The Committee on Academic Technology (CAT) is charged with promoting an environment in which computing and media technologies are used appropriately and effectively in the academic program of the College. It serves as the principal formal means of communication among faculty, students and administration on all matters relating to the use of computers and computing and media technologies in the academic program.
The CAT establishes and coordinates programs and reviews college policies relating to academic technology including the Personal Computer Support Policy, and where it deems appropriate, suggests revisions. It advises the Educational Policy Committee, the Chief Information Technology Officer and Associate Provost for Facilities Planning, the Director of Academic Technology Services, and the Director of Computing Services on all matters relating to the use of computing and media technologies in the academic program of the College.
Current CAT Programs
The Committee of Acadmemic Technology coordinates the following programs for College faculty that support the goal of integrating technology into the curriculum.
Current CAT Members
Membership is assigned by the Office of the Provost and consists of four (4) faculty (one each from the humanities, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and one at-large), two (2) students, the Director of Academic Technology Services (ex officio), the Director of User Services (ex officio), and the Director of Computing Services (ex officio).
2007-2008 Members
- Kim Armstrong, Spanish, Chair
- Jon Enos, ex officio
- Bennett Helm, Philosophy
- Dorothy Merritts, Earth and Environment
- Oscar Retterer, ex officio
- Chris Swisher, ex officio
- Steven Tedford, Mathematics and Computer Science
- Roger White, Economics
