Outcome Assessment Committee
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Type
Departmental Representative
Purpose
The Student Outcomes Assessment Committee (SOAC) is responsible for assisting the College and departments in designing and implementing sound outcomes assessment programs that improve student learning and continuously improve the College's curricula. The SOAC seeks out best practices in assessment and shares those with the departments in the College. It reviews the College's core outcomes periodically and recommends changes to the College faculty for approval. The SOAC works closely with the College's Curriculum Committee. Deliberate and frequent connections are critical to both committees' abilities to accomplish their charges. Sharing minutes between committee chairs, ensuring there are one or two committee members in common and joint meetings between the committees are examples of those connections.
Committee Composition and Operations
The committee consists of a representative from each department's student outcomes assessment committee, the College's Associate Dean for Academic and Global programs and the Director of Ag and Life Sciences Student Services who chairs the committee.
Members
- Tom Polito, (Chair)
- Tom Brumm, ABE
- Mary Wiedenhoeft, Agronomy
- Brad Skaar, Animal Science
- Ted Huiatt , BBMB
- Ron Deiter, Economics
- Ken Holscher, Entomology
- Cheryll Reitmeier, FSHN
- Loren Stephens, Horticulture
- Steve Jungst, NREM
- David Vleck, Biology
- Robert Martin, International Ag & Ag EdS
- Ed Braun, Microbiology
- Carmen Bain, Sociology
- David Acker, Administrative liaison.
Committee Website