Review and Approve Minutes
Departmental Concerns
Based off of the student concerns sheets that each representative filled out at the beginning of the semester, the SVAAC has found four areas to address in small groups:
1. Financial aid (informal resource list for students to put on MICA web site; general questions, general scholarships)
2. Health & Safety (assume has a lot to do with dolphin bldg)
3. Departmental Resources (ie studio space ie model shop ... things open to specific majors, and students at large.. possibly into MICA Red Book?)
4. Space for Documenting Artwork (figure out ideal space; work study position? compile list to pass on and look over; dan myers!)
Additional Department Reports
- DRAWING: Jennifer B.
26 enrolled at least, 10 freshman want to be majors, Friday talk with them about being drawing major at MICA
bc so few, .. micadrawingmajors.blogspot.com
forum to talk about techniques, resources, etc
field trip specifically for drawing majors to see Charles Ritchie
peer to peer critique set up on Wed fox 210 at 4 pm; advertised in cobalt soup and on posters
group of sophomores going to sr studios next week, see reviews
- Exp Anim: n/a
- Int. Media: n/a
- Vid: new representative - Eric Varella
Jan Stinchcomb and Chris Whittey speak
on student concerns:
-are working on issues (esp IL working with Whitney, in line with IL philosophy)
-one thing that stood out: ventillation issue with print making
-most of concerns are being worked on and already recognized
-student concern: new ventilation in the some of the senior studios for drawings majors is filled with dirt and charcoal and is giving students nosebleeds
-Jan Stinchcomb: was changed last year but will continue to check up on the issue
Faculty Hires
-sva informed that a very rigorous search is happened, listings advertised heavily for higher education folk and for full time hires, not so heavily for part time hires
-each dpt has their own process
-concern response: part time hires, how does this affect the students? full time : part time ratios
-reply back: bc so interdisciplinary, may be working three parts.. how much of the curric delivered by those faculty? we exceed norm standards (60:40 ft:pt) there will always be pt faculty
**meghann has heard about the shuttles and meal plan usage (at cafe doris and gateway) concerns, is on it.
**mya wondering about getting to know professors pre-semester class and their syllabi
response: faculty directory online, syllabi colelcted and posted
**announcement: would like feedback about course information
response: clarity with course titles, perhaps subtitles
response 2: would like hard, unbiased information about courses as opposed to students' feedback/opinions
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
town hall mtg 2/18/09 3pm - go! location tbd
Representatives from the Faculty version of the council:
-Jason Sloan: no particular announcements
-Mina Cheon:
-first yr as chair of student affairs committee; also on faculty executive committee
-happy with the work that's going on in sva, wants reps to encourage their friends to come out
-faculty committee grp acts as liaison between sva and faculty assembly
-there's 5 members in the f.c.
-wants to respond to syllabus idea - the kind of work she does with her students changes every semester to try to update with the times.. the course description may not be entirely accurate, because the dynamics of the class can altar things too.. but more description may be helpful, she thinks. since changes, albeit little ones, are always likely
in terms of SPRING MTGS:
town hall mtg is where fred, ray, dusty are on panel/stage asking questions and answering questions
a lot of faculty meet there,
fall: address and recognize issues
spr: students can be recognized there with their concerns, raise their issues that they might be passionate about
good forum to get information about, where we're going, where we're headed
spread the word! it's a big deal.
also with spr mtgs: without student input, it's just faculty
so look at your section of dpt self study and talk some more.
they'll ask questions on whole, and you can give feedback
glowing rec's are great but your concerns should be raised. doesn't mean that mica won't get accreditted, but it'll go into the report and taken seriously from there
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: March 10 @ NOON. BE THERE.
this is actually a MANDATORY MTG.
the accreditation team is only here monday & tuesday. megan miller will be happy to write you a note (ray as well) to your faculty member to let you out of class to be a part of this effort!
DEVELOPING 2 PROGRAMS:
1. gaming
2. community arts program
also.
this friday 1030: etsy.com, one of those folk are coming
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