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Academic Senate Committee on WID/WAC 9/10/21

Minutes

The Academic Senate Committee on WID/WAC met on 9/10/21, 10:00 am, Zoom


Committee Members in Attendance:

  1. Christi Saindon (Chair, Communication & Theatre Arts)
  2. James David Nichols (Secretary, History)
  3. Chris Leary (English)
  4. Carla McIntosh (Academy Advisement)
  5. Rommel Robertson (Social Sciences)
  6. Stefan Spezio (Director, CTAS)
  7. Raul Luiz Armendariz (Physics)
  8. Melissa Dennihy (WI Co-Coordinator, English)


Liaisons in Attendance:

  1. Arthur Corradetti, Dean for Institutional Effectiveness (Liaison to OAA)


Business:

The meeting was called to order at 10:00am

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM

Minutes

 

  1. Approval of Agenda
  2. Approval of May 12, 2021 Minutes
  3. Welcome to new WI Co-Coordinators
    1. Monica Rossi-Miller, Foreign Languages & Literature, WI Co-Coordinator
    2. Melissa Dennihy, English, WI Co-Coordinator
  1. Report on Writing Intensive Certification of faculty
    1. Christi preparing a complete excel spreadsheet of Wi certified faculty
  1. New Business
    1. Student Waiver Requests from Anthony Phan and Marco Velez
  1. Marco Velez approved (7-1) (one abstention)
  2. Anthony Phan denied (0-7)
  1. Faculty Writing-Intensive recertifications from Dr. Kolack and Dr. Phan, 2nd review
    1. Dr. Kolack approved (8-0)
    2. Dr. Molloy approved (8-0)
    1. Committee Confirmed that syllabi submitted for recertification must be classes designated as Writing-Intensive
    2. Discussion of varying modalities of writing intensive pedagogy to reflect online and remote teaching practices
    3. Discussion of student representation on Writing Intensive Committee
  1. Confirmed that student representation on the Writing Intensive Committee is not within the purview of the committee itself
    1. Designation of Stefan Spezio. as website coordinator
    2. Dr. Corradetti suggested to hold semi-annual meetings between writing committee chairs to discuss objectives of Writing Intensive Classes across the curriculum.
  1. Adjournment
    1. The Committee adjourned at 11:20 AM

 

Respectfully submitted,

James David Nichols
Committee on WID/WAC, Secretary

Minutes typed on September 28, 2021


Respectfully submitted,

James David Nichols, Secretary
Committee on WID/WAC, Secretary

Minutes typed on September 28, 2021

Committee Links

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