AAC Executive & Ex-officio Board Meeting Agenda

4/11/2017

Attending Executive Board Members:

Dr. Melinda Anderson – President

Zack Underwood – Vice President

Mark Forbes – Membership & Communications Coordinator

Terry Ismert – Parliamentarian

Kristen Nice – Treasurer

Vicci White – Secretary

Attending Ex-officio Members:(alphabetical by last name)

Mr. Fred Holding, Director, OSFA

Ms. Christina Logan, Director, Transition Programs

Mr. Thom Rakes, Director, Career Center & Assistant to VCSA

Ms. Sheri Shaw, CHHS Assistant Dean of Student Success

Dr. Paul Townend, Associate VC & Dean, Undergraduate Studies

Ms. Beverly Vagnerini, Consulting Services Support Director, ITS

Mr. Freeman Whitney, Associate Registrar

Mr. Will Wilkinson, Director Writing Services Coordinator

Meeting Notes on Agenda Topics for April 11

  • Degree Works (DW) Refresh Demo – Freeman
  • Registrar has been refreshing DW regularly
  • May 1 – advisors can refresh instantly
  • For advisors –
  • Step 1 click refresh button – pings off of Banner
  • Check Last Refresh to see it was updated to current time
  • Step 2 click Process New
  • See Last audit – should be Today
  • Will not work if both steps are not performed in order
  • Most useful on Orientation/Registration day
  • Advisors can process by themselves
  • DW already checks for changes and will continue to do so
  • Don’t use it just to get the newest info, if DW has refreshed recently
  • If it has not been refreshed in over a week, let Registrar know
  • Currently refreshes at midnight, 5:00am, 8:00am, Noon, 4:00pm, 10:00pm
  • AAC 2017-2018 Budget
  • Melinda working with Paul to create new budget
  • Will be submitted to this group
  • Currently money is distributed from Undergraduate Studies
  • End of Year Celebration – May 8 @ 2:00, Warwick Ballroom 3
  • Membership Drive and Committee Involvement
  • Technology Committee and Social Committee roll out first
  • Other committees to follow
  • Possible Transfer Committee
  • Marketing & Communication Plan
  • Website for non-AAC activities, events, news
  • Email for AAC activities, events, news to membership
  • Questions about why to be involved – send responses to Mark Forbes
  • Who are we?
  • What have we done?
  • Why would someone want to be a part of the organization?
  • What is value added of being in the AAC?
  • Bring announcements to Board meetings
  • Encourage supervisors to recruit faculty and professional advisors to join AAC
  • Calendar invites will be for 2:45-4:15 to allow for travel time with note that meeting starts at 3:00
  • FYI - Executive Board Business Meeting will be meeting from 2:30-3:00 on the same day
  • Discussion Topics
  • Registration – what is working and what did not
  • UC Student Success Campaign – calling students with prompt
  • Check on leave, holds and suspensions
  • Starts next week
  • Why have you not registered? Self report
  • Melinda will send out prompts
  • Check clearinghouse for data about where they went
  • CHHS had lots of curriculum changes that caused troubles
  • Why is registration in April?
  • Difficulties with Financial Aid and applying for summer aid
  • Students are concerned in February
  • Courses availability – department make decisions on course scheduling
  • Early it is rolled out, the rest accurate
  • Curriculum change process to get through is difficult in shorter timeline
  • This year slow because of major changes in US, CSB and CHHS
  • Growth at UNCW
  • AAC can be an advocate for change
  • Freeman will ask in Registrar team meeting for other input
  • Announcements
  • Survey from Academic Advising Task Force

Upcoming Events:

  • UNCW Closed – April 14 – Good Friday
  • Last Day of Classes – April 26
  • Reading Day – April 27
  • Finals – April 28-May 4
  • Graduations – May 5 & 6
  • AAC End of the Year Event – May 8 – Warwick Ballroom 3 – 2:00-4:00pm
  • AAC May Meeting – Planning Meeting; no meeting in June, back in July
  • Dr. Charlie McNutt in fall
  • Dr. Kathleen Shay Smith – raised retention rate to 90%
  • They stopped dropping students for non-payment