Committee on Awards and Scholarships Minutes for May 28, 2021
Minutes
The Academic Senate Committee on Awards and Scholarships met on May 28, 2021, 10:00 AM via Zoom
Committee Members in Attendance:
Ewa Stelmach (Chairperson),
Sujun Wei (Secretary)
Stephen Atkins
Ari Fulton
Benjamin Miller
Wei Lai
Members Absent:
Alfred McDonald Jr.
May Ann Rosa
Liaisons in Attendance:
Business:
The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM
Introductions
Discussion
The agenda was distributed by Ewa Stelmach before the meeting via email.
The minutes of May 13, 2021 were reviewed.
Decision
The minutes were approved for posting.
Election of Chair and Secretary
Discussion
Ewa Stelmach was nominated as the candidate to be Chair of Awards and Scholarship Committee.
Wei Lai was nominated as the candidate to be Secretary of Awards and Scholarship Committee.
Decision
Both were voted all in favor and their new terms will be effective starting fall 2021.
Outgoing members
Discussion
Ewa Stelmach thanked Sujun Wei and Benjamin Miller for their commitment and service to the committee. Both Sujun and Benjamin offered to stay on the committee to help with evaluating applicants.
Decision
Since two members did not attend the last year meetings and two incoming members have very little experience in evaluating applications, the committee will send the request for either Sujun Wei or Benjamin Miller to stay on the committee for another academic year.
Review of Merit Scholarship Applications
Discussion
The committee members had reviewed all the applications prior to the meeting. Ewa Stelmach briefly reminded the members the evaluation criteria. The Academic Merit Scholarship is given to all continuing students, who have a minimum 3.25 GPA, completed 24 QCC credits, and also registered for the upcoming semesters with 15 credits with two exceptions only. The committee members compared choices for all the applications one by one.
Decision
There were two waves of Merit Scholarship applications. After the combination there were 113 applications in total. 37 applications were accepted. 67 applications were voted as “Pending”. 9 applications were rejected.
Future Meetings (fall 2021)
Discussion
The committee discussed possible dates for fall 2021 meetings.
Decision
Tentatively, one extra meeting is scheduled on September 22nd, 2021, 12-2pm (Wednesday) for discussing student essay issue mentioned. Our committee’s regular meeting is scheduled on December 8th, 2021, 12-2pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Sujun Wei
Committee on Awards and Scholarships, Secretary
Minutes typed on May 20th, 2021
