Voting members present: Aidas Banaitis, Kathy Becker Blease, Daniel Faltesek, McKenzie Huber, Matt Kennedy, Filix Maisch, Steven Morris, Rene Reitsma, David Roundy, Rorie Solberg, Kaplan Yalcin
Voting members absent: Heather Arbuckle, Andrew Harker, Lori McGraw, Bob Paasch
Ex-Officio members present: Faculty Affairs – Heath Henry; DPD – Nana Osei-Kofi; Ecampus – Karen Watte; WIC Director – Anita Helle
Guests present: Tam Belknap
Course Proposal
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Discussion Needed
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HDFS 260 – Social Processes and Institutions
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The reviewer was not present to discuss – moved to next meeting.
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ENG 415/416 – Writing Intensive Course
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In general, looks well done.
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ENG 415 claims that students must have senior standing, but it is an unenforced requisite. The wording makes it seem like it is required.
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Grades for writing must be over 50% - the writing grades are not separated from all the other work, making it unclear if writing meets the requirements.
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Both syllabi have a dead link.
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A lot of the work is done in small groups.
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WIC calls for 20% of course grades must be individual writing – ENG 416 is at 10%, so it’s unclear if they’re meeting the requirements.
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Formal writing can be split into 2 parts. Boosting it up to 25% would be appropriate.
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Engineering seems to have structured WIC across two-terms.
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Course enrollment is expected to exceed 20 students – it looks like they do have the necessary staff to assist with grading with larger sections.
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Motion to approve ENG 415 and send ENG 416 back with a request to make writing assignments more clear; seconded. The motion passed 10 in favor, none against. There were no abstentions.
Discussion – Anita Helle
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WIC Director Update
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Sarah Peralt has been hired to fill the WIC Director role.
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She is coming from UC Davis and will arrive in August.
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Sarah brings admin experience from a 5-person WAC team.
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She will need CIM and CPS training.
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Heath will meet with Sarah to go over the specifics of CIM and its form.
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She has done a lot of work with Faculty Professional Development, especially in STEM.
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She has done research with Psychologists and there’s a medical humanities overlap in her work.
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She has demonstrated depth of knowledge in current WIC pedagogies and done her research on OSU’s WIC program.
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Her appointment will be split FTE – .5 with the School of Writing, Literature and Film and .5 under Alix Gitelman.
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How can Sarah meet the needs of the BCC? How can Anita help with the transfer?
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Any changes to WIC should be done in consultation with the Baccalaureate Core Committee (BCC).
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Vickie Tolar Burton has offered her assistance.
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Would it be beneficial to have a BCC member as an Ex-Officio on the WIC Advisory Board?
Assign remaining courses in CIM and CPS
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CIM
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BEE 481
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GEOG 240
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GER 411
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HEST 342
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SUS 375
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CPS
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MUS 200
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APA advised to wait on assigning – Proposal may be moved to CIM
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REL 372
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APA advised to wait on assigning – Proposal may be moved to CIM
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MUS 331
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PH 107
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Several committee members volunteered to take a course from the list to review.