International Studies Committee Minutes May 5, 2010

Approved by EC 5/18/10 EC051810 2.d

International Studies Committee

May 5, 2010

Committee Members: COB: Janikan Supanvanij; COSE: Jack McKenna, Jeff Chen; COSS: Aspasia Rigopoulou-Melcher, Rob Lavenda; COE: Fatemeh Zarghami, Mert Thompson; COFAH: Jim Robinson, Lisa Heinrich; SPEC: Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Hergert; Former FORL Director: Gloria Melgarejo; Former Overseas Directors: JoAnn Asquith (those present marked with an underline)

The meeting was called to order at 2:00 by Fati Zarghami, co-chair.

1. Appeals meeting.

This meeting was held to allow proposers of non-recommended Short-term Study Abroad programs a chance to appeal the committee's decision. After hearing appeals from five programs, the following motion was made:

Move to approve recommendations and non-recommendations for the following programs. Williams / Zarghami MSP

Program	Faculty	Decision
Antarctica	Bel Kambach and Mitch Bender	not recommended
Australia	Dennis Bristow and Mark Schmidt	recommended
Croatia	Dick Andzenge	not recommended
France & Germany	Maria Mikolchak	recommended provisionally
Wales	Gareth John	recommended

2. British Studies Committee

Move to accept the recommendation of the British Studies Committee to select Bill Gorcica as the Spring 2011 Alnwick Castle faculty member replacing Mark Springer, who withdrew. Asquith / Rigopoulou-Melcher MSP

The meeting was adjourned at 4:10.

Respectfully submitted, Sandra Q. Williams, notetaker

Minutes approved by ISC: May 5, 2010 (second meeting)

International Studies Committee

May 5, 2010 • Meeting 2

The meeting was called to order by Fati Zarghami at 4:20 p.m.

The minutes of the earlier meeting of May 5th, 2010, were approved as read.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Sandra Q. Williams, notetaker

Minutes approved by ISC: May 8, 2010 (via email)