Office of the Provost / Academic Affairs

Undergraduate Curriculum Task Force

Task Force Report (PDF)

Task Force Meetings:

• December 9, 2008, 3:00pm, President's Conference Room, Tigert Hall
• October 28, 2008, 8:00am-3:00pm, Lake Wauburg
• October 3, 2008, 2pm, President's Conference Room (Minutes)

Resources:

The Road to Excellence: Transforming Undergraduate Education at UF by Daniel A. Wubah (PPT)

Task Force Subcommittee Materials:

Current Practices Subcommittee Materials:

• Attributes of General Education as Now Required at the University of Florida (PDF)
  
• Current Practices Internship Summary (PDF)
  
• Internship Summary (PDF)
  
• Signature Experiences (PDF)
  
• Civic Engagement and Service Learning (PDF)
  
• Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills and Advising (PDF)
  
• Leadership (PDF)
  
• General Education (PDF)

Best Practices Subcommittee Materials:

• Best Practices Capstone Summary (PDF)
• Faculty-Student Interactions, Highlights of Best Practices (PDF)
• Honors Program (PDF)
• Residence Experiences (PDF)
• Best Practices Signatures Experiences Summary (PDF)
• Best Practices in Undergraduate Research (PDF)
• Enhancement of Faculty Teaching Skills and Advising (PDF)
• Gen Ed Best Practices Overview (PDF)
• Global Competency and International Education (PDF)
• Internships, Service-Leaning, and Civic Engagement (PDF)
• Undergraduate Creative Work (PDF)
• International Subcommittee Best Practices (PDF)

 

Committee Membership

Name	Department/College	Title
Edward Schaefer	Fine Arts	Associate Dean, Co-Chair
Jill Varnes	Health Education and Behavior, Health and Human Performance	Professor, Co-Chair
Bonnie Bernau	Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art	Director of Education
David Bloomquist	Civil and Coastal Engineering	Associate Professor
Marian Borg	Sociology	Associate Professor
Keith Carodine	University Athletic Association	Senior Associate Athletic Director
Mary Kay Carodine	Student Affairs	Assistant Vice President
Barbara Curbow	Behavioral Science and Community Health	Chair and Professor
Sheila Dickison	Liberal Arts and Sciences	Associate Dean
Bruce Edwards	Mathematics	Professor
Catherine Emihovich	Education	Dean and Professor
Wayne Griffin	Counseling Center	Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director
Martin Gundersen	Architecture	Associate Professor
Stephanie Hanson	Public Health and Health Professions	Executive Associate Dean
Selman Hershfield	Physics	Professor
Susanne Hill	International Center	Interim Executive Associate Director
David Julian	Zoology	Associate Professor
Albert Matheny	Academic Advising Center	Associate Dean and Professor
Andy McCollough	Warrington College of Business Administration	Senior Associate Dean and Professor
Erica McCray	Special Education	Assistant Professor
William McKeen	Journalism	Chair and Professor
Michael McKenzie	Pharmacy	Senior Associate Dean and Professor
Toshi Nishida	Electrical Engineering	Associate Professor
Maureen Novak	Pediatrics	Vice Chair and Associate Professor
Michael Olexa	Food Resources Economics	Professor
Diane Porter-Roberts	Housing	Assistant Director
Brian Ray	School of Business	Associate Dean and Director
Mark Rush	Economics	Professor
Judith Russell	University Libraries	Dean
Elaine Turner	Agricultural and Life Sciences	Associate Dean and Professor
Daniel Wubah	Provost's Office	Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs