ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AGENDA

September 19, 2013

Board of Trustees Room, 602 Cohodas Hall

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

                       1.         Academic Senate Report

Dr. Larry Pagel, Chair, Academic Senate

2.         Granite Island:  Climate Monitoring Station

                                   Dr. Susy Ziegler, Associate Dean & Head, Earth, Environmental

                                   & Geographical Sciences

3. Teacher Preparation Update

                       Dr. Joe Lubig, Associate Dean of Teacher Education/Director School of Education

4. NMU-Microbial Imaging Technology Collaboration

Dr. Josh Sharp, Assistant Professor, Biology Department

                       5.         Graduate Education Update

Dr. Brian Cherry, Assistant Provost, Graduate Education & Research

                       6.         Introduction of New Administrators/Staff:

· Dr. Leslie Warren, Dean, Academic Information Services

· Dr. David Rayome, Interim Dean, College of Business

· Dr. Charles Mesloh, Department Head, Criminal Justice

· Dr. Carter Wilson, Department Head, Political Science

· Ms. Kim Barron, Director, Institutional Accreditation & Assessment

                       7.         Good of the Order