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Date	March 23, 2018
Time	11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location	HLC-2103

Item # 1:	I. Approval of the minutes
Presenter	Vanessa Lazo presented the minutes from the October 6, 2017 meeting. Action taken: The minutes were approved with no changes.

Item # 2:	II. Announcements
Presenter	Vanessa Lazo Lazo announced that three of our department’s students had received scholarships to study abroad. Luiza Daude Laurents and Theo Warner will study in Russia, and Penelope Stuart will study in Morocco. . Vanessa Lazo thanked Richar

Item # 3:	III. Discussion of Evaluation Process
Presenter	Matthew Daude Laurents suggested including class visits by peers as part of the evaluation process to help faculty share ideas and grow as instructors. He explained that we currently confuse two evaluation processes: a) summative (what we know about

Item # 4:	IV. Reserve Materials at Libraries
Presenter	Mary Havens Mary Havens, the librarian responsible for Foreign Languages, distributed lists of materials on reserve for each language, and she pointed out that materials may remain on reserve for only one year. She asked to have one person in charge

Item # 5:	V. Distance and Alternative Learning
Presenter	Erasmus Eddae summarized the services offered through his office for Distance and Alternative Learning. They can assist with creating courses or full online degrees. They also provide information on compliance with SACS, federal, or state requirement

Item # 6:	.VI. Effective Learning Course
Presenter	John McMinn-Reyna discussed a proposal to allow students to count HUMA 1301 Great Questions Seminar as an option in addition to EDUC 1100 for the college preparedness course. Students who take HUMA 1301 Great Questions Seminar as their Language, Phil

Item # 7:	VII. Committee Reports
Presenter	Vanessa Lazo

Item # 7:	Committee Reports Continued
Presenter	a. Adjunct Faculty Evaluation Evaluation summaries for all Adjunct Instructors have been completed and were turned in by the deadline to the Dean’s office. They will be sending the forms to instructors according to their schedule. The transit

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