QEP Task Force Meeting - April 9, 2020

Attendance:

  • Dr. Erina Duganne, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design
  • Dr. Kelly Kaufhold, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Dr. Lon Olson, Assessment Director
  • Mr. Ismael Lozano, Assistant to the Director of Assessment
  • Mr. David Sharp, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Mr. Richard G. Powe, Geography Resource and Environmental Studies major, Department of Geography
  • Dr. David Wierschem, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
  • Dr. Yihong Yuan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
  • Ms. Victoria G. Black, Director, Personalized Academic and Career Exploration Center
  • Dr. Peter Golato, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Literatures
  • Dr. Alejandra Sorto, Professor, Department of Mathematics
  • Ms. Flisa Stevenson, Director of Development Communications
  • Ms. Susan Thompson, Senior Research Analyst, Office of Institutional Research
  • Mr. Tom Shewan, Associate Vice President, Facilities
  • Dr. Doug Morrish, Professor & Assistant Dean
  • Ms. Evy Gonzales, Director of Strategic Research Initiatives, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
  • Dr. Paula Williamson, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology
  • Dr. Daniel A. Brown, Dean of University College and Director of PACE Center
  • Ms. Melissa Hyatt, Associate University Registrar, Office of the University Registrar
  • Ms. Toni Moreno, Assistant Director for Hispanic Student Retention in the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion
  • Dr. Amy Louise Schwarz, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders
  • Mr. Patrick Smith, Assistant Director, Office of Distance & Extended Learning
  • Ms. Jennifer Idema, Campus Life Committee Chairperson, Graduate House
  • Dr. Eric J. Paulson, Professor & Associate Dean, Doctoral Program in Developmental Education
  • Dr. Nico Schüler, University Distinguished Professor, School of Music
  • Dr. Kent Griffin, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance

Not in Attendance:

  • Ms. Sarah Naper, Director, Research and Learning Services
  • Dr. Peter Tschirhart, Associate Dean, Honors College
  • Mr. Whitten Smart, Special Assistant, Information Technology
  • Dr. Karen Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Ms. Laramie McWilliams, Assistant Dean of Students, Leadership Institute
  • Mr. Shane Rich-New, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Ms. Isabel Valdez, Graduate Assistant, Exercise Science major, Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Mr. Nik Farrell, Recreation Administration major with a Southwestern Studies minor, Department of Health and Human Performance
  • Ms. Vanessa Jones, Dance major, Department of Theater and Dance
  • Mr. Jaxon Castillo, Electrical Engineering major, Ingram School of Engineering
  • Ms. Imani McDonald, Graduate Assistant, Marketing Research and Analysis major, Department of Marketing
  • Ms. Amy Baker, Biochemistry major, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Meeting

The meeting started at 1:06 PM

Group updates from Doug Morrish’s team about the budget and pay for the IDEA Center staff.  Members discuss the concerns for the staff’s positions about pay and if they should be part-time or not for the time being.  As well as what the traveling funds would be specifically would be used for. More additional planning for adding on student workers for assessment purposes.

Tom highlights that the physical location will be the library and that since more staff members will be added more space will have to be dedicated to their work areas.

Meeting ended at 2:05 PM