General Education Committee Members and Meetings

The General Education Committee (GEC) is a standing committee reporting to the University Curriculum Committee (UCC). According to the UCC bylaws, the "primary purpose of the GEC will be to make recommendations about both new and existing courses to be included in the General Education curriculum." Any changes to the General Education Program will be recommended by the GEC to the UCC, which retains final approval. The GEC has established its own set of bylaws and operating procedures.

The membership of the GEC consists of eight faculty members (one from each of the four undergraduate colleges and another four elected at large), the Provost or Designee, and one student. The current membership is as follows:

Constituency Member E-Mail Term
College of Business Qin Geng geng@kutztown.edu 2022-2024
College of Education TBD 2023-2025
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences George Hale hale@kutztown.edu 2023-2025
College of Visual & Performing Arts Megan O'Byrne, Chair obyrne@kutztown.edu 2023-2025
At-Large Diana Ebersole ebersole@kutztown.edu 2023-2025
At-Large John Stanley stanley@kutztown.edu 2023-2025
At-Large Erin Kraal kraal@kutztown.edu 2022-2024
At-Large Krista Prock prock@kutztown.edu 2022-2024
Provost's Designee Karen Rauch rauch@kutztown.edu N/A
Student N/A
Clerical Support Bethany French french@kutztown.edu N/A

KU Faculty: To submit a proposal concerning the General Education program, including Competency Across the Curriculum courses, please refer to the approval process portion of this website. All proposals must be uploaded to the GEC D2L assignments page by the deadline listed below. You will need to log into D2L to access the assignments page.

Meeting Schedule

Meeting Date Proposals due Time/Location of the meeting

August 24, 2023

(no continuation meeting)

August 17

11-11:50am, via Zoom

September 21, 2023  

(continuation meeting on September 26)

September 14

11-11:50, via Zoom

October 19, 2022

(continuation meeting on October 24)

October 12 11-11:50, via Zoom

November 16, 2023

(continuation meeting on November 28)

November 9 11-11:50, via Zoom

December 2023

No meeting

January 23, 2024

(usually a continuation meeting date)

January 16 11-11:50, via Zoom

February 15, 2024

(continuation meeting on February 27)

February 8 11-11:50, via Zoom

March 21, 2024

(continuation meeting on March 26)

March 14 11-11:50, via Zoom

April 18, 2024

(continuation meeting on April 23)

April 11 11-11:50, via Zoom

Bylaws and Minutes from Past Meetings

Bylaws - Updated 2018

Aug. 24, 2023

Apr. 20, 2023

Mar. 28, 2023

Feb. 16 and 28, 2023

Jan. 24, 2023

Dec. 15, 2022

Nov. 17, 2022

Oct. 25, 2022

Oct. 20, 2022 - Joint meeting with GEC and GEAC

Sept. 27, 2022

Aug. 25, 2022

Apr. 21, 2022

Mar. 22, 2022

Feb. 17, 2022

Nov. 18, 2021

Oct. 21, 2021

Sept. 16, 2021