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University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

College of General Studies

English Department

August 14, 2013

Department Meeting

JBR 301, 11:30am

Cynthia Pittmann, Ph.D.

Interim Director

AGENDA

1.

Welcome2. Approval of Minutes: May 4, 2013.

3. Department Business

New English Department professors and email:

1. Sally Delgado

2. Mirta Martes

3. Vigimaris Nadal Ramos

4. Virginia Santiago

5. Petra Avillan

6. Betty Medina 7. Tamara Garcia

8. Mara Luna Perez

9. Alejandra Menegol

10. Frank Flanagan

Congratulations on promotions received: Drs. Daphne Martinez, Denise Lopez,

Janine Santiago

Ethics hours (20 hours)

FACTUM (update) Reasonable Accommodation (updatetype of accommodation needed)

Office hours (submit to Ms. Delgado)

DMN closureTemporary reassignment of classrooms

Class size (enrollment limit continues to be held at 22 students)

Green Campus - Reminders: Update email address (use upr.edu address)/

PowerCampus (still on hold)/Scanning documents and green online options

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New English Seminar Update:

ENGL 6XXX Communication and Research in English I and Communication and

Research in English II

Final Stage: Solicitud de Registro y Codificacin de Cursos

Table 1. English Class Sections- January 2013 andAugust 2013 TOTALJAN - Intensive Basic English (INGL 3162) 10 class sections and 10 lab sections

AUG - Intensive Basic English (INGL 3162) 14 class sections and 14 labsections

20

28

JAN - Regular Basic English (INGL 3102) 23 sections, 1 service (INGL 3101)

AUG - Regular Basic English (INGL 3101) 28 sections, 2 service(INGL 3102)

24

30

JAN - Intermediate English (INGL 3104) 32 sections, 1 service (INGL 3103)

AUGIntermediate English (INGL 3103) 35 sections, 2 service(INGL 3104)

33

37

JAN - Intermediate English/Computer Assisted (INGL 3124) 4 sections

AUGIntermediate English/Computer Assisted (INGL 3124) 4 sections

04

04

JAN - Honors English (INGL 3012) 6 sections

AUGHonors English (INGL 3011) 7 sections

06

07

JAN - Second year (INGL 3152) 5 sections

AUGSecond year (INGL 3151) 5 sections

05

05

Misc. courses:

JAN - The Journey in Literature (INGL 3135) 1 section

JAN - General Studies English (ESGE 3038) 1 section

JAN - English for Foreigners (INSI 3001) 1 section

AUG- The Journey in Literature (INGL 3135) 1 section

AUG - General Studies English (ESGE 3038) 1 section

AUG - English for Foreigners (INSI 3001) 1 section

03

04

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AUGEnglish for Engineering Students (INGL 3211) 1 section

Total number of sections JAN 2013 = 95

AUG 2013 = 115

August 2013 reflects an increase of 20 sections

Level Coordinators

Linette SoucyIntensive English INGL 31613163 and Labs

Vanessa IrizarryBasic English INGL 3101 - 3102

Denise LopezIntermediate English INGL 31033104 and INGL 3123 -3124

James PennerHonors and Second-Year English INGL 30113012/INGL 3151 -3152

NOTE: New Administrative TARE for coordination and rationale (*one credit for level

coordination/assessment = 3hrs each week)

4. Committees

Pending and New Reports

Personnel Committee (Pending report for 20122013 Committee - Coordinator,

Prof. Dorsia Smith)

Honors level(Pending Report - Coordinator, Prof. Dorsia Smith) Update on Committee for Department Recruitment Criteria -Prof. Luz Miriam Tirado

2013 -2014 Personnel Committee - Prof. George Nobel (discuss the need for

additional members)

Academic Year 2013 2014 (Activity Organization)

5. Department Activities

Literary ContestForty-Seventh Annual Literary Contest - Contact: Prof. James Penner

Student Research and Writing Conference - Contact: Coordinator, Prof. Janine Santiago

Certification 88- Contact: Coordinator, Prof. Denise Lopez

Assessment Project- Contact: Coordinator, Prof. Vanessa Irizarry

General Studies 70th

Anniversary CommitteeContact: Prof. Nadjah Rios

Bilingual InitiativeContact: Coordinator, Prof. James Penner

Linguistic(s) Competencies CenterContact: Coordinator, Prof. Daphne Martinez

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6. Professional Development

Pending Presentation: Online Interactions and Writing Improvement by Profs. Vanessa

Irizarry and Brenda Camara

II.

Other Matters

CP/fdm

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