Minutes of December 6 APPC Meeting
Monday, December 6, 2004
Present:
Bruce Bennett,
Emily Rose Smith, Alice Jordan, Sally Sievers, Yasmine Jaber, Nicole
Pellegrino, Jeri Vargo, Karla Leybold-Taylor, Susan Talbot, Ellen Hall,
Carolyn
Denard, Muin Uddin, Amy Staples, Victor Penniman.
Corrections
of minutes from 11/29/04 meeting:
Religion
position currently
filled by a visiting professor (A. Bellinzoni’s position) would not
“automatically” be converted to tenure track but would include a
“request to
change” to a tenure track position as soon as possible.
With
corrections, Victor
moved approval. Susan Talbot seconded the motion.
Hist 285 History
of Modern
India. Three credits. Visiting professor William Kuracina from Syracuse
University. Already sent out course description. This is a sabbatical
replacement for Beatrice Farnsworth.
ASA gives
approval “if”
students can mix and match—use old plan and/or new plan to satisfy
requirements.
S. Sievers:
thinks so—no
problem educationally—would encourage participation in experiential
learning in
any case.
N.
Pellegrino—thinks not.
Students should have no problem choosing one or the other requirements.
C. Denard---
asked isn’t
mixing going to happen by default—that is, doesn’t the new plan include
the
requirements of the old plan with new additions.
K.
Leybold-Taylor—no, not by
default. In old plan students could use an Independent Study to satisfy
requirement—in new plan they cannot. Mix and match would actually allow
more
Experiential Learning opportunities. Now only time is over January.
N.
Pellegrino—can’t imagine
why someone can’t choose one or the other.
Alice
Jordan--Student basic
survival will sometime prevent WILL students from completing
internships—especially in January. Students with families sometimes
have to
work 3 jobs in January.
Emily Rose
Smith: Confirmed
that Freshwomen, Sophomore, and Juniors would be the students affected
by this.
K.
Leybold-Taylor moved to
approve the APPC proposal with the change recommended by ASA. J. Vargo
seconded.
The new proposal
would take
effect for students entering in Fall 2005; others can choose old or new
requirements, or a combination of the two.
A. Staples
called for vote:
Approved: In Favor: 13. Opposed: 1
A. Staples asked
that we
change Part 4 , Page 3 of the proposal to read that students could
satisfy
either the old or the new plan to complete their experiential learning
requirement (3 January term options or 3 experiential learning
opportunities),
or could combine the old and new requirements (for example, do one
January
independent study and two experiential learning opportunities).
A. Staples will
send a
notice of motion for December faculty meeting to Christina Wahl. Vote
for
approval will be at February faculty meeting.
Dean
Hall on the Board of Trustees meeting:
Board of
Trustees meeting
went well.
The Board did
not vote at
this meeting.
The Senior Staff
presented a
draft of the operational plan for three years to the Board . In
general, the
Board was very favorable. Some tweaks were requested here and there,
but
nothing in the academic area. The discussion included enhanced
technology, and
refurbishing of the classrooms. Requested three positions each year
over the
next three years. Would become part of the faculty initiatives of the
Strategic
Plan. Should be approved formally by end of the month.
Dean Hall
reiterated that
the funds earmarked for transition will be $1.4 to $1.6 million over
time.
The Board will
review the
plan annually to see what is needed. They were pleased that the
operational
plan was moving forward. The Board believed their decision and the
planning
associated with it would enhance the quality of the College.
Announcement
that Emily Rose Smith and Yasmine Jaber
are going abroad this coming Spring semester.
Came to meeting
to request
the endorsement from APPC for the March 4, 2005 Activism Symposium. The
theme
for this year’s Symposium: “The Activist’s Tool Kit.” Margaret Agosin
will be
guest speaker on March 4.
Symposium
leaders are
looking for ways to integrate symposium into course syllabi.
S. Sievers:
Would
endorsement mean requiring faculty to cancel classes or encouraging
students to
attend and, thus, allowing them to leave classes to go to Symposium?
N. Pellegrino:
Committee is
putting together booklet so that faculty can find way to incorporate
aspects of
the symposium into the syllabus.
A.Staples.
Encouraged this
endorsement and noted that we have supported this event in the past.
Would not require faculty to cancel classes, but
would give APPC support to the program.
E. Hall moved to
have APPC
support symposium. J. Vargo seconded the motion.
APPC gave
unanimous support
for the Activism Symposium.
C. Denard gave a
short
summary of strategic plan work. Have had 48 responses on preferences
from the
original list of suggestions. Subcommittees will tally responses and
report to
full committee. The Strategic Planning Committee will have its final
meeting of
the semester on December 17 to develop a vision statement from all
responses
and preferences.
Meeting
adjourned at 1:45
PM.
Respectfully
submitted,
Carolyn Denard,
Associate
Dean of the College
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