Present: Gary Brey, Janice Chernekoff, Robert Flatley, Kimberly Johnston, Debra Lynch, Rolf Mayrhofer, Kevin McCloskey, Paul Sable, Randy Schaeffer

Absent: Linda Goldberg, William Mowder, Brian Wlazelek

1. Welcome

• Dr. Lynch welcomed everyone to the meeting.

2. Approval of Minutes of March 26, 2003

• Paul Sable moved, Rolf Mayrhofer seconded, to approve the Minutes of the March 26, 2003 meeting. The motion passed.

3. Web Site

• Randy Schaeffer noted that a copy of the web site was e-mailed to everyone on the General Education Committee for review. The Committee approved.
• Randy Schaeffer suggested that a timeline and a link to the list serve be added to the WEB site. He also suggested restricting the list serve to just the General Education Committee.
• Debra Lynch will send an e-mail to all faculty announcing the WEB site.

4. College Meetings

• The Committee reviewed the schedule of college meetings. It was noted that these meetings will be held at 11:00 a.m.
• The Committee should put forth every effort to attend as many of these college meetings as possible.
• The Committee discussed the agenda for these meetings, the need to keep the focus on the mission and goals and not worry as much about the process.
• The Committee agreed that the President and/or the Provost should explain the process to the Colleges.
• Discussed various issues that may arise at the college meetings.
• Gary Brey stated that the current General Education mission and goals statement went through the University governance process and so by "past practice" must the new statement.

5. Review mission - add KU "who we are" statement

• Discussed various ways to rewrite the mission statement. Janice Chernekoff will e-mail any changes to the committee for review before the next meeting.
  • Statement needs to read more eloquently.
  • Statement must be tailored to our audience.
  • Statement needs to be unique.

6. Begin writing goals

7. Dismissal

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