Timeline

Project Timeline as Outlined in Grant Proposal

Date Events/Tasks Responsible Individuals
August 30, 2016 Preliminary meeting of the Core Working Group. Goals and purposes:

●    Outline priorities and set meeting schedule for the academic year.

●    Develop a set of possible curricular changes to share with the Project Steering Committee.

Humanities alumni data collection will begin and continue through the academic year.

Core Working Group
September 26, 2016 Inaugural meeting of the Project Steering Committee. Goals and purposes:

●    Sharing and discussion of possible curricular changes with the larger group.

Project Steering Committee
October 4, 2016 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Finalizing curricular change suggestions for sharing with a wider faculty audience in the departments.

Core Working Group
November 1, 2016 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Inaugural discussion of data collection practices.

●    Draft of points and recommendations to be shared with the larger group.

Core Working Group
December 6, 2016 Full meeting of both the Project Steering Committee and the Core Working Group. Goals and purposes:

●    Examination of data collection practices.

●    Creation of recommendations around data collection.

●    Beginning of planning process for the Town Hall Meeting on Careers in the Humanities.

Core Working Group and Project Steering Committee
January 17, 2017 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Finalize recommendations for data collection practices.

●    Inaugural conversation on better partnerships with alumni and employers. Development of recommendations and strategies around this issue.

Core Working Group
February 27, 2017 Third Project Steering Committee meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Sharing of ideas for developing an alumni mentoring database.

●    Continued planning for the Town Hall Meeting.

●    Presentation of preliminary results of alumni data collection to the full group.

Project Steering Committee
March 7, 2017 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Continued conversation around partnerships.

●    Finalize planning for Town Hall Meeting.

Core Working Group
May 2, 2017 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

● Drafting of white paper.

Core Working Group

 

May 4, 2017 Town Hall Meeting on Careers for Humanists:

●    Day-long event featuring speaker and workshops geared toward career development of humanities PhDs.

Core Working Group and Project Steering Committee

In attendance: additional faculty members, PhD students, and alumni

June 6, 2017 Second full meeting of both the Project Steering Committee and the Core Working Group:

●    Discussion of white paper draft.

Travel of three working group members to the Graduate Career Consortium Meeting.

Core Working Group and Project Steering Committee
July 11, 2017 Core Working Group meeting. Goals and purposes:

●    Revision and approval of final draft of white paper.

●    Develop an assessment plan for measures recommended in the white paper.

Core Working Group