Tuesday, September 19, 2006
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Union E280
Minutes
Department of Enrollment Services: Beth Weckmueller
Beth Weckmueller gave an enrollment update for fall 2006. The overall
enrollment for fall 2006 at UWM is around 28,400-28,500. This is
a 1% increase from last year. The overall freshman enrollment was
down 250 from last year. The total number of freshman for fall 2006
was approximately 4,050, which is the second highest ever. Also
for fall 2006 there was a modest increase in transfers. UWM educates
the most Wisconsin students of any school in the UW system. As far
as diversity and students of color are concerned, this year’s
freshman class is down a little bit as far as numbers, but as far
as a percentage remains relatively the same. UWM will continue to
further diversity in the future, hopefully at a more rapid rate.
Beth also gave an update on admissions changes. Applications for
fall 2007 are already coming in and the Admissions Office will work
hard this year at staying ahead of applications this fall. Another
change is in the review process for students who do not meet admissions
requirements. These students will no longer be required to take
the ATS (Admissions Test Series) but the review committee will be
looking at more detailed information from the ACT scores. Furthermore,
the Admissions Office is moving ahead to revise admissions criteria
for next year moving toward holistic admission.
Finally, Beth discussed the upgrade to Peoplesoft 8.9. The program
will no longer be called OASIS. Everyone on campus will be unable
to access information using PAWS during the upgrade, which is scheduled
to start on November 3rd and run through the next week (November
6th-10th.) Some information may be accessible during the second
week, but no one will be able to change or update any of that information.
ACN Recognition Award Update-Dinah Gygi
The Advisor Award has been renamed as the ACN Recognition Award
because it can be awarded to anyone who is an ACN member, not just
an advisor. Nominations will be accepted starting today and will
continue to be accepted until October 13th. Nominations can be submitted
via email to Dinah Gygi at dinahg@uwm.edu.
Members can be nominated by a colleague, a student, or by themselves.
November 11th will be the deadline to have all materials submitted.
At the meeting on December 19th, the winner will be announced. The
committee is also considering changing the award that accompanies
the prize. Currently the award is $500 to be used for professional
development; however, the committee is considering raising the amount,
as well as making it a cash prize.
Criteria for the award are as follows:
1) Outstanding Service to Students
2) Comprehensive Knowledge of School/College and the University
3) Positive and Supportive Relationships with Students
4) Involvement and Appreciation for the Profession of Student Services
TARC: Jonnie Dvorak, Kate Ranft
Jonnie Dvorak and Dr. Kate Ranft from the Tutoring and Academic
Resource Center gave an update on the services TARC provides and
also how to assist students with scheduling a tutoring session.
TARC is located in Bolton 180 and provides several different types
of tutoring including: group sessions, walk-in assistance, online
tutoring, supplemental instruction and study groups. To schedule
a session, students should go to www.uwm.edu/Dept/TARC
and click on the star that says “appointments” in the
middle and follow the instructions from there. If anyone has questions
about tutoring, or if a student is looking for tutoring in a class
that doesn’t currently have tutoring available, you are encouraged
to contact TARC at tarc@uwm.edu
or by calling (414) 229-2779.
Athletics: Deanna D’Abbraccio, Tom Vollman and Steve
Lautz
Tom Vollman and Steve Lautz discussed the NCAA eligibility requirements
for student athletes. They also reviewed two different forms that
student athletes need to fill out at some point with their advisor.
They stressed that students should have the Study Verification Form
filled out when they get to their advising appointment and also
that they should be making regular appointments with their advisors
and not just walking in at any time they want. If student athletes
are not following this procedure, the athletics department would
support an advisor asking the athlete to follow the correct procedure
by making an appointment and filling out the form before arriving
for the appointment.
Announcements:
Kim Pietsch-Spanish Department has withdrawn GER on two courses,
Spanish 204 and Spanish 365. There may be more GER course changes
to come due to North Central Association accreditation review.
Gail Gilbert-The Study Abroad Fair is to be held on September 27th
in the union and new online application is available.
Gloria Kopke-Introduced Jason Kemp as new OARSS Advisor.
Seth Zlotocha-The Enhancing Advising Committee will be meeting
in early October to discuss new projects and initiatives for the
year. An email will be sent out in the next couple weeks with details
of that meeting. Contact him or Kristin Roosevelt with any questions
in the meantime.
Lori Sieckert- PantherProwl will take place on Sunday, October
15th for anyone interested in participating.
Our next meeting will be October 17, 2006 in EMS E180.
Respectfully submitted,
Julia McConnell
ACN Secretary/Treasurer
Members Present:
Sorry everyone, my first mistake as secretary was that I forgot
to bring the sign-up sheet.
I will be more diligent next time. I apologize.
