WASC
Executive Committee
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Meeting Notes
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Haak Ctr Boardroom 4115
Members Present: Xuanning Fu, Asao Inoue, James Marshall, Scott Moore, Arun Nambiar, Dennis Nef, Andrew
Lawson, Angel Sanchez, Sandra Witte, Lynnette Zelezny and Laura Alcantar
Members Absent: Michael Caldwell, Darlene Haines, Pranav Menon and Fariborz Tehrani
Meeting called to order: 2:01 p.m.
I.
II.
III.
Announcements
a. WASC ARC Communication Proposal Accepted
T. Pierce WASC ARC proposal was accepted.
b. Core Competency Workshop on 2/6/14
c. Self-Narrative update
G. Harootunian did a fabulous job reviewing the self-narrative. She was asked to review it once again once
Dr. Shields finished his review. L. Zelezny is very confident that we will get a lot of good ideas and
details to improve our report from Dr. Shields.
d. WASC Leadership Academy – M. Jordine, B. Berrett, M. Zogui
We have three nominations for the upcoming WASC leadership academy. Provost agreed to support these
candidates if selected to participate.
WASC Committee Spring Special Meetings
a. Meeting to Review Self Narrative Feedback – Feb. 20th
We will dedicate this meeting to discuss the self-narrative.
b. ePortfolio and Assessment Meeting – March 18th 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., HML 2206
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this important meeting on ePortfolio and assessment.
Self-Study Discussion Items – A. Lawson
a. Current Priorities and Plans
b. Mission Statement – there are some areas that need to be revisited.
c. Faculty Development – M. Caldwell will be asked to assist in this section.
d. ILO’s – D. Nef will take this document to discuss at AP&P. It was also suggested to take it to the
Academic Senate for discussion.
e. University Grad Committee – Meaning of Graduate Degrees – There has not been any progress at this
time. S. Witte has been asked to bring this item back to the agenda.
f. Strategic Plan Indicators? – Need to include strategic plan indicators in our narrative.
g. Discussion of Standards of Performance
h. WASC Standards – in the narrative we need to include the CFRs.
i. How to Organize Additional Documents?
IV.
Communication/Collaborative Plan
We need to have a collaborative communication plan and create materials to distribute at all the different meetings.
a. Newsletter
b. Website
c. Upcoming campus forums
i. Handouts
1. FAQ
2. Questions Prompts
3. Meaning, Quality and Integrity of the Degree
4. Give feedback online at website
5. Reach out to college WASC rep
6. Attendance to upcoming campus forums
7. Help support excellence in upcoming program reviews
V.
Spring Campus Forums
We will need volunteers to go and present at the various meetings listed below. L. Zelezny has already presented
to various of the groups, but we will need to continue to communicate to the campus community our progress.
a. Web Forum (moderated)
b. Executive Senate – L. Zelezny
c. General Senate/Co-sponsor
d. Assessment Coordinators
e. Open Forum (Faculty/Staff)
f. Open Forum for Students
g. School/Colleges Assemblies – L. Zelezny
h. Administrative Roundtable – L. Zelezny
i. Chairs Meeting – L. Zelezny
j. Provost’s Leadership Team (PLT) – L. Zelezny
k. ASI/USU Leadership – L. Zelezny and A. Lawson
l. PCHRE
m. College Advisory Boards
n. AFSA, LFSA and BFSA
VI.
Upcoming workshops:
a. 2014 WASC Academic Resource Conference
April 23-25, 2014, Los Angeles, CA
Attending: Michelle DenBeste, Xuanning Fu, Arun Nambiar, Dennis Nef, Angel Sanchez, Rudy Sanchez,
Dave Tyckoson and Lynnette Zelezny
VII.
Next Meeting: March 6th 11:00 – 12:00 p.m., Haak Center Boardroom 4115
Meeting Adjourned: 3:00 p.m.