Academic Affairs: Semester Recap

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Academic Affairs Semester Recap
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The AA Committee

• cynthia CHEN
• julia CHOU
• gregory MORRISON
• alex LEVY
• andrew SCHREIBER
• ben GETSON
• michelle SOHN
• michael MANDL
• price DAVIDSON
• harrison COMFORT

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Underload

• After sophomore year, students are allowed to
  UNDERLOAD for up to 2 semesters (including
  withdrawal)
• Students can underload for ANY REASON checked
  off by advisor and dean
• Will be voted on at the Dec. meeting of the AS
  Council

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Syllabus Archive

• Over 400 Syllabi
• Hits from 26 countries
• New netid secured

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ACES Focus Group

• Made substantial changes with student input
• Graphic Schedule, condensed subjects, clearer
  navigation
• Email me comments!

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Career Focused Research Training Workshops

• Working with Dr. Wright-Swadel from the Career
  Center, Christine Vucinich from OIT, and Emily
  Daly from the Library
• 2 hour weekend/weeknight workshop to teach career
  skills-for anyone
• Give new perspectives on careers

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Strengthen Majors Unions

• Strengths Student/Faculty Interaction, Add-On to
  the major, Different aspects of the subject,
  advise to premajor students, Career connections
• Contacting each department to contact majors
  unions/contact students for creation of majors
  unions
• Eventually Unique fund
• Roundtable discussion with all of the players in
  January

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Enable Cultural Initiatives

• DSASI
• DSAS Initiative going to Courses Council in the
  next 2 months
• Working to create certificate
• ASA
• Discussing ways to enhance East Asian Studies and
  Asian American Studies at Duke

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Other AA Projects

• Half-Credit Courses (Gregory)
• Post-reg course survey (Julia Cynthia)
• New E-prints on the upper floors of the libraries
• New Focus Cluster tied to Duke Engage (Portia
  Harrison)
• Expand the FLUNCH Program (Andrew)
• Standardizing transfer credit (Alex)

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Coming Next Semester

• New Pass-Fail Policy
• Remove premajor cap
• Extend declaration deadline
• Increase the amount of course evaluations made
  public
• Make it easier to switch premajor advisers
• Late Registration Discussion
• Deans Excuses for academic clubs
• New course evaluation site