August - October 2005 Update

While the updates on this website have not been coming regularly, please don't assume that our collective foot has been on the brake on self-study this fall. Quite the contrary! The last three months have been full of self-study work. On August 22, all committees again met in Red Wing for half-day working meetings. Criterion committees each hosted two break-out sessions during University Convocation Day on August 24 th which allowed faculty and staff members from all campuses an opportunity to talk with the committees about any concerns that they may have regarding criteria specific issues. These sessions included a brief update on committee activities; however, they were mostly an opportunity for committee members to listen. The Self-Study Steering Committee Chair and Self-Study Coordinator again presented information on self-study to the new group of student senators at the College on the Winona Campus. They also presented to the group last year, but provided an update on progress to them in late September. Student members of self-study committees also spoke about their self-study work. The Student Senate was asked to assist with getting undergraduate students to complete the survey that was sent out in early October. Criterion committees are hard at work preparing their first drafts of their portion of the document. Part of that process includes coming to some agreement with all committee members about what findings should be included. Recommendations are also being formulated for the purpose of improvement. The survey was sent to students in the College and in the School of Graduate and Professional Programs in mid-October. The survey for faculty and staff will be coming out in early November.