University-Wide Impact Committee
Minutes 2/18/10

Present
L. Foss, J. Fullmer, K. Gatske, J. Irving, H. Lockwood, A. Marsoobian, M. McClain, B. Nakamura, J. O'Hara, A. Reynaga, M. Shea, J. Strawn, J. Tait

I. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 9:35am.

II. Old Business

The standing committee continued its discussion on the subject of establishing a formal procedure for the declaration of a university minor and generated a list of questions for
Dr. Stephen Joyner from Academic Student Services, Kimberly Laing from the Registrar's Office, and the FYE director, Dr. Nicole Henderson, who have been invited to attend the next UWIC meeting on 3/4/10.

The standing committee next produced that the following motion be submitted to UCF for approval regarding criteria for UCF representation:

MOTION 

That UCF membership be available to any SCSU program that has EITHER

1. a major

       or

2. course offerings with its own subject code prefix (e.g., HON or WMS) AND a chair or director 

Any program that meets either of these two criteria may apply for UCF membership by providing a rationale explaining why that program is not otherwise represented sufficiently in the UCF.

III. New Business

The standing committee voted to accept a course revision proposal submitted by the Philosophy department for PHI 325 (Bio-Ethics in the Life Sciences).  The committee voted 8 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstention.

IV. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 10:50 am.

Minutes prepared by Byron Nakamura