HistoryDepartmentMeetingMinutes
Wednesday,September9,2015
3:30-5:00pm
Present:Grider,Beaujot,Shonk,Buffton,Lybeck,Macías-González,Longhurst,
Sinclair,Hollenback,Weiskopf,Stovey,Trost,Trimmer,Iguchi,Pai,Chavalas
Absent:Morrison
Minutes:
1. DepartmentChairJohnGrideropenedthemeetingat3:30
2. DepartmentmeetingminutesfromMay6,2015approved
3. PatriciaStoveyelected2015-2016secretary.JenniferTrostvolunteeredto
serveas2016-2017secretary
4. Announcements:
a. GitaPaiisseekingrecruitsforPhiAlphaTheta(PAT).Deadlinefor
applicationsisFriday,September18,2015.
b. TiffanyTrimmerannouncedthata“TownHall,”massadvising
meetingwilltakeplaceMonday,November9,2015,from3:305:00pminHallofNations.PleaseletTiffanyknowifyouwouldliketo
participate.
i. GoalsofTownHall
1. Createacohortofhistorystudents
2. Encourageminorsanddoublemajors
3. AttractstudentscurrentlyinSTEMcourses
ii. VictorMacías-Gonzálezsuggestedtalkingwithother
departmentsthatcurrentlydomassadvisingforsuggestions.
c. HIS490capstonepresentationswillbeheldMonday,December14,
2015,from3:00-6:00pminHallofNations.
d. KenShonkannouncedthattheEducationTPAthatwaspilotedlast
yearisnow“live.”Also,highschoolstudentsarenowrequiredtopass
acitizenshiptestinordertograduate.Thischangemayimpactthe
waypublicschoolhistoryclassesaretaught,withmoreemphasisput
onAmericanhistory.
e. BesurethatBeckihasyourspringteachingschedule
f. JohnGriderpassedonwordthatMeredithThomsenhasaskedHistory
toconsiderwaystocoordinateenvironmentaltopicsintocourses.She
isseekingmoreclassoptionsforEnvironmentalStudiesstudents.
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g. WewillneedtoenterLXinformationintoCIM.Thedeadlineforentry
isJune2016.
5. Fundingrequests
a. HeidiMorrisonrequested$50tohelpbringAhmadNassr,asurgeon
fromRochester’sMayoClinic,tospeakabouthisworkdoingspinal
surgeryontheGazaStrip,September29,2015,at7:00pmintheWard
Room,Cartwright.Approved.
b. DeborahBufftonandPatriciaStoveyrequested$100tobringspeaker
MargaretRozgatocampusspring2016.Approved.
c. JohnGriderrequestedmoneyforapanelonInstitutionalRacismin
EducationtobeheldOctober15,2015.$350wasapproved.
d. KenShonkrequested$250fortheOctober8-10MidwestRegional
IrishStudiesConference.Therewillbea10/9presentation,“Ireland
inGlobalHistory,”withareceptiontofollow.Approved
6. Mapping
a. TiffanyTrimmerspokeaboutmappingSLOsacrossallcourse
offerings.Shepassedoutahandout.
i. Discussionfollowed
ii. Questionstoconsider:
1. CancoursestestpartofanSLOormusttheydotheSLO
initsentirety?
2. Arewespeakingtomultipleaudiences–scholars,
studentsandparents,administrators,academic
advisors?
3. ShouldwegatherinformationfromHIS490studentsor
someothersamplegroupofstudentsinthisprocess?
4. Howcanweadvancefromsimplytalkingabouttuning
andmapping?
7. Curriculum
a. JohnGriderpassedout3handouts:thecurrentrequirementsof
Historymajors/RegionalEmphasis,and2optionproposals.
i. Discussionfollowed
ii. Johnwouldlikefeedbackontheproposaloptionsalongwith
anyotherideasthatwillhelp“regionalize”themajorandmake
itmorestraightforward.
iii. ThegoalistohaveworkfinishedbyApril,2016.
b. VictorMacías-Gonzálezsuggestedthatwealsothinkbeyondmajors,
towardthehumandiversitycomponentandothergeneraleducation
components.
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