MEETING DATE: September 2, 2009
PERSON PRESIDING: Mike Brown
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Mike Brown, Ken Ferguson, Liz Fogarty, Jeni
Parker, Henry Newkirk, Anne Mallory, Mike Brown,
Karen Kelly
REGULAR MEMBERS ABSENT:
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Elizabeth Layman, Lynn Roeder, Jonathan Morris, Cindy Putnam-Evans
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ABSENT:
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Mary Beth Corbin, John Trifilo, SGA Representative, Marianne
Walker
ACTIONS OF MEETING:
I. Agenda Item: Charge of the committee
Discussion: Mike gave an overview of the
committee’s charge (see yellow handout)
Action Taken: none
II. Agenda Item: Election of Officers
Discussion:
Action Taken: Mike Brown (Chair), Jeni Parker (Vice-Chair), Liz Fogarty (Secretary)
III. Agenda Item: Introduction to the
Appellate Process by Committee Chair and Overview from Chair of the Faculty
Discussion: Mike gave us an overview of the
workings of the committee. Dr. Walker gave us updates on the proposed revisions
of the faculty manual.
Action Taken: none.
IV. Agenda Item: Retroactive Drops
Discussion: One motion was tabled because
it was a grade appeal and outside of the assigned duties of the committee, 2
motions were tabled because they were incompletes and Mike will talk with the
professors about the possibility of the students completing the courses, 1
approval was conditionally approved but the student would need to drop all of
her fall 2008 semester courses, not just some of the courses.
Action Taken: 4—approved (1 conditionally
approved), 11—denied, 3—tabled
V. Agenda Item: Financial Aid Appeals
Discussion: none
Action Taken: 1—approved, 1—denied
VI. Agenda Item: Retroactive Withdrawals
Discussion: The committee separated one
student’s appeal into 2 separate requests, granting one but not the other. Two
requests were tabled when the committee ran out of time to hear the requests.
Action Taken: 3—approved, 2—denied, 2 – tabled
VII. Agenda Item: Suspension
Discussion: The committee tabled both
requests in this category.
Action Taken: 2 – tabled
VIII. Agenda Item: Other
Discussion: The committee approved a Summer
2 graduation date for a Recreation Therapy major. The committee tabled 2
requests in this category.
Action Taken: 1 – approved, 2 – tabled
Total Actions Taken: 9 –
approved, 14 – denied, 9 – tabled
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday,
October 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm in Rawl Annex 142.