Minutes have been posted from the November Academic Assessment Team meeting, at which status reports were given regarding revisions to the Communication and Global & Cultural Awareness rubrics. The team voted to move the administration of the next CAAP to spring 2016, and department assessment coordinators have been working on a new program assessment structure. For more information, view the full meeting minutes.

The Shared Governance Council met Dec. 16, welcoming new chair Jason Dockter and thanking outgoing members. Incoming members also attended and received an orientation. Also, a progress report was given on a recommendation from the Environmental Health and Safety Team for a lactation room on campus.

Read the minutes HERE.

Minutes have been posted from the October Cultural Awareness Team meeting, at which recent cultural events on campus were discussed, as well as ideas to make the Student Union a more inviting space to hold events in. Read more about this and other topics discussed in the full minutes.

The Academic Assessment Team has posted minutes from its October meeting. Learn more about what workgroups within Assessment are working on.

View recommendations from the December 5 Curriculum Team meeting.

The Assessment Team held a meeting in September, at which updates were passed to revise membership in the team bylaws that reflect recent position changes at the college and revisions to the Technology Competency Rubric were discussed. Read the meeting minutes for details.

At its September meeting, the Cultural Awareness Team elected Nicole Ralph as the 2014-15 chair and Beth Wiediger as the new vice chair. Read the meeting minutes to learn more about cultural events discussed and yearly goals the team set.

View recommendations from the October Curriculum Team meeting.

The Shared Governance Council approved an update to its bylaws at the October meeting to address when an employee position change causes a classification change and heard an update on the current Environmental Health & Safety Team recommendation. View the meeting minutes for details on these items and more.

At the September Environmental Health & Safety Team meeting, new chair and vice chair were seated.  The team discussed issues regarding traffic safety concerns and how the college is preparing for awareness and prevention of enterovirus.  Read the full minutes for details on these topics.

View Recommendations from the September Curriculum Team meeting.

The Sustainability Team met October 7th, discussing Sustainability Day, the Sustainability Award and use of student sustainability fees.  To read the full minutes and view materials about these items, click HERE.

The October safety tip brought to you by the Environmental Health & Safety Team:

October usually brings cooler fall weather which can be a welcome break from the dog days of summer, but we can also see a rise in the number of respiratory illness cases as people tend to stay indoors more often.

Enteroviruses are just one of the many common causes of respiratory illness. One less common virus, EV-D68, has gotten some well-deserved bad publicity lately. Click HERE to read more to read about symptoms and ways to project yourself and others from enterovirus infections.

The Shared Governance Council met Tuesday, Sept. 16 and discussed updates to team rosters, a policy update regarding holidays for police, and an open recommendation for a lactation room on campus. Click HERE for minutes of the meeting.

Minutes from the May Academic Assessment Team meeting have been posted to the portal following approval at the Sept. meeting.  During this meeting, the Assessment Proficiency Program was approved discussion took place about general education rubric revisions for Global Awareness and Technology Competency.  Read the full minutes for details.

The September safety tip brought to you by the Environmental Health & Safety Team:  September is designated as National Campus Safety Awareness Month. Because of that, we would like to take this opportunity to urge everyone to take a few minutes and think about how they would answer this question: “If an emergency happens while I’m on campus, what would I do?”
Emergencies can take many different forms, but one thing is for certain; the time to figure out what you should be doing during an emergency is not when it’s occurring.  Click HERE to read more and find out what you can do now to prepare for an emergency!