WID WAC Committee

Faculty Representatives (Name, Department, Term Ends)

1. James Nichols, Chair, History (2027)
   
   • Contact: [email protected]
2. Adam Luedtke, Secretary, Social Sciences (2025)
3. Svjetlana Bukvich-Nichols, Music (2025)
4. David Pham, Mathematics & Computer Science (2025)
5. Shenaz Ida, Nursing (2026)
6. Susan Lago, English (2026)
7. Nicole McClam, Health, Phys Ed, & Dance (2026)
8. Neera Mohess, Library (2027)
9. Alison Mello, Biological Sciences & Geology (2027)

Faculty Writing Intensive HIP Co-Coordinators

• Melissa Dennihy, English
  
• Monica Rossi-Miller, Foreign Languages & Literature

Student Representatives

• Vacant

Liaisons

• Arthur Corradetti, Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, Liaison to Office of Academic Affairs
• Vacant, Steering Committee Designee
  

Meeting Dates & Times

• Committee meets 1-2 times per semester, typically on Wednesdays during or after club hours.
• 2024-2025 Meeting dates/times:
  • 2/16/24 -- 1:30 pm
  • 5/15/24 -- 1:15 pm
  • 9/18/24 -- 2:15 pm

Section 28. The Committee on Writing in the Disciplines/Writing Across the Curriculum (WID/WAC)

The Committee on WID/WAC shall consist of the director or one co-director of the WID/WAC Program, nine (9) faculty members from different departments who have participated in WID/WAC professional development and one (1) student.

The Committee on WID/WAC shall:

1. Oversee and make recommendations to the Academic Senate related to the WID/WAC Program;

2. Review and recommend changes in the criteria for a writing intensive (WI ) class to the Academic Senate for its approval;

3. Oversee a continuing WID/WAC Faculty Professional Development Program with the Office of Academic Affairs;

4. Hear and decide student cases requesting a waiver from any WI degree requirements;

5. Provide a list of current WI-certified classes and the instructors certified to teach WI classes to the department chairs who will make the final decision on the designation of a course or section as WI each semester;

6. Ensure through a certification and recertification process that all classes designated as WI meet the criteria for a WI class.

7. Provide the Committee on Committees with a list of faculty members who are participating in the WID/WAC program.

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