Minutes of General Education Requirements Committee August 18, 2005

1. A meeting of the GER Committee was held on August 18, in Carnegie Hall room 102.

Anne Walker presided.

2. Those present at the meeting were Matt Cavalli, Patrick Haertel, Joan Hawthorne, Birgit

Hans, Lana Rakow, Gary Towne, Anne Walker, Ryan Zerr and Connie Borboa.

3. Anne Walker reminded everyone of the General Education Workshop on August 26 from
9:00 to 10:30 a.m. and encouraged all committee members to attend.

5. The Committee reviewed the revalidation form and made revisions. Joan Hawthorne moved
to approve the changes to the revalidation form. The motion was approved, vote upon and
carried unanimously.

6. Liaison assignments for 2005-2006 revalidations are as follows:

Department	# courses	Dept. Chair	GERC Liaison
Atmospheric Science	1	Michael Poellot	Ryan Zerr
Communications	4	Pamela Kalbfleisch	Joan Hawthorne
Computer Science	5	Thomas O’Neil	Patrick Haertel
Criminal Justice	1	Wendelin Hume	Joan Hawthorne
Geography	9	Paul Todhunter	Lana Rakow
Geology	20	Richard LeFever	Ty Reese
History	21	Kimberly Porter	Matt Cavalli
Mathematics	6	Richard Millspaugh	Patrick Haertel
Psychology	6	Jeffrey Weatherly	Tami Carmichael
Rehabilitation Services	1	David Perry	Lana Rakow
Social Work	3	Thomasine Heitkamp	Anne Walker
Sociology	7	Clifford Staples	Birgit Hans
Space Studies	2	Shanaka de Silva	Anne Walker

Departments from 2004-2005 still under review:

Physics - Ryan Zerr

Philosophy and Religion - Birgit Hans

Honors - Tami Carmichael

Languages - Gary Towne

Technology – Patrick Haertel

7. Assignments for the workshop:

Anne Walker – Introduction

Birgit Hans – Submission process

Gary Towne – examples of good revalidation submissions

Birgit Hans, Joan Hawthorne – examples of direct assessment methods

Anne will check with former members for additional assessment input

8. The meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m.

Recorded by Connie Borboa