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The Implementation Committee's Final Recommendation was approved by the University Curriculum Committee on March 27 and by the University Academic Council on April 9.

Final Recommendation (PDF)

Committee Members Subcommittees

Meetings 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 examined and planned for the implementation of a new general education program.

Goals

The goals for the Gen Ed Implementation Committee were 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. 

Committee Members

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, co-chaired 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
  • Melinda Anderson, Director of the School of Human Ecology
  • Tony Baker, Professor of English
  • Arthur Banton, Assistant Professor of History
  • Debbie Barnard, Professor of Foreign Languages
  • Stacey Browning, Assistant Professor of Nursing
  • Amanda Carroll, Master Lecturer of Chemistry
  • Scott Christen, Chair, Department of Communication
  • Daniel Combs, Professor of Biology
  • 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
  • Julie Galloway, Director of the College of Business Student Success Center
  • Colin Hill, Director of the School of Music
  • 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
  • Kelly McCallister, Dean, Volpe Library
  • Lori Maxwell, Chair, Department of Sociology & Political Science
  • Colleen Mestayer, Senior Lecturer of Communication
  • Allan Mills, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
  • Alma Núñez, Professor of Economics, Finance & Marketing
  • Lindsey Roberts, Coordinator in the Honors College
  • Cara Sisk, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology
  • Jeannie Smith, Director of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Success Center (retired)
  • Doug Talbert, Professor of Computer Science
  • Lenly Weathers, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Chris Wilson, Chair of Basic Engineering
  • Kim Winkle, Director of the School of Art, Craft & Design
  • Jerri Winningham, Director of Operations, Enrollment Management

Subcommittees

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

Holly Anthony served as lead co-chair for Academic Area Subcommittees.

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

Linda Null served as lead co-chair for Procedural Subcommittees.

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

Meetings

  • 9 Implementation Committee meetings, Fall '24 and Spring '25
    • February 20, 2025, votes conducted via email due to university closure that day
  • Departmental Meetings (invited by departments)
    • Curriculum & Instruction (September 24, 2024)
    • History (January 21, 2025)
    • English (February 12, 2025)
  • University-wide Group Meetings
    • Faculty Senate (October 21, 2024; January 27, 2025)
    • Student Government Association (February 10, 2025)
    • Gen Ed Informational Open Forum (March 25, 2025)
    • University Curriculum Committee (March 27, 2025)
    • University Academic Council (upcoming; April 9, 2025)

Holly Anthony, along with additional Tech staff, attended the THEC Gen Ed Conference on November 30, 2024.

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 an archive in order to document how the committee arrived at the final recommendation.

Resources to Guide Work: Presentation to Implementation Committee on Tech's vision, mission, value statements, along with Gen Ed Vision statement and relevant goals and items from the Tech Tomorrow strategic plan.

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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