Quincy Reporter

John Wood Community College Board of Trustees met Feb. 16.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Curriculum Committee Report

The meeting convened at 2:00 p.m. Present was Mr. Mike Elbe, president; trustee, attended virtually via zoom conference was, Dr. Randy Greenwell; Dr. Laurel Klinkenberg, vice president of instruction, and Kristina Johnson; note taker. Absent, Mr. Andy Sprague; trustee.

• Agriculture courses was discussed as follows:

o New Course: AGR 151— Renewable & Sustainable Resources Mgmt (2 credit hours)

o New Course: AGR 153— Pest Management (2 credit hours)

o New Course: AGR 154— Wildlife Management (2 credit hours)

o New Course: AGR 194— Current Issues in Conservation Mgmt (2 credit hours)

o New Certificate: Conservation Management (16 credit hours)

The agriculture program received a grant to fund the development of the Conservation Certificate. This certificate stacks into the AAS Agri-Business degree or could be taken either by students or other interested community members as a certificate only. The current issues course will focus on relevant just-in-time topics which will appeal to students.

Dr. Greenwell mentioned requesting support from the Agriculture Advisory Council. The certificate and courses were discussed during a previous Advisory Council meeting.

• Education courses were discussed as follows:

o New Course: EDU 255 – Lang/Lit & Social Studies in EC (4 credit hours)

The new course includes Social Studies content to better align with 4-year colleges.

•Degree changes in Education were discussed as follows:

oThrough the recent curriculum changes of the AAS ECE Program of Study, the credit hours have decreased from 65 to 64.

Four faculty candidates are seeking tenure and will be considered at the February Board meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm.

https://www.jwcc.edu/about/board-of-trustees/board-agendas-minutes/#board-of-trustees