availability of online general education courses, Dr. Beeson, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, has developed a General Education Seat Projection Model with modality recommendations, which colleges and departments can then use this data to inform how they make decisions to schedule online general education courses to meet the demand. Information Services, the Registrar, and Admissions are working together on technology-based tools to verify applications and student identity to assist with Generative AI issues. In the fall, we will launch a process to develop how we are going to address these issues, having full consultation and bringing the people who have the expertise with this to address the issues moving forward. o AUC Update AVP Renteria-Valencia gave an update on the Adaptive University Initiative (AUC). He reminded the group that all the AUC information is available to view on the SharePoint site. AUC is celebrating one year of institutional partnerships for innovation. The Career Champions Cat-Team submitted their final report recently. The charge of this Cat-Team was to investigate the viability of a Career Champions program at CWU, specifically aiming to equip faculty, staff, and administration with tools, language, and training to actively support students’ career development across academic and co-curricular settings. This is currently a national conversation. After research, consultation, and feedback, the Cat-Team recommends developing a scalable, phased implementation model that integrates Career Champions into advising, curriculum, student employment, and co-curricular programs while ensuring strong collaboration with Career Services. The recommendation is to start a small pilot program that would focus on the development of a framework for the program. The final report has been delivered to the VP for Student Engagement and Success for potential implementation. The First-Year Experience Cat-Team had a charge to develop a comprehensive, intentional, integrated, and student-centered first-year experience at CWU. The team was charged with also researching best practices to recommend possible first-year experience models that could be implemented at CWU. The final report will be available in the shared drive for feedback until June 1, and the final report will be submitted to the VP for Academic Success for potential implementation. AVP Renteria-Valencia added that each Cat-Team has a consultation log. The log includes the groups that were consulted, the purpose, the conversation, the key topics, and the type of conversation that occurred. He reminded the group that the AUC is the co-facilitator producing space for these initiatives to happen. Faculty and staff are leading these initiatives. Board members reported that during their listening sessions there seemed to be a perception that faculty and staff were not included in this process even with the communication list and consultation log that is available to everyone, so the board wanted the group to be mindful of this perception. The General Education Cat-Team was charged with developing recommendations to strengthen the university’s General Education program as part of an ongoing cycle of assessment and intentional renovation. The guiding principles included student success, campus wide consultation, holistic approach that considers the full ecosystem of Gen Ed delivery (program design, assessment, capacity management, scheduling, and cost). They have just finished all their consultations and are drafting their final report now. The final report will be delivered to the VP for Academic Success for potential implementation.
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