QEP Task Force Meeting - January 30, 2020
Attendance:
- Dr. Erina Duganne, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design
- Dr. Kelly Kaufhold, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Ms. Susan Thompson, Senior Research Analyst, Office of Institutional Research
- Mr. Tom Shewan, Associate Vice President, Facilities
- Dr. Lon Olson, Assessment Director
- Mr. Ismael Lozano, Assistant to the Director of Assessment
- Mr. David Sharp, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Ms. Laramie McWilliams, Assistant Dean of Students, Leadership Institute
- Mr. Richard G. Powe, Geography Resource and Environmental Studies major, Department of Geography
- Mr. Shane Rich-New, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Karen Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Dr. Eric J. Paulson, Professor & Associate Dean, Doctoral Program in Developmental Education
- Dr. Doug Morrish, Professor & Assistant Dean
- Dr. David Wierschem, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
- Dr. Yihong Yuan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
- Dr. Peter Tschirhart, Associate Dean, Honors College
- Ms. Victoria G. Black, Director, Personalized Academic and Career Exploration Center
- Dr. Peter Golato, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Literatures
- Ms. Toni Moreno, Assistant Director for Hispanic Student Retention in the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion
- Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Professor, Department of Mathematics
- Dr. Amy Louise Schwarz, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
- Ms. Melissa Hyatt, Associate University Registrar, Office of the University Registrar
- Ms. Evy Gonzales, Director of Strategic Research Initiatives, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
- Dr. Kent Griffin, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
- Ms. Sarah Naper, Director, Research and Learning Services
Not in Attendance:
- Ms. Melissa Hyatt, Associate University Registrar, Office of the
- Mr. Whitten Smart, Special Assistant, Information Technology
- Dr. Paula Williamson, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology
- Ms. Flisa Stevenson, Director of Development Communications
- Ms. Isabel Valdez, Graduate Assistant, Exercise Science major, Department of Health and Human Performance
- Mr. Jaxon Castillo, Electrical Engineering major, Ingram School of Engineering
- Ms. Briana Luna, Exercise and Sports Science major with a Pre-Rehabilitation Sciences concentration, Department of Health and Human Performance
- Ms. Imani McDonald, Graduate Assistant, Marketing Research and Analysis major, Department of Marketing
- Ms. Amy Baker, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Mr. Patrick Smith, Assistant Director, Office of Distance & Extended Learning
- Ms. Jennifer Idema, Campus Life Committee Chairperson, Graduate House
- Mr. Nik Farrell, Recreation Administration major with a Southwestern Studies minor, Department of Health and Human Performance
Meeting
Meeting began at 1:00 PM
Dr. Brown introduces himself since he is a new member of the QEP meeting in the spring semester.
Dr. Golato explicitly tells members that we are in a tight schedule and the deadline needs to be met in a few months. It also goes over updates that have occurred on the SACSCOC meeting and Faculty Development Workshop.
Dr. Sorto passes out documents on the updated proposed QEP timeline and discusses the status of where the QEP is. As well as goes over the responsibilities of groups comprised of QEP members tasked to finalizing sections of the document.
Dr. Olson expresses to put the most effort into the assessment plan and hope to collaborate with other team members since President Trauth expresses that the assessment portion is the most important from the experience of past QEP plans.
Dr. Sorto shows everyone the model document that members should follow to meet the criteria for finalizing the QEP plan.
Teams break into groups
Meeting adjourned at 2:46 PM