WASC Committee
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Meeting Notes
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Haak Ctr Boardroom 4115
Members Present: Bryan Berrett, Carolyn Coon, Michelle Den Beste, Jose Diaz, Xuanning Fu, Daniel Griffin, Robert
Harper, Gillisann Harootunian, Melissa Jordine, Andrew Lawson, James Marshall, Moses Menchaca, Dennis Nef, Tamyra
Pierce, Chuck Radke, Rebecca Raya-Fernandez, Rudy Sanchez, Dave Tyckoson, Terence Wan, Sandra Witte, Lynnette
Zelezny, Manoocheher Zoghi
Members Absent: Shirley Armbruster, Thomas Boeh, Michael Caldwell, Darlene Haines, Asao Inoue, Sean Kiernan, Jane
Magee, Maxine McDonald, Pranav Menon, Scott Moore, Arun Nambiar, Philip Neufeld, Melanie Ram, Angel Sanchez,
Fariborz Tehrani, Laura Alcantar
Guest: Janell Morillo
Meeting called to order: 11:03 a.m.
I.
II.
III.
Review February 20, 2014 meeting notes
Minutes were reviewed and approved.
Announcements
Congratulations to Melissa Jordine who was accepted to attend the WASC Leadership Academy.
a. Senate Update
i. Bookmarks – have been sent to the print shop and they will be distributed to a number of places
across campus.
ii. Co-Sponsor Campus Forum Format and Agenda
L. Zelezny invited the committee members to invite three campus members to attend the forum.
The campus forum is open to faculty, staff and students. Members have been asked to attend both
forums if their schedule permits.
 Monday, April 28th 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., HML 2206
 Tuesday, April 29th 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. HML 2206
a. Prompts/Questions
b. Format – Team Leaders will be asked to be part of a panel.
iii. John Shields Invite
John Shields was invited to the Senate to recognize him for his work. Once the date has been
selected the information will be sent to everyone.
b. Outreach and Meetings with Advisory Boards
i. Presented: UFO and BFSA
ii. Upcoming: LFSA, PCHRE and Chairs, Criminology and Business
iii. A. Lawson to visit ASI/USU
ePortfolio and Assessment Meeting – March 18th update – A. Lawson
Pathbrite is the software that our campus will be using to create eportfolios. Students will be able to collect their
work as they complete their degree major.
IV.
Review Self-Narrative Feedback – A. Lawson
a. Reviewed draft #3 to G. Harootunian– April 1, 2014
Andrew Lawson has reviewed the self-narrative draft #3 and we have made great progress. The goal is for A.
Lawson and L. Zelezny to review it by April 1st and then give it to G. Harootunian for the next review. There
are still a few paragraphs that still need to be written and A. Lawson requested feedback from the group to
write these paragraphs.
V.
Communication/Collaborative Plan
a. April Newsletter – T. Pierce will be working on the upcoming newsletter and should be out by mid-April.
It may be important to communicate to the campus what to expect when the visitors are here in 2015.
b. Communications – 1 page FAQs
c. Upcoming campus forums
1. Monday, April 28th 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., HML 2206
2. Tuesday, April 29th 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. HML 2206
 Marketing Announcement
 Questions and Prompts – we need questions and prompts to lead the campus forums.
 Meaning, Quality and Integrity of the Degree
 Give feedback online at website
 Reach out to college WASC representatives – Please make sure to make yourself very
visible in the next few weeks.
 Attendance to upcoming campus forums – Please plan to participate in both forums and
bring colleagues to attend.
 Help support excellence in upcoming program reviews
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: April 24th 11:00 – 12:00 p.m., Haak Center Boardroom 4115
Meeting adjourned: 12:00 p.m.
IMPORTANT DATES:
 Summer 2014: Self Narrative
 November 20, 2014: Offsite Review
 October 20-23, 2015: Accreditation Visit