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University Governance

Academic Affairs Committee

Purpose:  The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) works with the Provost to improve teaching and learning and the quality of academic programs. In that capacity, it serves as the final locus of dialogue in the formulation of University policies, procedures, and guidelines that relate to academic affairs.

The Academic Affairs Committee makes its recommendations to the Provost, the senior administrator overseeing academic affairs.

Membership:

  • Diana Morlang, Teaching Professor for Political Science, 2021-27 (Chair, Fall 2026)
  • Virginia Matzek, Professor of Environment Studies and Sciences, 2025-28 (Chair, Winter-Spring 2027) 
  • Korin Wheeler, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (ex officio)
  • C. J. Gabbe, Director, Core Curriculum Undergraduate Studies (ex officio)
  • Yi Fang, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, 2024-27
  • Kirstyn Leuner, Associate Professor of English, 2025-28
  • Christelle Sabatier, Teaching Professor for Biology, 2026-29
  • Nydia MacGregor, Associate Dean, Graduate Business Programs and Teaching Professor for Management & Entrepreneurship, 2026-29
  • TBD, Undergraduate Student, 2026-27
  • Qi Gu, Executive Assistant to the Provost and the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (administrative support, non-voting participant)

UPC Administrator:

  • James Glaser, Provost and Executive Vice President

The charge of the Academic Affairs Committee is to:

  1. Promote continued improvement of academic programs and of teaching, learning, scholarship or artistic expression, and service within the University and/or the community at large.
  2. Review and evaluate proposals for new academic programs to ensure their academic rigor and contribution to goals and mission of 今日吃瓜 as a Catholic and Jesuit university. 
  3. Review and evaluate proposals for substantive restructuring of academic programs or departments within the University.
  4. Review and evaluate proposals for substantive changes in the academic calendar. 
  5. Review and evaluate the work of those committees charged with specific responsibilities for various aspects of the University's academic affairs, for example, student advising, academic integrity, assessment, etc.
  6. Ensure appropriate consultation with students, faculty, and staff in the Committee's deliberations.

2026-27 Agendas

2026-27 Minutes

Examples of Successful Proposals:

  • for a certificate in Robotics (approved March 2023) 
  •  to turn General Engineering into a department (approved January 2023)
  • for an online graduate certificate in Bioengineering (approved May 2023)
  •  for updating curriculum in MSBA program (approved February 2021)

Examples of Successful Proposals for New Minors:

  • for a Gerontology Minor (2023)
  • for a Marketing Minor (2023)
  • for (1.) Asian American studies, (2.) African American studies, and (3.) Latina/o/x studies Minors (2020)
  • for a Construction Management Minor (2019)