WAC Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, September 15th

Attendance: Mark Snavely, David Steege, Abby Hanna, Rick Matthews, Ed Montanaro, Jonathan Marshall, Barb Short, Jean Preston, Anne Cassidy

I. Approval of minutes from May 11th: approved

https://wac.carthage.edu/)

II. New Course Proposals: Barb will send emails.

Joe Walls MGMT XXX: International and Cultural Finances of the United Kingdom; approved

Mark will take care of documenting email approvals.

Add Stephanie Mitchell to the senior seminar on Steve Udry’s proposal for fall.

III. Waiver Requests

Emily Royals, Graphic Design: Does she have room to take a WI class sometime this year? Doesn’t fit with the consequences. She was put on alert with a request last May. Denied.

Nicole Newton, Education: Can’t accept retroactive credit for a WI credit; denied.

Matthews Tokarz, Broad Field Social Science: Denied substitution of Classics 300, but waived the requirement due to circumstances beyond his control.

Discussion about classes being specific to instructor in a dept. and not all sections being designated WI.

Abby will contact the students. Rick will contact Dennis Munk.

IV. Waiver Policy after this year

Waivers (petitions) will be handed by SAAR. After the SAAR meeting, Rick, Mark, Abby, and David will meet with the committee to go over guidelines.

V. Unfinished Business

VI. New Business

Meeting time: Keep Tuesday at 8:30am-9:30am once a month. Second Tues. Oct. 13th.

Updates for current classes: we need to find a way to do this and have it on file.

Start thinking long term and more strategic; assessment issues.

WAC Meeting Agenda

Monday, May 11th, 12:10 to 1:00, Lentz Hall 332

1. Western Heritage: Draft proposal from Ben (files attached to message) Ben’s proposals were reviewed and discussed as advisory. Rick is communicating feedback.

2. Waivers:

Joseph LaMattina: Dismissed for lack of necessity; not transferring in WAC credits. He has completed his writing intensive courses. Sociology and History.

Kristin Kapitan: Approved; the Asian Studies class was not writing intensive when she took it. She can take both classes outside of the major.

Emily Royals: Dismissed for lack of necessity; she has opportunities within the major (4 CDM courses WI available).

Andrew Zizzo: Denied; backup plan for taking a WI course this summer.

Chris Snyder: Approved; no course currently or rarely available.

Nancy Wedge: Denied; no advisor’s report, inaccuracies.

Michelle Oksa: Approved for graduation from night program

Christina Sibilsky: Approved writing intensive course in the major from night program.

3. New Course proposals: taken by email

Yang & Schlichting 4/29

Bill Miller 5/3

Mike West 5/4

4. WAC workshops: August 31, September 1, 2. Rick will be sending out information as he confirms information.

WAC Meeting Agenda

Monday, May 4th, 12:10 to 1:00, Lentz Hall 332

(Continuation of unfinished business from the April 27th meeting)

Minutes from last week were approved.

V. Jean Preston—Update from Writing Center: multiple visits are increasing, appointments for next year classes are in order, seniors and freshman are our biggest users, Heritage is the largest client base, mechanics and structure organization are the most errors. A new staff is hired, trained, and ready for fall.

VI. Waiver request from Andrew Steeves in Business Administration (Adult Education, Mike West): approved writing intensive requirement in the major previous. Now wants the other requirement waived. Not the student’s fault that these were not offered. He didn’t argue persuasively that the second wasn’t work. He hasn’t been in classes the entire term and thought both classes were waived. He got a notice from the registrar 12/06 that he hadn’t completed the requirements. He ran out of options to take the courses. Waivers had happened in the past. He has completed 157 credits and plans on graduating this semester.

Mike reported that most majors are in place so this issue should not happen in the future.

Request granted.

VII. Rick—Update on AT 480 and Education Dept./Adult Education

(see attached)

Waiver from Elizabeth Polansky: Adult Education. Elizabeth doesn’t have a class. Approve a waiver.

Laurie Jensen’s email & course proposal in Athletic Training with Rick: Eating Disorders and Drug Policy Manuals: 30% combined, 10-20 pages, 5 pages in literature reviews. Rick is satisfied about the minor concerns of the courses. She has schedule conflicts with the training in the fall. She teaches the senior seminar and the course should be writing intensive. AT has writing imbedded in all areas of their major. One example is the summaries on their patients. If the implication of certification is part of a major, then the instructors should all be certified. She needs to come to as much of the workshop as possible and make a commitment to attend.

Course is approved with condition for workshop attendance. WAC is open to working with them on the certification of the AT. The rest of the AT major certification would require their faculty to become certified. Rick will contact Laurie.

Dan Rufner’s request—WI Major: initial opening conversation about the process.

VIII. Western Heritage: Request from Chris Lynch (handout) Shop carefully for another WI course or take another course.

The rest of the agenda will be discussed at next week’s meeting. May 11 at 12:10 in the Snap-on room.

IX. Western Heritage: Draft proposal from Ben (files attached to message)

X. New Course proposals

Yang & Schlichting

Bill Miller

Mike West

XI. Unfinished Business

VII. New Business

WAC Meeting Agenda

Monday, April 27th, 12:10 to 1:00, Lentz Hall 332

I. Approval of Minutes from April meeting (https://wac.carthage.edu/)

II. Tentative workshop dates: August 31, Sept. 1, & 2.

Aug 31 a.m. chair’s session

Aug 31 p.m. new to WAC session

Sept. 1 & 2, a.m. & p.m. WAC principles, creating assignments, etc.

List of faculty and adult education: taught already or scheduled to teach.

II. New course proposals—Mark

Tim Eckert: CHEM 400: senior seminar Fall of 2009: passed

Bill Miller: CRMJ 304: Police and Society (adult education) Summer of 2009: passed

Laurie Jensen: AT 408: administration in athletic training: Resubmission: Fall of 2009: Questions about the actual assignments: Rick is asking to confirm

Danielle Geary: SOCW 240: Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Fall of 2009: (contact Ruth Fangmeier): Four essay exams don’t count: passed

Danielle Geary: SOCW 220: Child Welfare Policy and Practice (contact Ruth F.): passed

Rick Matthews: SOC 227: Juvenile Delinquency (adult education) Summer of 2009: passed

III. Waiver Requests (Abigail Hanna & Rick Matthews)

Brett Harmeling: Has he taken or going to be taking other writing intensives in the major? Both classes: EDUC 201 and GEO 206.

Elizabeth Polanski: Education class is offered this summer. Writing intensive section in adult education has not been put into effect. Tabling this proposal until Rick can talk to Mike a bit more.

V. Jean Preston—Update from Writing Center

VI. Rick—Update on AT 480 and Education Dept./Adult Education

VII. Unfinished Business

VIII. New Business

We will finish items V-VIII next Monday, May 4 at 12:10 in the Snap-On room.

Respectfully submitted, Barbara Short

WAC Committee Meeting Minutes – 4/6/09

The meeting was called to order at 12:05.

The agenda was then addressed.

1. The minutes from the previous meeting were approved

2. The following WI proposals were approved:

Jon Bruning, CDM 400
Rick Meier, ENGL 303 and 304
Joy Mast, GEOS 400
Mark Miller/Cathy Duffy, MGMT 490
Biology Faculty, Cell and Molecular Biology and Senior Seminar
(approval based on Departmental approach for teaching these courses)

The following WI proposal was tabled:
Laurie Jensen, AT 408

3. Waiver Requests

A waiver request for Elizabeth Polanski was tabled.

4. Adult Education Proposal

The committee considered a proposal from Adult Education regarding the transition to Western Heritage.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Preston

Present:  Matthews, Snavely, Cassidy, Montenero, Marshall, Steege

The meeting came to order at 12:20.

The following courses were approved as WI courses for 2009-2010:

SOCW 220, Fangmeier
POLS 290, Marshall
POLS 291, Marshall

Other items were discussed.

The meeting adjourned at 12:50.

WAC Meeting Minutes
3/9/09

Present: Matthews, Snavely, Marshall, Cassidy, Preston, Steege, West, Keller, Hanna.

The meeting was called to order at 12:15.

The minutes from February 23rd were not presented for approval.

Rick Matthews addressed the issue of the fall retreat. Certification training will be necessary, and we will do this on our own this year, without Marty Townsend’s input. Scheduling must be arranged to work with the Western Heritage retreat as well as other August training sessions/retreats. Rick will keep the committee informed as the schedules are decided.

Mark Snavely will cross check the fall 09 W.I. listings from the Registrar with the committees list to see that all W.I. courses are properly listed for registration.

The following courses were approved for W.I.:

ASNS 400 – Jim Lochtefeld
ML 311 – Cyganiac/Loewen

CLAS 245 – Renaud/Vogt was approved for renewal.

Waiver requests:

Carly Crittendon – denied
Beth Robbins – approved
Andrew Steeves – approved

The next meeting will be Monday, March 23rd.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Preston

WAC Meeting Minutes
Monday, February 23th 2009
12:10 to 1:00, Lentz Hall 332
Abby Hanna, Ryan Ringhand, David Steege, Mark Snavely, Rick Matthews, Anne Cassidy, Ed Montennaro, Barbara Short
I. Approval of Minutes from December 8th meeting : approved. (https://wac.carthage.edu/)

II. New course proposals
• Marion Rothstein: Fall 09 proposal, French 308 (Barb contacted by email.)
• Julie Dahlstrom: Rick talked to her and she will not have to resubmit the proposal; previous request passed.

IV. Waiver Requests (Ryan Ringhand & Rick Matthews)
• Michele Oksa: email confirmation from Diane Keller: information systems major: this senior seminar isn’t listed as writing intensive ISYS 490. We will table this case until we can talk to Mark. The problem seems to be systemic. Rick will contact Tom Groleau about why this is not writing intensive in the day program, Mike West in the night school. Mark Mahoney may want to make this a writing intensive section. Last semesters group may need to be retroactive approval.
• Joe Stubenvoll, Matthew Tokasz, Rachel Johnson: Classics 300 asking for a waiving within their major. All broadfield majors or history class. They can take a writing intensive class within one of those majors. Denied.
• Jacqueline Spies: BIOL 251 Cell and Molecular Biology; transfer student. Retroactive request for graduation to waive. When she took the class in Spring 2007, it was not writing intensive. Pat Pfaffle will be contacted by Rick to make sure students understand why this case is waived. Advising can help other students that may also have this same issue.
• Elizabeth Polansky: adult students with elementary education with math minor. She brought in 125 credits. Did anyone ask about getting her writing intensive classes? Did the advisor make it clear about the writing intensive requirements? How are incoming adult students being addressed to complete their writing intensive classes? Symposium is a different committee. Table request for both requirements. Planning on graduating Fall, 09. Mark Snavely will talk with her on Thurs.
• Who will sit on this committee from adult education?

V. Fall retreat: next meeting

VI. Unfinished Business
Next meeting: March 9 at 12:10.

The following courses were approved via e-vote in January of 2009.

Engl 303: Creative Writing, Jean Preston
Engl 303: Creative Writing, Annette Duncan
Engl 375: History and Structure of the English Language, Leonard Schulze