Pulaski Technical College
Student Success Committee Minutes
September 10, 2014
Members present:
☒ Beth Trafford
☒ Cindy Harkey (PEC Liaison)
☐ Darrellyn Williams
☒ Doris Pierce
☒ Jonathan Childs (Vice-chair)
☒ Kimberly Kwee
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Lennon Parker
Logan Oliver
Loria Taylor
Marvene Allen
Mary Gall (Recorder)
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Pam Cicirello
Rhonda Carroll
Tierra Harris
Vondra Armstrong
Zachary Perrine (Chair)
Meeting schedule: 2nd Thursday of each month at 2:30 in TBD (Tentatively)
Item
Who/How
Outcome
1. Welcome/Introductions Review
(Chair)
Acknowledgement of Members and make
Agenda/Additions to Agenda
any changes or additions to agenda.
Discussion: Beth asked for two items to be added: 1) Election of Vice-Chair and 2) Discuss options for meeting
date/time.
Action Items
None
2. Review minutes of last meeting
Person Resp
Deadline
Address previous actions to ensure
accuracy and accountability.
Discussion: Minutes were reviewed and accepted with no changes. Motion by Zach with a 2nd from Mary.
Action Items
All
Person Resp
Deadline
None
3. Elect new recorder
All
New recorder elected
Discussion: Kim Kwee is resigning as the recorder and asked for nominations for a replacement. Kim nominated
Mary Gall, who accepted. The group voted Mary as recorder.
Action Items
Person Resp
Deadline
None
4. Review proposed changes to subAll
Approve or send back for changes
committee charters
Discussion: Beth asked the committee members to review the proposed changes to sub-committee charters.
Loria motioned to accept with proposed changes (2nd from Zach). The “Draft” watermark will be removed and they
will move on to the next approval group/level.
Action Items
Person Resp
Deadline
Finalize documents and submit for
Beth
Not specified
approval
5. Elect new chair
All
New chair elected
Discussion: Beth is resigning as chair of this committee and asked for nominations for a new chair. Zach was
nominated. He accepted and was unanimously voted in as the new chair of this committee.
Action Items
None
Person Resp
Deadline
6. Discussion of general education
All
Not specified
prerequisites.
Discussion: Zach requested that this group assemble a proposal with recommendations for the general education
prerequisites. This would normally fall under the Academic Affairs Committee. Speaking from an advising point of
view and what he has heard from students, it isn’t clear and not stated in the catalog.
Vondra asked for clarification on what pre-reqs would be different from what is in place now? Should the pre-reqs
be part of the pre-entry requirements?
Example given: Class has no pre-reqs listed and a student enrolls. Once they get to class, they are told they are not
ready for it and need to take other classes (like dev reading) first.
Kim discussed what she has seen and encountered in her area.
Beth asked Zach to demonstrate how he would propose the recommendation.
Zach asked that the team submit their ideas and recommendations to him by October 6th and he will consolidate it
to a document and send the draft prior to the next meeting.
Action Items
Person Resp
Deadline
Members to submit suggestions and
10/6/2014
All
recommendations for pre-reqs to Zach
Zach to consolidate pre-req input to a
Zach
10/6/2014
working document and send draft to the
group prior to next meeting
7. Elect vice-chair
All
Vice-chair elected
Discussion: Beth nominated Jonathan Childs to fill the Vice-Chair slot with a 2nd from Mary. Jonathan accepted
and was voted in unanimously.
Action Items
Person Resp
Deadline
None
8. Future meeting date/time
All
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Discussion: Last year the group met on the 4 Wednesday of the month. After reviewing other committee
meeting dates/times, it was suggested we meet on the 2nd Thursdays at 2:30. October 9th will be the next meeting.
Mary will reserve meeting space for the year.
Action Items
Person Resp
Deadline
Mary to schedule meeting room for the
Mary
9/30/2014
year
9. Open (added at end of meeting)
All
Discussion:
 Cindy mentioned that the sub-committees of this committee will report directly up to SSC before going on to
other committees for approvals. The current sub-committees are: 1) Enrollment Management, 2) Connected
Resources Team and 3) Financial Aid Committee. The Graduation sub-committee and Scholarship and Awards
will be involved at a later date.
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Vondra stated that she will get information regarding Roberts Rules to help us in future meetings.
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Cindy commented that the Quality Counsel referred Derek Moore and the Common Reader Program to this
committee. Vondra motioned with a 2nd from Doris to add it to the agenda for discussion at the next meeting.
Action Items
Vondra to provide Roberts Rules of
Order information
Invite Derek Moore to attend next
meeting to discuss Common Reader
Program
10. Plus Delta
What Went Well Today?
Timing and sticking to the agenda
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6.
Person Resp
Deadline
Vondra
10/9/2014
Zach
10/6/2014
All
Continuous Improvement
Plus Delta Evaluation
What Could Have Been Improved Today?
Cookies!
Better understanding of Roberts Rules of Order
Action Items for Next Meeting
Beth to finalize documents for the sub-committee charters and submit for approval
Members to submit suggestions and recommendations for pre-reqs to Zach by 10/6/2014
Zach to consolidate pre-req input to a working document and send draft to the group prior to next meeting
Mary to schedule meeting room for the year
Vondra to provide Roberts Rules of Order information at next meeting
Invite Derek Moore to next meeting to discuss Common Reader Program
Motion to adjourn was made by Mary. Meeting adjourned at 3:12 PM.