioned that 17 departments had posters showing how the
departments are using assessment to improve student
learning.
(b) Bill
McKinley discussed assessment in the liberal studies
program.
(c ) Chris
Cole discussed assessment efforts within the student life
program.
(d) A
question and answer session followed the presentations.
8. The
meeting was adjourned at 1.15pm.
9. The next
meeting will be held on November 9th at 12.30pm in the
PA room.
Respectfully
submitted by Abigail Amissah-Arthur, University Forum
Secretary.
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