Two Bethel De­part­ments Change Their Names

MISHAWAKA – Bethel’s Aca­d­e­mic Poli­cies and Cur­ricu­lum Com­mit­tee ap­proved name changes for two de­part­ments in a meet­ing on April 2. 

The Sign Lan­guage In­ter­pret­ing De­part­ment was re­named to the De­part­ment of Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage and In­ter­pret­ing. The rea­son for the change to the Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage and In­ter­pret­ing De­part­ment (ASLID) is to re­duce con­fu­sion among stu­dents and bet­ter en­cap­su­late what the de­part­ment does. 

The Chair of the Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage and In­ter­pret­ing De­part­ment, Ed­win Car­ring­ton, said the change of name ac­cu­rately re­flects most stu­dents tak­ing ASL classes. 

“This name por­trays the Sign Lan­guage In­ter­pret­ing bach­e­lors, Deaf Stud­ies as­so­ci­ates, and ASL mi­nor,” Car­ring­ton said. 

The De­part­ment of Math and En­gi­neer­ing Sci­ences was re­named to the De­part­ment of Math­e­mat­ics, En­gi­neer­ing and Com­puter Sci­ence. The rea­son for the change to the De­part­ment of Math­e­mat­ics, En­gi­neer­ing and Com­puter Sci­ence was to more ac­cu­rately de­scribe the new pro­grams in the de­part­ment.  

De­part­ment Chair, Pro­fes­sor Al­ice Ramos, is glad for the name change. 

“We are so ex­cited about our new com­puter sci­ence pro­grams and two brand new com­puter sci­ence labs,” Ramos said. “We want our de­part­ment name to re­flect the great things that we get to do within our de­part­ment.” 

Ac­cord­ing to My Bethel, the APCC, Bethel’s Aca­d­e­mic Poli­cies and Cur­ricu­lum Com­mit­tee, is re­spon­si­ble for mon­i­tor­ing, re­view­ing and rec­om­mend­ing changes for the Uni­ver­si­ty’s aca­d­e­mic poli­cies. The Com­mit­tee also con­sid­ers all the re­quests for any new pro­grams or cur­ric­u­lar changes and re­views Bethel’s core cur­ricu­lum every year to make sure it is in line with the Pur­pose and Stu­dent Learn­ing Out­comes State­ments. 

Any of Bethel’s fac­ulty can at­tend the meet­ings, but only cer­tain in­di­vid­u­als can vote: all De­part­ment Chairs, an ad­di­tional ad­min­is­tra­tive nurs­ing fac­ulty mem­ber, as se­lected by the Dean of Nurs­ing, Di­vi­sion or School Deans, and the Aca­d­e­mic Ser­vices Vice Pres­i­dent, who sets the com­mit­tee’s itin­er­ary and serves as the group’s chair. The Non-vot­ing mem­bers are mem­bers of the Reg­is­trar and the Di­rec­tor of Li­brary Ser­vices. 

Visit these de­part­ments’ web pages to learn more: 

De­part­ment of Amer­i­can Sign Lan­guage and In­ter­pret­ing: 

bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu/​aca­d­e­mics/​de­grees/​sign-lan­guage-in­ter­pret­ing  

De­part­ment of Math­e­mat­ics, En­gi­neer­ing and Com­puter Sci­ence: 

bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu/​aca­d­e­mics/​de­grees/​math-en­gi­neer­ing-sci­ences