April 27, 2023
Minutes
The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Development/Elective Academic Programs met on April 27, 2023 at 11:00AM - Virtual via Zoom
Committee Members in Attendance:
Present: Rezan Akpinar (2023, Chair), Carlene Byfield (2024), Melissa Dennihy (Vice-Chair 2023), Kevin Kolack (Secretary, 2025), Danny Mangra (2025)
Not present: Arthur Abramov (2025), Lyubomir Boyadzhiev (2024), Rondi Davies (2023), Jennifer Klein (2024)
Liaisons in Attendance:
Not present: Michael Pullin (President's designee), Mark Ulrich (Steering Committee designee)
Business:
The meeting was called to order at 11:10AM
- Attendance
- Minutes from March meeting were approved without changes
- Update on student and faculty surveys
110 faculty; 78 students so far. Wanted to present to Senate in May- can provide tentative info, but not on the agenda. - Discussion on developing of a evaluation form for asynchronous classes.
Akpinar raised issue at April Senate that current form doesn’t apply. Will develop in Fall 2023 in conjunction with the eLearning Committee (Tony Monahan, Chair). - Workshops
AI workshop just didn’t come together. Klein and Kolack had volunteered. Byfield had 2 nursing dept volunteers, but they didn’t reach out to Dennihy. Will try for Fall. - Old business
Students are still not taking part in the end-of-semester evaluations of faculty.
Ideas: Reach out to Marketing about having QR code posted on campus to access evaluations. Have faculty take class to computer center to fill out. - New business
Welcome message sent to new member (Deborah Karlin) by Akpinar to invite to May meeting.
Arranged potential days for May meeting
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Kolack
Committee on Academic Development/Elective Academic Programs, Secretary
Minutes typed on April 27, 2023
