It was a jam-packed meeting, so you'll definitely want to head over to the ACA website to see full meeting minutes courtesy of ACA Secretary, Lovelys Powell: http://www.utexas.edu/staff/aca/minutes/2014/10/15
First, a warm welcome from President Julia Chinnock:
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| See, it even says it on the PowerPoint, so you know it actually happened! |
Next up, Carolyn Connerat from the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (very fancy!) introduced a number of new campus initiatives:
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| A very blurry agenda, thanks to your Historian. You didn't actually want to read it, did you? |
We heard from a number of representatives from said initiatives, including Dr. Leonard Moore and Caroline Enriquez discussing Texas Advance:
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| A bold stance from a bold, enigmatic man! |
Then Laura Dannenmaier, discussing the CARE program developments:
And Emily Johnson, with updates on this year's CNS Major Switch initiative:
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| Hey, I must have gotten up to get more coffee at this point. Hurray for different camera angles! |
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| The UGS representatives conferring very seriously. "Good question, PowerPoint slide: What IS Major Switch?" |
Followed by an exciting sneak peek at the soon-to-come brand new UT homepage design. VERY FANCY.
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| Cue collective "oohs and ahhs." |
And finally, Rose Potter with UTeach Liberal Arts - ESL wrapped things up like a pro (condensing her 45 minute talk into 5 minutes. Impressive!). She was so animated, I'll post a series of her action shots just for fun. I call this "Super Teacher Mode."
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| Ta da!! |
We ended with some announcements on PDD and new ACA member additions, and left with our brains completely full.
On behalf of the ACA Executive Committee, I want to wish you all a safe and deliriously happy Thanksgiving holiday, and remind you to bust out your best pair of Thanksgiving pants on the big day:
