Minutes: AIL Committee
Wed May 3rd and Friday May 5th
CL 710
May 3rd
Present: Patricia Terry, Debbie Furlong, Kim Nielsen, Regan Gurung, John Mariano,
Kari Jo Grant, Abby Kiefer, Jeane Smits
May 5th
Present: Debbie Furlong, Kim Nielsen, Regan Gurung, John Mariano, Marilyn Sagrillo,
Kari Jo Grant, Abby Kiefer, Jeane Smits
Based upon discussions within our departments and the AIL committee we began
discussing the committee's planning document for Recommendation IX of the Summer
1999 Task Force Report.
We began by defining co-curricular as any activity which
Involves intellectual development
Forms a connection between typical "academic" life and "student" life areas of
campus
Develops leadership skills outside of the classroom
Includes group or team related activities done with a purpose
Involves a student organization which has a purpose and meets regularly
(minimum
of 2 hrs/month) and plans events according to their mission or goals
As with Recommendation VIII, we recognized that many co-curricular activities are
already occurring on campus, but that structural barriers exist which inhibit opportunities.
Among ideas tossed around to remove these barriers were
Coordination of student services time around faculty time to promote facilitation and
enhancement of student services with student needs
More information and better dissemination of information about opportunities for
existing and new campus organizations through Student Life
Review and modify the campus posting space and practices for better information sharing
by campus organizations
More open spaces on campus for students and faculty to meet in a relaxed, non-classroom
environment
Integration into the HIFC process educating students about the opportunities offered
through Student Life and the benefits of active participation
Advance announcements (in as much as it is possible) of speakers and campus
performances so that faculty can integrate these activities into their class syllabi
Encouraging faculty to include one co-curricular activity per year so that students will be
more assured of a number of co-curricular experiences
Motivate faculty to perform the above by celebration and reward of activities during the
tenure and merit review processes
Educate faculty about this expectation during the faculty development discussed in
Recommendation VIII
Facilitate more campus trips, such as the annual field trip to the Art Institute in Chicago
Provide more community links for job shadowing through career services
Facilitate the development of more interdisciplinary conferences, events, theme weeks,
etc….
Perhaps one per semester campus wide with the theme as the focus of reading groups and
classes
Create a program/directory of faculty advising interests for Student Life to better
facilitate linking campus organizations with faculty interest
The next meeting will be Wed, May 10th at 8 am in CL710.