2/12/2009
1.) Welcome
2.) Review minutes
Review past meeting minutes from November 2008
3.) Working Group Reports
Financial aid
-Group corresponded via email
-Meghann met with Diane Prengaman last semester, talked about different things in financial aid
-Financial Aid office is already doing most of the things that we suggested but, to bolster what they’re already doing, talked about creating postcards to remind students about FAFSA due date
-Aaron Talbot is designing the new FAFSA reminder post card
-Also talked about moving all the financial info to mica portal from booklet to make for easy access b studs don’t always get the booklets
Documenting Artwork
Sr advisory council every yr , started two yrs ago to decide on commencement speaker originally to give studs a bigger voice in that area , - bring 10 students from across majors (srs) .. they also championed class gifts since 2007, soliciting ideas of what class gift would be (courtyard of gateway for 07; 08 donate money toward purchasing mac minis and projectors for stud space galleries so studs can have access to 3 projectors for galleries; 09 decide a space to document artwork, so they’re going to buy the equipment and in operations to find a space)
This is part of dpt’mntl resources work, space will be dedicated and can reserve space as much as you can reserve anything else
Next two subjs touch on next mtg
4.)Committee reports
Budget & Finance Committee
-Meghann met with Diane Prengaman last semester, talked about different things in financial aid
-Financial Aid office is already doing most of the things that we suggested but, to bolster what they’re already doing, talked about creating postcards to remind students about FAFSA due date
-Aaron Talbot is designing the new FAFSA reminder post card
-Also talked about moving all the financial info to mica portal from booklet to make for easy access b studs don’t always get the booklets
Documenting Artwork
Sr advisory council every yr , started two yrs ago to decide on commencement speaker originally to give studs a bigger voice in that area , - bring 10 students from across majors (srs) .. they also championed class gifts since 2007, soliciting ideas of what class gift would be (courtyard of gateway for 07; 08 donate money toward purchasing mac minis and projectors for stud space galleries so studs can have access to 3 projectors for galleries; 09 decide a space to document artwork, so they’re going to buy the equipment and in operations to find a space)
This is part of dpt’mntl resources work, space will be dedicated and can reserve space as much as you can reserve anything else
Next two subjs touch on next mtg
4.)Committee reports
Budget & Finance Committee
Representative: Andy Mangold
--> School is affected by economy, had hit on endowment which is really big
--> Two factors: cut in state grants (i.e. Sellenger grant) and the size of the incoming freshmen class (may be lower than past years)
--> School is cutting money from non-academic areas as much as possible in order to try and encourage more students in incoming freshman class..
--> Tuition goes up about 6.5-7% every year.. but next year it’ll only go up about 3% .. also putting a lot of money into merit scholarships.. to encourage students to stay despite economy..
--> Had a meeting for money with Fred Lazarus and Doug Mann which students were invited to in order to give their feedback on what should be cut and what should be kept but only 4 students came out
--> Starting a committee for this issue since it is students’ money, give andy your email address
--> Megan: we can’t predict what students will come to mica, so we’re projecting for the worst case scenario.. looking to cut some 3.5 million dollars out of budget. But for you all, we won’t really know until summertime what those numbers are.. student head count is what, grant is what – really important that since the decisions are made in the summer, our voices need to be heard this semester. So that if we get money back, we’re able to bring back some things on table for getting cut right now. Like a very hard ethics class, need speaking up right now. This is a moment to prioritize.. bldg hrs, paper usage, etc.. what is being maximized and what can be done without – students know best..
--> School is affected by economy, had hit on endowment which is really big
--> Two factors: cut in state grants (i.e. Sellenger grant) and the size of the incoming freshmen class (may be lower than past years)
--> School is cutting money from non-academic areas as much as possible in order to try and encourage more students in incoming freshman class..
--> Tuition goes up about 6.5-7% every year.. but next year it’ll only go up about 3% .. also putting a lot of money into merit scholarships.. to encourage students to stay despite economy..
--> Had a meeting for money with Fred Lazarus and Doug Mann which students were invited to in order to give their feedback on what should be cut and what should be kept but only 4 students came out
--> Starting a committee for this issue since it is students’ money, give andy your email address
--> Megan: we can’t predict what students will come to mica, so we’re projecting for the worst case scenario.. looking to cut some 3.5 million dollars out of budget. But for you all, we won’t really know until summertime what those numbers are.. student head count is what, grant is what – really important that since the decisions are made in the summer, our voices need to be heard this semester. So that if we get money back, we’re able to bring back some things on table for getting cut right now. Like a very hard ethics class, need speaking up right now. This is a moment to prioritize.. bldg hrs, paper usage, etc.. what is being maximized and what can be done without – students know best..
Exhibitions Committee
Representative: Kat Buckley
-->Only had one mtg last sem; decide in fall ’10 jerold and chris will put on an exhibit about tolerance.. get some artists (Williams Rosenberg, phiip dustin) to talk about how they view tolerance with their work.. and what tolerance means in this society. They’re looking for an intern to help with these things.
-->Faculty show this year, part time faculty not allowed in.. some sort of outreach and brainstorming for why that wasn’t so successful in terms of attendance
5.)Homework + Accreditation Visit
We have hw! Reps need to meet with dpt chair bc 2nd mtg is dptmntl reports are due
Mandatory mtg on Tuesday; if have class, get meghann or megan to give your teacher something
3/10 accreditation visit, a lunch – basically coming to see if what they read in the self study is true. Wants to hear from students. Will be here on Monday + Tuesday. Lots of questions, not really sure about right answers but about our experiences.. may not take it from dpt to dpt approach (climate at mica, etc)
talk with dpt head about self study issues
megan: reaccrediting is 10 yr cycles, write giant report about college and hand off to accreditors.. two bodies that work with MICA (nasad, a national agency. And a state agency)
the strengths + weakness sheet is a quick summary about mica.
When you come to this mtg, talk about broad ideas as opposed to specific issues of dpt.
What will happen after this is that MICA will or won’t be reaccredited, and given a report to help guide MICA in next 10 years. What MICA says they’re going to do and whether they’ve done it.
Megan will send out URL for self study again; report will also be available as a hard copy in the library
6.) Announcements
Christopher Whittey speaks about the Designer In Residence.
bill stimey made generous gift to school, so chris put together a team to discuss and select someone named Cameron Sinclair to come here
Cameron was a practicing architect, youtube him – 20 min talk of tet award..
Tet award based on wish; million dollar prize.. wish – housing for the world method. So started ‘open source architecture’ .. confer with some people in subsahara Africa; people with AIDS epidemic can’t get to doctors. Issue with space. Some kind of vegetation that grows 4 ft/2 days.
4/20 lecture @ falvey with Cameron Sinclair around 7 pm
-->Only had one mtg last sem; decide in fall ’10 jerold and chris will put on an exhibit about tolerance.. get some artists (Williams Rosenberg, phiip dustin) to talk about how they view tolerance with their work.. and what tolerance means in this society. They’re looking for an intern to help with these things.
-->Faculty show this year, part time faculty not allowed in.. some sort of outreach and brainstorming for why that wasn’t so successful in terms of attendance
5.)Homework + Accreditation Visit
We have hw! Reps need to meet with dpt chair bc 2nd mtg is dptmntl reports are due
Mandatory mtg on Tuesday; if have class, get meghann or megan to give your teacher something
3/10 accreditation visit, a lunch – basically coming to see if what they read in the self study is true. Wants to hear from students. Will be here on Monday + Tuesday. Lots of questions, not really sure about right answers but about our experiences.. may not take it from dpt to dpt approach (climate at mica, etc)
talk with dpt head about self study issues
megan: reaccrediting is 10 yr cycles, write giant report about college and hand off to accreditors.. two bodies that work with MICA (nasad, a national agency. And a state agency)
the strengths + weakness sheet is a quick summary about mica.
When you come to this mtg, talk about broad ideas as opposed to specific issues of dpt.
What will happen after this is that MICA will or won’t be reaccredited, and given a report to help guide MICA in next 10 years. What MICA says they’re going to do and whether they’ve done it.
Megan will send out URL for self study again; report will also be available as a hard copy in the library
6.) Announcements
Christopher Whittey speaks about the Designer In Residence.
bill stimey made generous gift to school, so chris put together a team to discuss and select someone named Cameron Sinclair to come here
Cameron was a practicing architect, youtube him – 20 min talk of tet award..
Tet award based on wish; million dollar prize.. wish – housing for the world method. So started ‘open source architecture’ .. confer with some people in subsahara Africa; people with AIDS epidemic can’t get to doctors. Issue with space. Some kind of vegetation that grows 4 ft/2 days.
4/20 lecture @ falvey with Cameron Sinclair around 7 pm
Jan Stinchcomb:
gaming concentration has been talked about (inter disciplinary)
we may hear about it in the near future
18 cred concentration offered through IL, IM, animation, DR dpt; cluster of courses to give someone intro experience in gaming field
next step to expand that of a gaming program (like masters lvl like CAP prog) at MICA
infostrucure for next step
baltimore happens to be a hub of gaming industry; east coast.. they want drawing and painting skills (the gaming industry), which MICA’s program just defaults for most students
spr mtgs
3/10 @ noon accreditation visit + lunch
3/26 @ noon dpt reports
4/16 @ noon elections
gaming concentration has been talked about (inter disciplinary)
we may hear about it in the near future
18 cred concentration offered through IL, IM, animation, DR dpt; cluster of courses to give someone intro experience in gaming field
next step to expand that of a gaming program (like masters lvl like CAP prog) at MICA
infostrucure for next step
baltimore happens to be a hub of gaming industry; east coast.. they want drawing and painting skills (the gaming industry), which MICA’s program just defaults for most students
spr mtgs
3/10 @ noon accreditation visit + lunch
3/26 @ noon dpt reports
4/16 @ noon elections
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