English Department Meeting: Nov. 15, 2023

English Department Meeting Information

Zoom Meeting Link

Meeting Minutes Takers

Next Department Meeting

Nov. 15 Wednesday from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Guests: Paula Stossel and Amber Rachini to talk about Student Success and the IUP Navigators
Discussion English Mission Statement and English Tagline
- “Go forth! Be brave! Be proud! Be true!”–IUP English Professor Jane E. Leonard (1840-1925)
Please send Gian and Melanie any items you want included on future department agendas. I’m happy to include any items anyone wants to discuss.

Minutes

Important Dates & Information

English Community 2023-2024 Events Calendar

Upcoming Events

Dec. 6 Wednesday: Winter Warmup (11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the English Department suite)

News Items

Thanks

To Mike Sell for taking the students of English 308: Critical Theory on a Pittsburgh field trip to the Mattress Factory and the Andy Warhol Museum
- Our budget has been really cut down, but we do have enough funds to support student activities like this
To Gloria Park for coordinating the Secret Santa event
To Melanie Holm for moving forward the CAL Program Revisions
- This will include phasing out the academic year CAL Program
- We will shift to low residency students only

Agenda Items

1. Discussion of Academic Restructuring and Merger with Foreign Language

2. English and Foreign Language Merger

Merger Calendar

December 2023 English and Spanish Education Program Meetings
January 2023 Other Programs Leadership Meeting
January 2023 ELC/FNLG Joint Meeting
First Department Meeting in Feb. 21, 2023 with English and Foreign Language–In Person
Chair Election in Spring 2024
Merger will go into effect July 1

Issues and Concerns

English Leadership Council Membership
Other Committees
Curriculum
- ENGL/FNLG 121 conversion to ARHU 121?
- Criteria for teaching ENGL courses?
- Course Qualifications and Preferences
- APSCUF’s role in determining who can teach what courses?
Department Name
Office Space
Policies
Program Membership
Seniority
Winter/Summer Teaching

3. Discussion of Program Reviews

We have 3 programs under review
MA Composition and Literature
MA Literature
- We will be suggesting that these two programs be merged together which will boost their enrollments
- Chris Orchard and Mike Williamson are working on this proposal
- We have reconstituted the M.A. Literature Committee (Mike, Chris, Ken Sherwood, and Gloria Park) to review this proposal
- If anyone else wishes to serve on this committee, please contact Mike
MA TESOL
- This program was down to 4 students enrolled for Fall 2023, so we are placing it in moratorium
- We had already voted to place the program in moratorium, but IUP administration rejected our idea
- Admin. is now accepting our recommendation since the numbers declined as we expected

4. Liberal Studies English (LSE)

Bryna Siegel Finer (LSE Committee Chair)
Possible renumbering of ENGL 103: Composition I Accelerated to ENGL 102 to avoid confusion
General need for teachers of this course!
New Liberal Studies Framework to be released this semester

5. IUP Student Success

Guests: Paula Stossel, Strategic Advisor to the President for Student Success, and Amber Rachini, Vice Provost for Student Academic Success
Overview of Student Success initiatives and IUP Navigators Program

Announcements

Take an English Colleague to Lunch!