March 21, 2007

DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION

 

Minutes – March 21, 2007

 

Present:  Christa Brown, Kathleen Crawford, Dan Cronn-Mills, Kristen Cvancara, Jim       Dimock, Dave Engen, Jill Hildebrandt, Jessica Samens, Warren Sandmann,                     Kristen Treinen, Leah White

Absent:  Lou Eckert (Class), Nan Johnson-Curiskis (Sabbatical Leave)

 

 

The faculty of the Department of Speech Communication met at 12 Noon on Wednesday, march 21, 2007, in MH 215.

 

Relay for Life:  April 14^th / 6 p.m. to April 15^th / 6 a.m.  As of this date, there are 26 teams signed up.  Christa Brown encourages all faculty and TAs to attend.

 

Internship Hours/Credit:  Faculty agreed to not change the hours/credit. 

One (1) credit = 30 hours of internship work.

 

Health Communication Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program:  Faculty were updated on this preliminary proposal.  This will discussed further at a future faculty meeting.

 

Communication and Technology Interdisciplinary Minor:  Faculty were updated on this preliminary proposal.  This will be discussed further at a future faculty meeting.

 

Audio Technology Course:  Faculty were updated on this proposed course.  Faculty felt David Engen should develop this course for a future curriculum offering.

 

Speech 485:  Senior Seminar/Portfolio Findings:  Portfolio findings are indicating students are weak in communication technology, resource citing and in-length research writing  Students taking David Engen’s courses are much stronger in the communication technology area.

 

GE Category 1C Report:  The report was distributed by e-mail to faculty prior to the meeting.  Discussion:

            - English 101 should be a pre-requisite for Category 1C

            - Develop a Speech upper-level writing intensive course.  Curriculum Committee

               to discuss requiring Speech majors to take upper-level writing intensive course.

 

Faculty Searches:

Communication and Culture Position:  Offer lettering mailed to candidate.

Applied Organization Position:  Failed Search.  Meeting will be scheduled to review       current job description.

Fixed-Term 2007-2008 Position:  Deadline was March 15^th. 

 

Program Review/Outside Reviewers:  Department needs to forward to the Dean two names and justification for these outside reviewers.  Reviewers ranked as follows:

1.         Tom Endres, Northern Colorado

2.         Catherine Palczewski, University Northern Iowa

3.         Kendall Phillips, Syracuse

4.         John Burtis, University of Northern Iowa

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

 

                                                            Respectfully submitted,

                                                            Kathy Steiner