Office of the Associate Vice President
for Academic Affairs

Dr. Lorraine Bernotsky
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Room 008
700 South High Street
West Chester, PA 19383
610-738-0492


CAPC

To access all CAPC materials please visit the CAPC portal.

The Curriculum and Academic Policies Council (CAPC), serves two curricular purposes. One is to develop, revise, and recommend academic creation of new, existing or elimination of existing academic programs sent by faculty. The other is to develop, revise, and recommend academic policies. These purposes are carried out in a legislative assembly (comprised of elected faculty, elected or appointed students and administration) that recommends to the Academic Vice President and Provost curricular and academic policy matters. CAPC exists as a shared governance body, functioning under the authority of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the System, APSCUF, and the System Board of Governors.

An Executive Committee (CAPC Exec), comprised of the Chair, Vice Chair, Recording Secretary, Chair of General Education Committee, Chair of University Policies Committee, Chair of Program Review Committee, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Graduate School, Chair of Teacher Education Council, and the immediate past chair of CAPC, meet monthly to generate the agenda for the monthly meetings of the general assembly.

The 2012-2013 CAPC Exec Committee:

Position

Name

  Chair, CAPC

Jeffery Osgood

  Assistant Chair, CAPC

Loretta Rieser-Danner

  Recording Secretary, CAPC

Judith Greenamyer

  Chair, General Education Committee

Rodney Mader

  Chair, Graduate Programs and Policies Committee

  (Interim Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate

  Studies and Extended Education)

Lorraine Bernotsky

  Chair, Program Review and Evaluation Committee

Susan Johnston

  Chair, Undergraduate Policies Committee

Kevin Dean

  Chair,  Undergraduate Programs Committee

  (Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Student Support Services)

Idna Corbett

  Facilitator, Council of Professional Education  

Corinne Murphy

  Administrative Support

Andrea Grinwis

  Graduate Assistant

Samantha Keys

Course, program, and policy proposals are processed in the appropriate committee (list above), discussed at a meeting of the CAPC Executive Committee, and then brought before the General Assembly.

CAPC Members for the 2012-2013 Academic Year (by committee):

Academic Review Committee

  Chair (CAS)   Susan Johnson
  Chair, Low Enrollment Advisory Subcommittee (CAS)   Mary Braz
  Co-Chair, Program Review Subcommittee (CAS)   Eleanor Shevlin
  (CBPA)   Brian Halsey
  Chair, Course Delivery Subcommittee (formerly Distance Ed) (COE)   Vicki McGinley
  (COE)   Christian Penny
  (COE)   Diane Santori
  Chair, Course Review and Revalidation Subcommittee (CVPA)   Heather Sharpe
  Co-Chair, Program Review Subcommittee (CVPA)   Liz Staruch
  Undergraduate Student   TBD
  Graduate Student   TBD

Course Delivery Subcommittee (formerly Distance Ed)

  Chair (COE)   Vicki McGinley
  (CAS)   Michael Fisher
  (CAS)   Michael Pearson
  (CBPA)   Brian Halsey
  (CHS)   Lynn Monahan
  (COE)   Christian Penny
  (CVPA)   J. Bryan Burton

Course Review and Revalidation Subcommittee

  Chair (CVPA)   Heather Sharpe
  (CAS)   Andrew Sargent
  (CBPA)   Ashlie Delshad
  (CHS)   Melissa Whidden

Low Enrollment Subcommittee

  Chair (CAS)   Mary Braz
  (CBPA)   Bahar Ulupinar
  (COE)   Diane Santori
  (CVPA)   Carol Cranmer

Program Review Subcommittee

  Co-Chair (CAS)   Eleanor Shevlin
  Co-Chair (CVPA)   Liz Staruch
  (CAS)   Kuhio Walters
  (CBPA)   Kristen Crossney
  (COE)   Lynda Baloche

General Education Committee

  Chair (CAS)   Rodney Mader
  Chair, "I" Subcommittee (CAS)   Wayne Hanley
  Chair, "J" Subcommittee (CBPA)   Lisa Ruchti
  Chair, "W" subcommittee (CAS)   Loretta Rieser-Danner
  Co-Chair, Distributive Areas Subcommittee (CAS)   Valerian DeSousa
  (CHS)   Scott Heinerichs
  (COE)   Jackie Hodes
  Co-Chair, Distributive Areas Subcommittee (CVPA)   Juliet Wunsch
  Undergraduate Student   Alexandra Cerofeci
  Dean (ex-officio) (CAS)   Lori Vermeulen

Distributive Areas Subcommittee

  Co-Chair (CAS)   Valerian DeSousa
  Co-Chair (CVPA)   Juliet Wunsch
  TBD  

Diverse Communities Subcommittee

  Chair (CAS)   Lisa Ruchti
  TBD  

Interdisciplinary Subcommittee

  Chair (CAS)   Wayne Hanley
  TBD  

Writing Emphasis Subcommittee

  Chair (CAS)   Loretta Rieser-Danner
  (CAS)   Hannah Ashley
  (CBPA)   Allison Turner
  (CHS)   Sandi Walz
  (COE)   Robert Haworth

Graduate Programs and Policies Committee

  Chair (Interim Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs and Dean of Grad               Studies)   Lorraine Bernotsky
  (CAS)   Daniel Forbes
  (CBPA)   Simon Condliffe
  (CBPA)   Dottie Ives-Dewey
  (CHS)   David Delgado
  (COE)   Connie DiLucchio
  Library Rep (ex-officio)   Tara Wink
  Facilitator, CPE   Corinne Murphy
  Graduate Student   TBD

Undergraduate Policies Committee

  Chair (CAS)   Kevin Dean
  (CAS)   Judy Greenamyer
  (CAS)   Tim Lutz
  (CHS)   Christine Thomas
  (Non-Classroom)   Mame Purce
  Undergraduate Student   TBD

Undergraduate Programs Committee

  Chair (Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Student Support                Services)   Idna Corbett
  (CAS)   Tim Brown
  (Educational Development)   Joanne Conlon
  Chair, Culture Cluster Subcommittee (CAS)   Helen Schroepfer
  (CAS)   Jack Waber
  (CHS)   Christine Karpinski
  (CVPA)   Adam Silverman
  (Library)   Rachel McMullin
  Facilitator, CPE (ex-oficio)   Corinne Murphy
  Undergraduate Student   Bob Falconetti

Culture Cluster Subcommittee

  Chair (CAS)   Helen Schroepfer
  (CAS)   Geetha Ramanathan
  (CAS)   Israel Sanz-Sanchez
  (CBPA)   Linda Ello
  (CHS) alternate   Katherine Morrison
  (CVPA)   Stephen Ng