December 20, 2024

Agenda

If you are a voting member of the faculty, please bring a laptop or smartphone with you to the meeting. Please log into pollev.com/cojmcunl645 before the meeting begins. 

  1. Review of November minutes
  2. Kudos
    1. Nominator: Dave Remund
      1. Dave nominated Betsy Emmons: Betsy has already made several significant contributions to CoJMC in her very first semester. She's helping elevate the ADPR program by having volunteered to serve on the Nebraska board of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and traveled with two students to the NMGZ leadership retreat in Chicago. Additionally, she has done most of the heavy lifting with CoJMC's application to earn Certification in Education for Public Relations from PRSA next year. I'm very grateful for Betsy's expertise and enthusiasm; we are so lucky to have her on the CoJMC team.
    2. Nominee: Shoun Hill
      1. Shoun was nominated by Jason Stamm: Shoun was instrumental in the success of basketball media days. There were some hiccups on Tuesday in the photo studio, but Shoun made some great adjustments, got the right students in place and on Thursday, this was the spot to be. Shoun, thank you for getting everything in place and always being the photo expert our students need!
  3. Announcements
  4. Discussion Item: 
    1. Graduate Program Task Force
    2. Expectations for Attendance 
    3. Open-access Publishing and Publication Fees
  5. Committee Plans and Reports
    1. Executive Committee
    2. Strategic Planning Committee
    3. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
      1. Announcements
        1. Final Grades and Incomplete Grades
        2. Language Requirement Update
        3. Book Club, Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge 
        4. Assessment Planning
          1. Portfolio Review
          2. ACE Assessment 
          3. Internship Survey
          4. Course Proposals
      2. Votes
        1. New course proposal: SPMC 370: Sports Betting and the Media
    4. Graduate Program Committee 
      1. Announcements
        1. Sports Promotion Certificate Update
        2. Graduate Assistant Update
        3. Hitchcock Fellowship
        4. Application Process Update
      2. Votes
        1. Proposal to move both MA specializations from a minimum of 36 credit hours to 30 credit hours.   
    5. Upcoming CTT Programming
    6. Undergraduate Scholarships & Student Success Committee
    7. Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee
      1. Announcements
        1. Spring documentary film: Crying Earth Rise Up. It will be April 14.
        2. Empowered Conversations Follow-up Group.
    8. Research and Awards Committee
      1. Announcements
        1. Revised the areas of excellence
        2. We worked on targeting 3 awards.
        3. Faculty poll to determine content analysis software for SMART Lab.
    9. Technology & Infrastructure Committee
    10. Student Competitions Committee
    11. Advertising & Public Relations Major
    12. Broadcasting Major
    13. Journalism Major
    14. Sports Media & Communications Major
    15. Staff Council
  6. Upcoming Events & Deadlines
    1. Dec. 20: Senior Sendoff
    2. Dec. 23 to Jan. 2: Holiday Shutdown
    3. Jan. 16: Learn@Lunch: Beneath the Frost: Using Winter, Nature and the New Year as a muse
    4. Jan. 30: Student Club Fair
    5. Feb. 14: CIE: SMART Lab - What can we do for you? 

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