Academic 10-2-18

MEETING START TIME: 6:18PM

 

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chair Morabito, Vice Chair Nelson, Senator Leach,

Absent: Senator D’Aguanno(excused), Senator Newbury

Non-Committee: Chair Straube

 

DISCUSSION:

TOPIC 1: affordable course material videos

  • Got an email of the edited, cut down videos from last year
  • Look good, but we don’t know what they are going to do with those videos

TOPIC 2: Freenters

  • Got an about email from this company free printing at URI
  • Company based out of Chicago
  • You will probably get adds while printing to be able to pay for the printing
    • Prints out an add every few pages
    • Seems like a waste of paper
    • For every page printed they plant more trees
    • Wouldn’t mind looking more into this
    • Kind of want him to send a representative from his company to URI to talk more about this

Extra:

  • 9-11pm this Thursday is swim party at Tootel Pool.
  • Trying to find someone to go to faculty senate meetings

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 6:43PM