.: Advisory Committee Minutes :.
October 09, 2006
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mickey Dorsey, Chris Funk, and Mike McMahon, and Scott Ellis.MEMBERS ABSENT:
Dennis Cox, Greg Scott, Carl Birkel, Thomas Jackson, Matt Watkins, Andy Laye, Randal Ramsey, and Paul Kumler.GUESTS/ GTC PEOPLE PRESENT:
Greenville Tech personnel present were Sid Shrum, Mike Carey, Dan Benfield and Lynn Gray .Welcome and Call to Order:
Committee Chairman, Mickey Dorsey opened the meeting at 6:15pm. He welcomed those present, and asked the group why they thought many members did not come. Two members did not show up even though they did RSVP “yes”. Four were going to try to come, but did not show up.
Minutes of Last Meeting:
Mickey went through the minutes from the last meeting with the committee briefly. He suggested that the minutes should be reviewed again at the next meeting due to the low attendance. Those present agreed.
EXPLANATION OF EGT DACUM & APR:
The EGT Department is due to have an APR next year, 2007-08 and will have an EGT DACUM on October 24th, 2006. ET Associate Dean, Sid Shrum explained that DACUM means Designing a Curriculum; which is the first part of a required five-year Academic Program Review (APR). An APR is an extremely detailed review of each GTC Department. At the DACUM, a panel of EGT graduates of two to three years ago, will participate in discussing, analyzing and brainstorming what they think the EGT Department needs in order to keep up with industry and/or improve the curriculum. Academic Support Services facilitates the DACUM and EGT faculty may come to listen; but are not allowed to participate. The DACUM results in a definition and objectives for this department and a chart that may be used to develop a curriculum.
Mickey asked what part does the Advisory Committee play in this process? Sid explained that the advisory committee will review the entire APR, including the syllabi comments when they become available. Academic Support Services examines the syllabi and recommends changes to be made. It takes almost a year to complete the entire APR process.
SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Mickey asked the sub-committees to give their reports using the goals assigned in the minutes from the last advisory meeting.
A. Sub-committee- Accreditation & Quality: Mickey said they will have a report at the next meeting.
B. Sub-committee– Curriculum Content: Chris Funk said they will have a report next meeting.
C. Equipment, Software & Technology: Mike Carey reported that he had received a digital camera from WABCO. Also a new computer lab has been approved – to be installed in rm.423 at the end of this semester. Mike told the committee that all software in EGT is up-to-date, including Solid Works, AutoCAD 2007 and he has renewed CATIA.
D. Public Outreach & Enrollment: Mike McMahon reported that they want to distribute the ET Recruiting Video DVDs to all local high schools and plans are to recruit more high school students in January and February.
Note: Mickey noted that the sub-committees should meet on their own before the next advisory committee meeting, and all of them should have complete reports at that meeting. Mike agreed and said he would contact some of the people who did not come tonight.
ENROLLMENT REPORT:
Mike discussed his enrollment figures in the members’ handout. Fall enrollment is 134 students. He talked about how his Jump Start students in high schools have helped his numbers. Sid agreed and noted that those numbers help the whole division also when some other departments’ enrollment is not so good. There are 72 high school Jump Start students in EGT and some do enroll at GTC after graduating from high school.
Mike McMahon asked why ET Division’s MET Program is down. Sid said he thought it was because the MET Program is such a rigorous program. Mike McMahon answered that by saying that Mark should go to Golden Strip Career Center to recruit, because he has many high school students there taking MET related courses.
Mickey asked what lock-stepping means. Sid answered that it means certain courses are only offered once a year and a student should start at the beginning to follow the lock-stepping courses in order to earn his degree on time. It’s better if the student is not given too many options and he can complete the program when he is supposed to complete it.
UPDATE OF EGT WEB SITE:
Mike Carey showed the committee the very detailed EGT WebSite; including all the tools of quality measurements on program accreditation. The roadmap/flowchart is up-to-date there and anything you can imagine about EGT. The ET Dean, Carey Castle is using the EGT WebSite as the example for Caleb (ET Computer Tech) to implement a website for all ET Departments. Mike told the committee that he wants to write a proposal for an NSF Grant for upgrading the website to be able to collaborate with three colleges, GTC, Piedmont Tech and Spartanburg Tech. Mike said he would like all three colleges’ EGT Departments to share their web classes and gain insight from each other through WEB CT - teaching AutoCAD and CATIA, sharing tutorials, demos in class, power-point presentations, etc. He would like a server accessible to all three colleges and even accessible to high schools. Mike mentioned CAMTASIA wherein video is created by recording screen action for teaching purposes.
Mike gave a report on his trip to Southern Utah University to attend a conference on CATIA V5 and WEB-CT. At the conference, CATIA instructors from various colleges and high schools met for the purpose of collaborating on the use of WEB-CT and other technology to promote CATIA education. The group plans to submit a grant application to NSF during 2007.
NEW BUSINESS/ OPEN DISCUSSION:
Mike talked about his handout of nine goals and said those goals will be used in preparation for the ABET visit. They will be attached to these minutes.
Sid mentioned that we have two full-time grant writers on campus; whose jobs are solely to support our grant writing.
Sid reported to the committee that he has made two trips to Washington to be on an NSF Grant Review panel to review grants. Typically fourteen (14) grants are reviewed with only two (2) recommended for approval per year per topic. He said that two year schools and colleges in depressed areas are more likely to receive grants, and he noted that there are also grants for planning purposes.
A Greenville Tech mini grant was received by EGT last year for developing on-line couses.
A recent NSF Grant proposal was written for $500,000 to use over a five year period to choose the best and brightest thirty (30) ET students each year and buy them lap tops.
Mickey asked Mike if he could apply to GTC Foundation for funds; to which Mike answered that would not work. Mickey then asked about the ABET preparation – when will the advisory committee have an input into the preparations. Sid answered that department heads would be reporting results for the College-wide Goals and Objectives on the 27th of October. The advisory committee can compare and see how the EGT Department has done with these goals. The division will have a self-study in the spring. Committee member Thomas Jackson is working on collecting a comparison ABET preparation from another college.
ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING:
There being no new business and no further discussion, Mickey adjourned the meeting at 8:15pm.
The next official EGT Advisory Committee Meeting will be decided later.
Respectfully submitted by:
Lynn Gray
Admin, AET/CET/GMT/EGT
Approved by:
Mickey Dorsey Mike Carey
EGT Advisory Committee Chairman and EGT Department Head
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