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. Zoom link for all meetings: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fappstate.zoom.us%2Fj%2F95977871301%3Fpwd%3DS2dHOVo4dTRTaXF6Mmp4aWRCNTlmQT09&sa=D&ust=1662563400000000&usg=AOvVaw0TaLZ5Z7H0vqlyfOD9gLRX
The meeting dates are:
- Meeting cancelled - September 23, 2022 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by August 15, 2022)
- October 28, 2022 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by September 15, 2022) AGENDA
- December 2, 2022 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by October 15, 2022) AGENDA
- January 27, 2023** (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by December 3, 2022) AGENDA
- February 24, 2023 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by January 15, 2023) AGENDA
- March 31, 2023 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by February 15, 2023) AGENDA
- April 28, 2023 (Proposals must be submitted to the Gen Ed office from the Deans'/College offices by March 15, 2023) AGENDA
**The January 2023 General Education Council meeting is the deadline for having proposals approved for General Education credit in the 2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin and the 2023-2024 General Education Checksheet. Proposals approved after January 2023 will not be added to the Undergraduate Bulletin or General Education Checksheet until 2024-2025. If you wish to have your course carry General Education credit in the 2023-2024 Bulletin and General Education Checksheet, your Dean's Office must submit your Part C proposal to the General Education office by December 3, 2022.
Approved Minutes
2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
2022
- December 2022
- November 2022 - no meeting
- October 2022
- September 2022 - no meeting
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
2021
- December 2021
- October 2021 - no meeting
- September 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021 - no meeting
- January 2021
Membership
Voting Members
- Dr. Ted Zerucha, Director of General Education and Chair of General Education Council (zeruchat@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Rick Klima (MAT), Director of First Year Seminar (klimare@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Jayjit Roy (ECO), Chair of Quantitative Literacy Committee (royj@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Scott Townsend (RMPE), Chair of Wellness Literacy Committee (townsndjs@appstate.edu)
- Mrs. Susan Lutz (T&D), Chair of Fine Arts Designation Committee (lutzsw@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Germán Campos-Muñoz, (ENG), Chair of Literary Studies Designation Committee (camposmunozg@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Ed Behrend-Martinez (HIS), Chair of Historical Studies Designation Committee (behrendmarte@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Robert Brown (GEO), Chair of Social Science Designation Committee (brownrn@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Steve Hageman (GES), Chair of Science Inquiry Committee (hagemansj@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Beth Carroll (WAC), Director of Writing Across the Curriculum (carrollel@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Carolyn Edy (COM), Chair of Liberal Studies Experience Committee (edycm@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Cameron Gokee (ANT ), Chair of the Integrative Learning Experience Committee (gokeecd@appstate.edu)
- Dr. Saskia van de Gevel (GHY), College of Arts and Sciences at-large delegate (gevelsv@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)
- Trey Blackwood, SGA Representative (blackwoodtl@appstate.edu)
- Hunter Clark, SGA Representative (clarkhd1@appstate.edu)
Liaisons from Advising, the Registrar's Office, Academic Affairs, and Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning