To:         Academic Affairs Faculty and Staff

From:    Karen Moranski, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

RE:        A Message About Community

Since late 2022, we have been tracking the development of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, Bard, and DALL-E, and the way they are being used in higher education nationally. Generative AI tools can produce new and unique outputs, including human-like text.

Welcome back to the Spring semester 2024. The omnibus new academic structure proposal was released to Academic Affairs at the end of the fall semester.

The Academic Planning, Assessment, and Resource Committee (APARC) began looking at Department Chair funding formulas in AY21-22. As part of the APARC recommendation, four models were offered for consideration.

Our departments are currently exploring new organizational structures with the aims of  growing enrollment for programs, maintaining curricular integrity with losses of faculty, and developing interdisciplinary practices that encourage student-centered and inclusive pedagogies and foste

Provost Convocation Remarks 

Fall 2023

DRAFT Academic Reorganization Vision Statement:

Academic reorganization at Sonoma State University will create a thriving, sustainable, and inclusive community of faculty and staff committed to teaching and learning.

As we embark on departmental and school reorganization in Fall 2023, we have developed a process for departmental reorganization.