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Gen Ed Implementation Committee

Gen Ed Implementation Committee

Final Recommendation (PDF)

The Implementation Committee's Final Recommendation will be presented to the University Curriculum Committee on March 27.

An informational open forum will be held on March 25 at 11 a.m. in the Jere Whitson Building Auditorium.

Can't be at the face-to-face meeting? It will be available via Microsoft Teams.

 

Committee Members Subcommittees Documents

During the 2023-24 academic year, the Gen Ed Vision Committee gathered information from students and faculty – through 27 town halls and a university-wide survey with more than 1,200 responses – to discern the vision for Tennessee Tech’s general education program. The Vision Committee prepared a series of recommendations to guide the Gen Ed Implementation Committee as it examines and plans for the implementation of a new general education program.

Goals

The goals for the Gen Ed Implementation Committee are to work closely with the members of the university's existing General Education Committee to:

  1. Review the Vision Committee’s recommendations, and
  2. Involve campus stakeholders to develop a detailed implementation plan for those recommendations. 

Committees

Holly Anthony, faculty lead for the Innovation in All We Do goal of the Tech Tomorrow strategic plan, and Linda Null, professor of English and chair of the General Education Committee, will co-chair the Gen Ed Implementation Committee. 

Gen Ed Implementation Committee

  • Holly Anthony (co-chair), Tech Tomorrow Innovation in All We Do faculty leader
  • Linda Null (co-chair), Professor of English
  • Debbie Barnard, Professor of Foreign Languages
  • Stacey Browning, Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Amanda Carroll, Master Lecturer of Chemistry
  • Brittany Copley, Associate Director of the Office of the Registrar
  • Chuck Craig, Advisor in the College of Education & Human Sciences Student Success Center
  • Dennis Fennewald, Associate Professor of Agriculture
  • Colin Hill, Director of the School of Music
  • Kelly McCallister, Dean, Volpe Library
  • Colleen Mestayer, Senior Lecturer of Communication
  • Alma Núñez, Professor of Economics, Finance & Marketing
  • Lindsey Roberts, Coordinator in the Honors College
  • Cara Sisk, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Doug Talbert, Professor of Computer Science
  • Chris Wilson, Chair of Basic Engineering

General Education Committee

  • Linda Null (chair), Professor of English
  • Melinda Anderson, Director of the School of Human Ecology
  • Tony Baker, Professor of English
  • Arthur Banton, Assistant Professor of History
  • Scott Christen, Chair, Department of Communication
  • Daniel Combs, Professor of Biology
  • Julie Galloway, Director of the College of Business Student Success Center
  • Steven Isbell, Professor of Economics, Finance & Marketing
  • Barbara Jared, Director of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing
  • Krystal Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Education
  • Tammy Keylon, Director of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Success Center
  • Lori Maxwell, Chair, Department of Sociology & Political Science
  • Allan Mills, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jeannie Smith, Director of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Success Center (retired)
  • Lenly Weathers, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Jerri Winningham, Director of Operations, Enrollment Management
  • Kim Winkle, Director of the School of Art, Craft & Design

Subcommittees

Members of both the Gen Ed Implementation Committee and General Education Committee have been assigned to one of seven subcommittees (four academic area groups and three procedural groups).

Academic Area Subcommittee Members
Communication &
Natural Science		 Debbie Barnard, Tony Baker, Amanda Carroll, Scott Christen, Dan Combs, Stacey Browning
Mathematics & Humanities/Fine Arts Colleen Mestayer, Allan Mills, Cara Sisk, Chris Wilson, Kim Winkle
History & Social Sciences Arthur Banton, Chuck Craig, Dennis Fennewald, Colin Hill, Krystal Kennedy, Lori Maxwell
Digital Literacy Steven Isbell, Kelly McCallister, Alma Núñez, Doug Talbert
Procedural Subcommittee Members
Course Proposal Review Melinda Anderson, Barbara Jared, Lindsey Roberts
Gen Ed Teaching Award Tammy Keylon, Jeannie Smith, Lenly Weathers
Policies & Procedures Brittany Copley, Julie Galloway, Jerri Winningham

Documents

The files below were all generated by the committee during their development of the Gen Ed Final Recommendation and are presented here in the spirit of transparency as a archive in order to document how the committee arrived at the final recommendation.

Hour Proposals (all Word files)

Committee Updates & Presentations (all PowerPoint files)

Committee Surveys (combination of Word and Excel files)

Gen Ed Committee as Standing University Committee 

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