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Summer 2006 Curriculum Position Papers:

Guidelines for Proposals (due May 1, 2006)

Recipients:

Marc Rice, Patricia Mickey, Mira Frisch, and Tom Hueber | Read the Paper
Topic: Discipline self-examination focused on student recruitment and retention and faculty resources.
Mary Shapiro | Read the Paper
Topic: A course-based system with a series of interdisciplinary courses.
Jason Miller, Maria Nagan, and John Ishiyama | Read the Paper
Topic: Undergraduate research experiences in the teacher-scholar model.
Steven Reschly, Jay Self, and Rebecca Hadley | Read the Paper
Topic: Internationalizing Truman.
Michele Breault, Teresa Heckert, and Laura Fielden-Rechav | Read the Paper
Topic: Revising the Liberal Studies Program to allow for a variety of ways to meet competencies.
Robert Kelchen, Angela Crawford, and Mark Kirtland | Read the Paper
Topic: Credit hours allotted to each part of the curriculum and providing a strong interdisciplinary education.
Wynne Wilbur and Wendy Miner | Read the Paper
Topic: 4-1-4 load model.
Candy Young, Chris Lantz, Deb Kerby, and John Dieter | Read the Paper
Topic: Curricular reform as seen through the mission and assessment.
Chett Breed and Roberta Donahue | Read the Paper
Topic: Relationship of the liberal arts to the discipline as seen through curriculum and governance bodies.  Also, curricular exploration and best practices.
Ken Carter | Read the Paper
Topic: Deliberation as a Guide and Goal in Transcending Grade-Focused Culture.

The recipients presented their papers at the 2006 Master Plan and Assessment Workshop, July 25, 2006.  The final versions of the papers were due on August 18.

Presentations were also given at:

Undergraduate Council meetings:
September 21, 2006, 3:30pm, Alumni Room (Reschly, Hadley, & Self)
October 12, 2006, 3:30pm, Alumni Room (Wilbur & Miner)
November 16, 2006, 3:30pm, Alumni Room (Young, Lantz, Kerby, & Dieter)
December 7, 2006, 3:30pm, Governors' Room (Crawford, Kelchen, & Kirtland)

Liberal Studies Luncheons:
September 14, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Shapiro)
September 28, 2006, 12:15pm, PML 205 (Heckert, Breault, & Fielden)
October 5, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Breed & Donahue)
October 12, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Rice, Mickey, Frisch, & Hueber)
October 19, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Carter)
October 26, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Miller, Nagan, & Ishiyama)
November 2, 2006, 12:00pm, PML 205 (Young, Lantz, Kerby, & Dieter)