Administrative Policy Committee February 29, 2012 In attendance: Gail Baylor Deborah Anstrom Mary Davis Jonathan Ehrlich Karen Huntley Holly Rosson Davide Harper Absent: John Bowers Terry Payne 1.   Harassment Policy — The Human Resource Committee has been working on revisions to the policy in accordance with comments submitted.  The revised policy will be submitted [...]

Bring your lunch and join us, Wednesday, February 29, noon-1p.m. Cathy Kramer, Dean of Service, will provide a reporting on developments within the Service Learning Program. The location will be in Mierke A. PAC Wednesday’s are lunch sessions that offer an opportunity for staff and faculty to receive reports and information from campus deans.  Questions and/or small group discussions will follow [...]

Please join Forum members for an informal gathering over lunch. This is an opportunity for employees to share questions, thoughts, and information with Forum members about current affairs on campus. Forum members will be available to listen, connect with you and connect you to others during these conversations. Forum Lunch-N-Share gatherings are also an opportunity for you [...]

Big Marketing Meeting – Thursday, February 2, 2012 This meeting was all about the viewbook and its upcoming revisions. Since most members present were on the Committee last year, and since we are darn near out of viewbooks, we did not engage in the pink and green highlighting exercise of years past. Richard started the [...]

The February Governance Updates newsletter features a letter from the Caucus Conveners. Read their letter and the abundance of news and decisions being discussed and made on behalf of our Campus community. In addition to the letter from Caucus Conveners, the newsletter includes information about: -Forum meetings -Caucus meetings -Policy Committee meetings (all six!) -Community Meeting hi-lights [...]

This meeting was focused entirely on a presentation by Brian O’Laughlin of Sodexo’s proposed model for student work crews in dining services. Read the minutes: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~wpac/WPAC_02.09.12.pdf

Unapproved minutes includes discussion and decision on the following agenda: 1. Approval of January 18 minutes 2. Updated reporting from Jonathan Ehrlich on the College legal indemnification policy 3. Policy proposal from Big Marketing & Communications on Representing WWC in the Media as well as public comment 4. New business Read the minutes: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~forum/Minutes/ForumMinutesFebruary_15-2012.pdf

Minutes include discussion and action on the following topics: 1. Feedback from Focus Groups 2. Review and endorsement of honorary degrees Read the minutes: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~wpac/WPAC_01.26.12.pdf

The minutes include the following topics of discussion and action: 1. Update on Focus Groups 2. Discussion on Day Student Benefits 3. Follow up on the Work Colleges data and the Echo 4. New business Read the minutes: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~wpac/WPAC_12.01.11.pdf    

A steering committee that includes Paula Garrett, Caucus Conveners, Scott Fair, Ed Raiola and Keri Willever is aiming to involve the WWC community in creating a Warren Wilson College Campus Creed. There appears to be increasing numbers of instances where a lack of accountability and civil discourse is taking place on campus.  These instances involve issues varying in range from racial insensitivity, sexual [...]