Present: Richard Chenoweth, Allyn Kostecki, Joe Latimer, Jim Lindley, Jeff Low, 
Bill Martin, Tom Scherer, Richard Shaw, Brad Strand, Bob Harrold.

Unable to attend: Laura de Haan, Mary Kuzel

Minutes

1.  There were no corrections to the minutes of the November 17, 1999,
    meeting.

Announcements:

1.  Harrold announced that the Steering Committee met and discussed
    implementation of the grant from the Bush foundation .

2.  A brief history of actions by other universities and IRB approval was discussed
     by Harrold.  An application for exception will be filed with the NDSU IRB.

Reports:  None

Unfinished Business

1.  Kostecki announced that he has been working on new guidelines for
    Assessment in Student Affairs.  He distributed Draft SA-2 to all
    members and a discussion on the guidelines followed.

New Business

1.  A vote was taken and it was decided the UAC meetings for next semester will 
     be scheduled for alternate Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. in the Memorial Union. 
     January 20 will be the first meeting date.   Bonnie Erickson will reserve 
     meeting rooms in the Memorial Union.

2.  Harrold introduced three opportunities for subcommittees:

     A.  General Education Subcommittee: Goals will consist of assisting Bill Martin 
           and Richard Shaw in the development of effective assessment projects and 
           communication of these objectives.  Strand volunteered to work on the 
           subbcommittee. 
     Harrold and Low have discussed that there should be a member 
     from the Gen Ed Committee to work on the subcommittee. 
     Low will identify the representative of the General Education
     Committee at a later date.

     B.  Assessment Speaker Series Subcommittee: Need three or more
     UAC members to volunteer, Goals will be to assist in the 
     selection of effective external speakers, making arrangements, 
     and communication to the University of the availability of 
     these resource individuals.

     C.  Luncheon Series Subcommittee: three or more UAC members 
     needed to assist in the development of a luncheon series to
     communicate plans and activities of the UAC to participating
     departments and units.  Activities will include scheduling, 
     selection of topics, and evaluation.

3.  Volunteers for these subcommittees should respond to Harrold 
    via the form distributed at the meeting. 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Recorder: Bonnie Erickson

Next meeting: Thursday, January 20, 2000 at 2:00 in the Badlands Room
(#365) of the Memorial Union (1st Meeting of Spring Semester 2000)

Assessment Minutes