The faculty on Tuesday approved the granting of
degrees to 507 day students and 136 graduate and continuing
studies students at Commencement on June 16.
Also at the general faculty meeting, Michelle
Angrist, political science, was elected an at-large junior member of
the Faculty Review Board; Sarah Mace, classics, was elected to
an at-large position on the Student Affairs Council. Linda
Stanhope, psychology, was elected as a one-term replacement for
Victoria Martinez on the Academic Affairs Council.
Dianne Crozier, director of admissions, reported that
the College had received 584 deposits for the incoming class, a
number that would “melt” to around 560, she said. (A story in last
week's Chronicle detailed the rising academic indicators of the
Class of 2006.)
Stephen Leavitt, secretary of the Faculty Executive
Committee, reported that faculty voted in favor (90 to 14) of the
following change to the GenEd science requirement: students
are required to take two courses in science or applied science if one
is a laboratory of at least 12 hours, a second can be another lab
or count toward the major, courses that do not meet the
requirement must be approved by the GenEd board and have a
maximum enrollment of 35, and GenEd science credits cannot also
receive other GenEd credit. If the AAC approves the above, then
the category of Gen Ed science course with math prerequisite should
be removed because it is no longer meaningful.
Gretchel Tyson, the College's director of affirmative action,
and college attorney Chuck Assini presented a draft of a
revised harassment policy. After discussion, President Roger Hull
asked faculty to forward comments to Tyson for consideration.
The next general faculty meeting is Tuesday, June 4,
at 12:30 p.m. in Reamer Auditorium. The agenda includes a
presentation by the student group GET AWARE.