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.