Academic Affairs Committee Meeting — Minutes (10/03/26)

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AA Meeting Minutes 10/03/2026

Attendance

Present:

Isaac

Tola

Demarri

Peter

Boyi

Ella

Rocio

Veda

Saanvi

Grace

Initiative Updates

Adulting 101 -Ella

Emailed Eliza Waters
Found a willing professor
SGA Advertising Needs
- Minimum enrollment of 10 students

Course Manuals -Rocio

Email Jesee Martin
Waiting on Jesee
Reviewed course manuals version 1
- Looking forward more suggestions to move forward

FA Flexibility -Boyi

Potential survey for KSAS students & Peabody students
Design cornerstone for FYS?
Meeting with Professor Young to see FA2 Taginng

Standardize Grading—Ella

Continue collecting syllabi
Email professors for notification/agreement

Synched Exam Schedules -Peter

Have asked about feelings about Syched Exam Schedules
- Potential Survey
Maybe look into expanding no more than two exam schedules per day, otherwise entitles to reschedule

Credit Overloading -Tola

One–pager finished
Email Academic Dean

Transfer Student Experience -Demarri

Met with the director for the interim director for the center for writing
Talk to the orientation office about minimizing the need for transfer students to stay over for four years
Address the lack of enough advisor for transfer students

First semester cover grades -Peter & Veda

Look into what Brown University does for cover grade issues
- Med schools asking for grades to be uncovered

Tabling

Write a funding bill

Survey

Reminders:

Text Updates on Saturdays we don’t have meetings

Tola will send reminders on Saturdays

Summary

These minutes record updates and follow-up work for the committee’s academic initiatives.
Adulting 101 secured a willing professor and requires at least 10 students; course-manual work is waiting for Jesee Martin and further suggestions. 1- Found a willing professor 2- Minimum enrollment of 10 students
The committee considered a survey on grading flexibility for KSAS and Peabody students, continued collecting syllabi for standardised grading, and considered a survey on synchronised exam schedules. 3- Potential survey for KSAS students & Peabody students 4- Continue collecting syllabi 5- Potential Survey
The credit-overloading one-page document was finished for emailing to the Academic Dean, while transfer-student work focused on orientation, four-year stays, and adviser shortages. 6- One–pager finished 7- Address the lack of enough advisor for transfer students
The committee planned to examine Brown University’s approach to first-semester cover grades because medical schools are asking for grades to be uncovered. 8- Look into what Brown University does for cover grade issues
Follow-up work included tabling, writing a funding bill, distributing a survey, and sending Saturday reminders when there is no meeting. 9Tabling 10Write a funding bill 11[Survey](https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?subpage=design&FormId=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7BhQqnHZ-OBCuCKnUn13bHxUQUo1Uk8zWTZXN01UUDZQV0hHQ1Y5N0ZLMC4u&Token=7f6a381055934ce4ba6ff383e715284c)12Tola will send reminders on Saturdays

People named

Omotola Alaofin — Present
Boyi Chen — Present
Ella Chon — Present
Demarri Dosunmu — Present, Drive owner, Last edited
Rocio Garduno-Castaneda — Present
Saanvi Kaapu — Present
Veda Kommineni — Present
Peter Tarpley — Present
Grace Wang — Present
Isaac Zhang — Present

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