New Minor Effective for 2012-2013

One new minor was approved by the Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, effective with the 2012-2013 catalog.  

In the College of Business and Technology, the Department of Marketing and Management Information Systems now offers a MIS Quality Assurance Minor.  

Information regarding all programs is published in the 2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog.  

Summer Study Trips Take Students and Faculty Around the World

Several UNK students took advantage of their summer breaks in order to travel and study abroad, including faculty-led trips to Turkey/Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as independent study trips to South Korea, Austria, and Spain.

Social Work led by Maha Younes -
May 25 through June 8, 2012 to Turkey and Greece 

History/International Studies led by Carol Lilly -
June 28 through July 22, 2012 to Bosnia-Herzegovina 

Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea    

UNK faculty members, Ross Taylor and Anita Lorentzen are each teaching at Hanyang University this summer, though they are not formally leading the UNK students.

Austria and Spain 

In addition, 3 students earned credit studying abroad this summer in the following locations:

- written in collaboration with Ann Marie Park, Coordinator for UNK Study Abroad & Exchange Programs and
Jaekeun Cho, Korean-Asian Recruitment Specialist 

UNK Hosts Several Local Groups During the Summer Months

The following camps and activities are taking place on campus during the 2012 summer months:

- written in collaboration with Marcia Burman,
Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts & Humanities and
Peter Vazvac, UNK Sports Information Director

Student Research Day Participants Honored

The 14th annual Student Research Day was held April 20 in the Nebraskan Student Union. The day was an opportunity for student researchers and their faculty mentors to showcase their recent scholarly and creative work. The program is available online.

Congratulations to the following award winners! 

- written in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity   

Recognition

2012-2013 Department Chairs

- Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Items to Note for Faculty and Faculty Committees

• Academic Affairs Committee
  The link to the CAP ("Course Approval Process") information is located on the Academic Affairs Committee page. CAP is the electronic approval system that allows department chairs to initiate course proposals (create, alter, inactivate, or discontinue). Worksheets for both the creation of new courses and the alteration of existing courses are available on the CAP web site for faculty members to use as they gather the information department chairs will need to submit requests. Department chairs initiate program proposals (create, alter, or discontinue) using a paper form, which is available on the Academic Affairs Committee page, along with instructions.
  
  The schedule of Academic Affairs deadlines for the 2012-2013 academic year is available on the Academic Affairs Committee page. The page also contains a committee roster and a link to the approved Academic Affairs minutes. Department or program chairs needing to make curricular changes should be aware of these deadlines and instructions.
   
• Faculty Handbook
  The online Faculty Handbook contains the most current policy information. The purpose of the handbook is to gather the documents and policies that inform and guide critical decisions, including the Collective Bargaining Agreement (2011-2013).
   
• Faculty Senate
  To keep faculty informed and in the spirit of shared governance, the Faculty Senate website contains links to the senate roster, meeting agendas and packets, meeting minutes of both the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate committees, and the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws.
   
• General Studies
  The General Studies web site contains a description of the new General Studies Program effective for students entering UNK in the Fall of 2010. The site contains a list of the approved General Studies courses effective for the 2012-2013 academic year, a list of all of the approved Portal and Capstone topics, as well as lists of the Portals and Capstones offerings for the current semester.
   
• Graduate Council
  The Graduate Council webpage contains information regarding changes to graduate courses or programs, as well as a list of the 2012 Graduate Program Committees.
   
• WI/CD Committee
  The WI/CD Committee has posted a schedule of deadlines for the fall semester on the WI/CD Committee page. The page also contains instructions for applying for WI or CD designation, as well as a committee roster, agendas, and minutes. These resources are provided for those wishing to offer courses as WI or CD.

Deadlines Approach for Various Opportunities

Looking Ahead - 2012-2013 Academic Year Events

2012 James E. Smith Mid-West Conference on World Affairs - September 25-26, 2012 at UNK

"Immigration and the Globalization of Labor" with Keynote Address from Professor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco

National Mountain Plains Management Conference - October 10-13, 2012 at UNK 

"Follow the Trail...Learn from our Past to Build Our Global Future"

COE 2012 UNK/Region IV Student Leadership Conference - November 16, 2012 at UNK

Center for Great Plains Symposium - April 5-6, 2013 at UNK and the Younes Conference Center in Kearney

"School Consolidation in the Great Plains: Efficiencies, Change and Community Identity"

Calendar of Events within the Academic and Student Affairs Division

Edited by Kim Elliott, Coordinator of Academic Publications  

A Publication of the
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University of Nebraska at Kearney
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