COMMITTEE FOR MULTICULTURAL CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Notes from Meeting of
19 January 2010
The fourth meeting of the committee for multicultural curriculum transformation was held
on Tuesday, 19 January 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Altgeld 203.
Attendance
Laverne Gyant, Virginia Cassidy, Michael Gonzales, Robin Moremen, Judy
Santacaterina, Liping Guo, Sally Conklin, Bill Goldenberg, Sabiha Daudi, Murali
Krishnamurthi
Announcements
Sabiha Daudi announced that she plans to retire at the end of the semester. The committee
will need to look for a new representative from the College of Education. Any nominations
should be sent to Virginia Cassidy.
Laverne Gyant plans to go on sabbatical in March.
Minutes
November 17, 2009 Minutes approved after changes which include: changing of wording in
Institute surveys: line 2. to show that an assessment of the institute was completed in the
past.
Discussion of pre/post surveys
A discussion of the data in the pre/post institute surveys was done to determine areas of the
institute that can be modified for future use. Comments for activities the committee could
do for the current semester include: working with and allocating funds to groups that are
giving small presentations within the university such as; global studies, and the possibility of
including two videos, “A Day without a Mexican”, and “Immigrants from South Mexico”.
Working with Black heritage month and Women’s history month are two other groups
available to collaborate with. Women’s studies discussed bringing in a speaker named
Frances Aparicio who is a representative of Latina as individuals and uses cultural
experiences in her lecture. Black studies have a speaker on February 26, Rachel Moran, who
served in Law. LGBT could benefit by allocating funds to a reception.
Budget was also discussed. Virginia Cassidy mentioned that some funds had been given to
the library, and could be used to purchase videos. Also, allocation to other groups is a
possibility and if interested give an estimated budget with a limit of $100, collection of
speakers and sponsors to Katy Smith.
Keynote Speaker
Keynote speaker possibilities were discussed. Suggestions include: an individual who
received an excellence in undergraduate teaching award, and bringing back past keynote
speakers. Suggested speakers were: Barbra Love, Paula Rothenberg, Maurianne Adams, and
Ruby Paine. A suggestion was made to watch “You Tube” videos of colloquiums of the
possible speakers.
Discussion of MCT Institute 2011
Given the information on the pre/post surveys, areas of the institute were discussed.
Suggestions include: a panel on disabilities which Greg Long would be a possible leader. And
Learning disabilities could be addressed with Gregg Conderman as a possible leader. Social
class can be looked at within each panel. Class as it refers to constructs raised in poverty and
other classes and is more than income, population, and education. Some individuals feel this
is too big an issue for one panel, and is crosses into other areas.
Managing a diverse classroom could be done in the small groups and doesn’t necessarily
need a speaker. Managing a diverse classroom should include information on seating
arrangements, approaches, learning styles, and handling disruptive students in the classroom.
Religion was agreed upon, to be dropped in the institute until further notice.
Suggestions for the selection of the panelists were developed and include: be clear on what
the committee wants them to say, give them a structured time frame, meet with speakers in
February and March before they speak, have a rubric or guideline sheet, and approach the
speaker as are you willing to do it this way.
Closing remarks
The next meeting will include a discussion on the purpose for assessment.
The following reservations were made for the 2011 MCTI:
May 16, 2011 (Monday) – May 19, 2011 (Thursday) 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in HSC
Heritage, Lincoln, and Lincoln A, B, & C
May 20, 2011 (Friday) 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in HSC Heritage
The meeting was adjourned at 11:05 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for 16 February,
2010 from 10:00-11:30 in Altgeld 203.