The General Education Council is responsible for providing vision for the general education program. Members review and approve general education themes, courses, and policies that are referred by the Faculty Coordinating Committees and submit their approvals to the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee. The Council also guides assessment of the General Education Program. Meetings are open to the entire campus community.
Meeting Schedule
NOTE: All meetings are held via Zoom, beginning at 3:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. This is the Zoom meeting link for all meetings listed below.
The meeting dates are:
- September 18, 2026 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by August 20, 2026)
- October 16, 2026 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by September 15, 2026)
- November 20, 2026 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by October 15, 2026)
- January 15, 2027** (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by December 3, 2026)
- February 19, 2027 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by January 15, 2027)
- March 19, 2027 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by February 15, 2027)
- April 16, 2027 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by March 15, 2027)
**The January 2027 General Education Council meeting is the deadline for having proposals approved for General Education credit in the 2027-2028 Undergraduate Bulletin and the 2027-2028 General Education Checksheet. Proposals approved after January 2027 will not be added to the Undergraduate Bulletin or General Education Checksheet until 2028-2029. If you wish to have your course carry General Education credit in the 2027-2028 Bulletin and General Education Checksheet, your Dean's Office must submit your Part C proposal to the General Education office by December 3, 2026.
Membership
Voting Members
- Assistant Vice Provost of General and Experiential Education and Chair of General Education Council
- Faculty Director of First Year Seminar
- Dr. Baset Hamza (CS), Chair of Quantitative Literacy Committee (royj@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Heather Schier (NUT), Chair of Wellness Literacy Committee (schierh@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Ila Prouty (ART), Chair of Fine Arts Designation Committee (proutyi@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Davis Hankins (P&R), Chair of Literary Studies Designation Committee (hankinscd@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Ed Behrend-Martinez (HIS), Chair of Historical Studies Designation Committee (behrendmarte@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Rob Brown (G&P), Chair of Social Science Designation Committee (brownrn@appstate.edu)
- Ms. Carra Schriber (BIO), Chair of Science Inquiry Committee (schribercl@appstate.edu)
- Ms. Laura England (SD), Chair of Sustainability and Climate Literacy Committee (englandle@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Bradley Nash, Jr (SOC), Chair of Intercultural Literacy Committee (nashb@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Cuong Mai (P&R), Chair of Humanity And Its Systems Committee (maict@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Beth Carroll (WAC), Director of Writing Across the Curriculum (carrollel@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Rob Freeland (SOC), College of Arts and Sciences at-large delegate (freelandre@appstate.edu)
- Ms. Melissa Lesbines (MUS), Hayes School of Music at-large delegate (lesbinesma@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Brandy Hadley (FB&I), Walker College of Business at-large delegate (hadleybe@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Tracy Goodson Espy (CI), Reich College of Education at-large delegate (goodsonespyt@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Susan Weidmann (RMPE), Beaver College of Health Sciences at-large delegate (weidmannsg@appstate.edu)
- Mx. Laura Langberg (LIB), Library Representative (langberglr@appstate.edu)
- Fort Hiheglo, SGA Representative (hiheglof@appstate.edu)
- Matthew Felipe, SGA Representative (felipemo@appstate.edu)
Non-voting members on the Council: Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, liaisons from University College Academic Advising, Registrar’s Office,
and Institutional Research and Planning, and a member of the Faculty Senate.