2008 Woodie Awards
Spanish to keep its minor
CAROLYN CRIST
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: News
A proposal to deactivate the Spanish minor was withdrawn after strong opposition.
Although the proposal passed the University Council's curriculum committee on March 21, the Department of Romance Languages withdrew the idea on March 26 before it reached Thursday's meeting of the University Council Executive Committee.
The department didn't give a specific reason why it withdrew the proposal, Student Government Association President Connor McCarthy said.
Jere Morehead, vice president for instruction, opposed the proposal from its inception at the curriculum committee and attributed the withdrawal of the proposal to student response, McCarthy said.
The proposal said the spring of 2011 would be the last semester students could graduate with a Spanish minor. In 2007, 577 students enrolled in the minor, according to a news release sent Friday by SGA. The Department of Romance Languages cited a lack of resources for the major and the minor as a reason to deactivate it for several years.
"All of the students who gave me feedback to take to the committee should be recognized," Amrita Veliyath, SGA representative on the curriculum committee, said after presenting more than 50 student, parent and alumni letters supporting the minor. "When we as students choose to speak out on an issue, we can be a highly effective force."
Although the proposal passed the University Council's curriculum committee on March 21, the Department of Romance Languages withdrew the idea on March 26 before it reached Thursday's meeting of the University Council Executive Committee.
The department didn't give a specific reason why it withdrew the proposal, Student Government Association President Connor McCarthy said.
Jere Morehead, vice president for instruction, opposed the proposal from its inception at the curriculum committee and attributed the withdrawal of the proposal to student response, McCarthy said.
The proposal said the spring of 2011 would be the last semester students could graduate with a Spanish minor. In 2007, 577 students enrolled in the minor, according to a news release sent Friday by SGA. The Department of Romance Languages cited a lack of resources for the major and the minor as a reason to deactivate it for several years.
"All of the students who gave me feedback to take to the committee should be recognized," Amrita Veliyath, SGA representative on the curriculum committee, said after presenting more than 50 student, parent and alumni letters supporting the minor. "When we as students choose to speak out on an issue, we can be a highly effective force."
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