English Department Meeting Information
- Meeting Date: 3/22/22
- Meeting Minutes Taker: Oksana Moroz
- Thanks to Oksana Moroz who took minutes at the 2/14/22 meeting
- Zoom Meeting Link: https://iupvideo.zoom.us/j/7243571701?from=addon
- Spring Semester Meetings and Minutes Takers
- 3/22/22 Oksana Moroz
- 4/11/22 Oksana Moroz
- English Department Minutes Takers Archive
“Go forth! Be brave! Be proud! Be true!”
- IUP English Professor Jane E. Leonard (1840-1925)
Thanks
- Thanks to Oksana Moroz (CAL doctoral student) and Gloria Park for organizing our Vigil for Ukraine
- We continue to stand with Ukraine
- Ukraine Donations Link: https://linktr.ee/voiceforukraine?fbclid=IwAR0_Ew53yL0AJLzPgXS8ZMTLZK-2d2zu9NszX6_qx6K4-24uJ_Em8sii808
- Thanks to Dan Weinstein for covering the advisees of our colleagues who are on leave
- Thanks to Dan Weinstein, John Branscum, Brian Carpenter, and Tony Farrington who all have met with high school students who are prospective IUP English majors
- Thanks to Chris Kuipers for getting ENGL 337: Myth and ENGL 354: Classical Literature in Translation approved for Distance Education delivery
Think Spring Event: March 30 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- We will hold an event for English majors by the main office
- There will be free cookies
- Please encourage all English BA and English Ed majors, minors, and graduate students to attend
- Please join us too!
Agenda Items
1. Fall 2022 Updates
- Common Hour: MWF 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m.
- Department Meetings: Mondays 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Fall Pause: Oct. 24-25 (No IUP classes)
- IUP In Session But Online If Possible: Nov. 21-22 Mon./Tue.
- IUP Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 23 Wed.-Nov. 27 Sun.; No IUP Classes
2. Fall 2022 Class Sizes
- ENGL 100 and 101: 25 students
- ENGL 121: 50 Students
- ENGL 202: 28 students
- ENGL BA and ENGL Ed Courses: up to 25 students
- ENGL BA Writing Courses: 17 students
- ENGL Doctoral Courses: 17 students
3. Enrollment Issues
- ENGL 100: 7 sections (175 seats)
- ENGL 101: 22 sections (550 seats)
- ENGL 121: 10 sections (500 seats)
- ENGL 202: 8 sections (224 seats)
- 600 current IUP students still need ENGL 101
- IUP is projecting 1900 incoming first year students
- PSYC class sizes were raised from 100 to 150 students
- Dave Chambers, IUP APSCUF Vice President, confirmed to the Council of Chairs that IUP administration has full control over class size
- The new tuition model may make it less likely that students will want to take summer and winter courses
- Sharon Deckert is retiring in Summer 2022
- Mike Sell will be on sabbatical in Fall 2022
- Jean Nienkamp is retiring in Summer 2023
- We have 5 people who applied for Sabbaticals in 2023-2024
4. Teaching Associates
- Some departments got TA’s and some did not
- Gian has contacted APSCUF about this discrepancy
- APSCUF is working on a state level grievance regarding the issue
- The Provost has asked whether super GA’s could assist in LSE courses if they are increased to 35 students
5. English Elections
- IUP English APSCUF Alternate for April 2022 meeting
- Elections for 2021-2022
- Staggering of some key terms
- English Elections Committee: Brian Carpenter and Tanya Heflin
6. ENGL 202 for English Majors
- We need to decide if we want to exempt English majors from ENGL 202
7. ARHU 122 Big Ideas
- Big Ideas is a new Certificate Program at IUP
- ARHU 122 Big Ideas is equivalent to ENGL 121
- ARHU 122 is capped at 35
- However, ARHU 122 does not have ENGL 101 as a pre-requisite
- We may wish to ask that ARHU 122 require ENGL 101 as a pre-requisite (this was an oversight when the course was originally approved)
- ARHU 122 also meets the LSE Global and Multicultural Awareness (GMA) Requirement, but ENGL 121 does not
- We may wish to seek GMA approval for ENGL 121
8. 2022 English Programs Membership DRAFT Policy
- The department programs are still in the process of reviewing this proposal
- We will discuss it at our April 11 meeting
- You are welcome to review the document yourself as well
- https://iup0.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/teams/grp-english-department/Shared%20Documents/General/Department%20Meetings/Department%20Meeting%20Documents/2022%20Membership%20in%20English%20Programs2.docx?d=wad43bcfe7fc24c6b91a99dd94bc34a5b&csf=1&web=1&e=jqjlla
APSCUF
- IUP CAP is non-partisan and will support any candidate that supports the State System and the promise of affordable, quality higher education for the students of Pennsylvania.
- IUP CAP (political action committee) currently has reached 55% of its chapter goal of $36,324 for this biennium.
- Payroll deduction is the easiest and most cost-effective way to support CAP. Two dollars a pay, less than 15 cents a day, can make a big difference to our future employment in PASSHE.
Announcements
- If anyone has announcements, we will use the last few minutes of the meeting to cover these