Academic Deans Council Minutes : November 28, 2018

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Julie Felix, Associate Director of Records, updated the group on continuing issues with banner and uAchieve. A working group was formed and continued to work on challenges using different catalog years for GenEd and major. The group was also working with department chairs to review all curricula and make corrections addressing the differences between uAchieve and the catalog. Dr. Berardini provided enrollment information on Jump Start courses in Summer 2018. The closing dates for the CRC and Maag Library over the holidays were announced. Interim AVP Dillon announced that he is currently reaching out to deans and associate deans to ascertain the performance of the Office of Research. Dean Blair inquired about the status of requested faculty positions. Associate Provost Ball indicated that he would be reaching out to chairs regarding new programs to be mapped to overarching programs for program review purposes. Dean Sanders announced that graduate assistant allocations for 2019-20 were distributed. The Three Minute Thesis Event was set to take place January 25.Part-time evaluations were in circulation and were to be returned. Carols and Cocoa was scheduled for December 5. Associate Provost Myers announced a contingency of visitors from Vietnam would be on campus. Dean Howell announced that faculty from five of the colleges showed interest and contacted TopHat for textbook/education software assistance.