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FAB Report to the Faculty Senate. PWC Progress. January 2012 : Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) created February 2012: CUC established rules concerning FWIS add/drop, grading, etc.
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PWC Progress • January 2012 : Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) created • February 2012: CUC established rules concerning FWIS add/drop, grading, etc. • May-August 2012 : Director of the Center for Written, Oral, & Visual Communication (Jennifer Shade Wilson) and two associate directors (Elizabeth Festa and Kyung-HeeBae) hired • August 2012 : CWOVC opened to student and faculty appointments • September 2012 : search process initiated for PWC Director
FWIS Progress • April 2012 : FWIS courses and instructors selected for Fall 2012 • May-August 2012 : Three week-long training sessions conducted for FWIS instructors • August 2012 : FWIS registration • August-November 2012 : Monthly meetings held for FWIS instructors, with additional training • September 2012 : Preliminary evaluation of FWIS initiated (diagnostic assignments, survey)
FWIS FAQs • How many sections of FWIS are being offered this fall? 42 sections = 630 seats for 550 students. Only one was cancelled due to low enrollment • How many of those students got their 1st choice of topic? 431 students (78%) got their 1st choice. • How many sections of FWIS will be offered in the spring? 35 sections = 525 seats for 430 students
Who is teaching FWIS courses this fall? Tenured/tenure-track faculty= 15 sections Full-time lecturers = 15 sections Graduate instructors = 4 sections Adjuncts, post-docs, and professors of the practice = 7 sections • What is the distribution of FWIS courses offered this year? • Fall D-1= 34; D-2= 5; D-3=2 • Spring D-1=26; D-2=3; D-3=3 or 4
How did the FWIS registration process go? Smoothly. • The interim PWC director met with all divisional advisors prior to the O-Week advising process to explain the FWIS and answer questions. • There was excellent cooperation with the program from staff in Academic Advising and the Registrar’s Office. • Are transfer students required to take FWIS? Yes, but they may petition for credit on a case-by-case basis directly to the interim faculty director of the PWC.
How many students failed the composition exam this year? 72 received a score of “Not Satisfactory.” Five sections of FWIS 100 are being offered this fall. • What is happening to the students who had previously failed the composition exam but hadn’t yet taken COMM 103? 9 sections of COMM 103 are being offered this fall and 2 will be offered in the spring.