FY 19 Associate Dean's Academic Council (ADAC) Report

Fiscal Year 2019

Effective Date of Establishment:  ADAC's predecessor Dates back to at least the mid-1990s

Authorizing Body or Official: Regents Policy Manual (RPM)

Scope of Impact: System

Type of Board: Standing 

Contact Information:  Kathy Brook kbrook@nmsu.edu 

Chair:  Kathy Brook kbrook@nmsu.edu 

University function/office responsible: The office of the chair of the ADAC.

 

Members:

Associate Dean Kathy Brook

Associate Dean Terri Keller

Interim Associate Dean Gabe Garcia

Associate Dean Don Conner

Vice Chair Faculty Senate Julia Parra

 

Associate Dean Tim Ketelaar

Associate Vice President Alamogordo Mark Cal

Associate VP Susan Wood

VPAA Grants Harry Sheski

Associate Dean Katherine Terpis

NMSU VPAA Carlsbad Andrew Nwanne

ASNMSU President 

ASNMSU Deputy Provost Greg Fant

Executive Director Shelly Stovall

Registrar, Dacia Sedillo

Chief Information Officer Norma Grijalva

Director of Assessment David Smith

Registrar, Jennifer Hodges

Director International Student and Scholar Services Michael Schmelzle

Process for selecting a chair: 

Position appointment description:

Membership is tied to positions: associate deans on the Las Cruces campus (voting members), vicepresidents for academic affairs at the community college campuses (voting members), and representatives from other offices involved in academic issues including the provost's office, the registrar's, and ICT (non voting members).

Requirements for number of annual meetings:  The group generally meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. A subset of ADAC (the academic associate deans and the community college academic vice presidents) meets as the University Curriculum Committee each fall.

Members are appointed by:  position

Purpose:

Assist in the development, review and approval of academic policies and procedures; review and provide final approval of course additions, deletions, description changes, prerequisites; propose changes to scheduling and registration processes and the university catalog; review and recommend new academic programs and modifications to existing programs; provide a mechanism for dissemination of information; consider and evaluate issues and ideas impacting students and academic programs; provide coordination across colleges

Authority: 

ADAC advises the Academic Deans Council and other university officials on academic matters. It makes final decisions on changes to courses including additions and deletions.

Major Accomplishments:

Endorsed registrar's proposal to acquire scheduling and curriculum management software.
With the registrar, ADAC developed a scheduling policy for incorporation in the ARP
Received information/updates on the implementation of the new academic integrity system (including appointment of an academic conduct officer and student academic conduct board), general education certification process,
Recommended modifications to ARP 4.03 to expedite the processing of some requests for retroactive changes in enrollments after a year or more by eliminating the role of the appeals board in some situations.
Actively participated in discussions of the implementation of the NMSUOnline campus
Approved changes to the process for evaluation of transfer credits for students seeking a second undergraduate degree when the first undergraduate degree is from another institution.
Approved new undergraduate concentrations in computer science, civil engineering, structural engineering, and economics and graduate concentrations in music and education.
Approved inactivation of minors in environmental chemistry (Civil Engineering) and clinical exercise science (Kinesiology and Dance)
Approved proposed Master of Information Technology, Borderlands and Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate
Approved a new environmental minor in civil engineering