20 November, 2015
PRAC November Report
Submitted by Mitchell Anderson, Chair
Committee Membership
Executive Committee
Mitchell Anderson, Chair, Seri Luangphinith, Doug Mikkleson
Full Committee
2014-15
Ag
CHEM
AJ
Poly Sci
Armando Ortega
Kevin Hopkins
Norbert Furumo
Katherine Young
Todd Belt
2015-16
Art
English
MARE
Hist
Jonathan Goebel
Kirsten Molligaard
Jason Adolf
Doug Mikkleson
2016-17
Econ
Physics & Astr
Sociology
Kinesiology
Geology
CS
Keisuke Nakao
Marianne Takamiya
Alton Okinaka
Lincoln Gotshalk
Steve Lundblad
Michele Ebersol
Keith Edwards
2017-18
Jap Studies
Geography
M. A. TCEBS
Anth
Math
Comm
Masa Honda
Jonathan Price
Don Price
Peter Mills
Brian Wissman
Miike Yoshitaka
M.A. Education
Programs Completed PR (2014 – 2015)
 Chemistry
Status: MOU negotiations in progress
 Administration of Justice
Status: MOU negotiations in progress
 Political Science
Status: MOU negotiations in progress
 Ph.D. Hawaiian Language Culture Revitalization (not sure about this one)
 Ag
Status: MOU negotiations have not begun
Programs Currently in PR (2015 – 2016)
 Art
Status: self-study in progress
 English
Status: awaiting external review
 History
Status: self-study in progress
 Marine Science
Status: MOU negotiations in progress
Programs Scheduled for PR Next Year (2016 – 2017)
 Economics
Attended PRAC training meeting
 Physics
Met with PRAC exec
 Sociology
 Kinesiology
 Geology
 M.Ed. Education
Met with PRAC exec, attended PRAC mtg.
 CS
Attended PRAC training mtg.
Programs Scheduled for PR the Following Year (2017 – 2018)
 Japanese Studies
 Geography
 Natural Science
 Environmental Studies
 Biology
 M.A. TCBES
 Anthropology
 M.A. Cultural Heritage
Activities this month
Initial Meetings with Programs to Prepare for the Self-Study
Oct. 20, 2015: I met with the Education department to discuss the PR process. .
MOU Process
1. Nov. 4, 2015. Met with MARE to discuss the MOU process and go through their external
reviewer comments. Provided input to the MOU. They meet with Randy on Nov. 20.
PRAC Training
Nov. 10, 2015 held a full PRAC membership training session. The meeting was attended by
representatives from POLS, CS, ED, COMM, ECON, and GEOL. Todd Belt provided valuable
information from the perspective of a program that recently completed the PR process, apart
from the final agreement on the MOU. The participants were able to obtain valuable information
about the process. We will hold another such meeting in the Spring, and will encourage those
programs not in attendance, to attend.
External Reviewer Database:
All programs that have identified an external reviewer have provided information on how they
were identified and chosen. This is a great start to a valuable resource. We will continue to add
to the database as future external reviewers are identified, and this information will be added to
the PRAC initial interview packet.