Photo caption Pictured are Illinois GECC-IAI Panel members, L to R: Nadine Franklin, Theatre Arts Panel; Dr. Laura Murdaugh, Major Chemistry Panel; Janet Gallagher, Major Agriculture Panel; Tina Hultgren, Major English Panel; Laurie Hoecherl, General Education Mathematics Panel; and Tammy Tiggelaar, Co- Chair – Major Business Panel. Not pictured are Terese Dudek, General Education Life Sciences, Alan Edgecombe, Major Engineering Panel, and David Klick, Major Computer Science Panel.
Kishwaukee College Mathematics instructor Laurie Hoecherl has been selected to a statewide committee that works to facilitate the transfer of students among higher education institutions in Illinois, joining eight other Kishwaukee College faculty currently serving as members of the General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) and Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) Panels.
The GECC-IAI Panels are designed to establish criteria among courses offered in a variety of academic disciplines to create continuity and streamline how coursework transfers between institutions. By establishing the criteria, the GECC-IAI Panels assure that courses cover the same material and requirements, thus fulfilling requirements and prerequisites at each institution in the state. Panel members meet regularly and also offer an opportunity for networking among faculty from across the state in their respective disciplines.
Kishwaukee College faculty serving GECC-IAI are:
-Terese Dudek, M.S. in Biology from NIU, serving on General Education Life Sciences Panel and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for 30 years;
-Alan Edgecombe, M.S. in Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, serving on the Major Engineering Panel and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for five years;
-Nadine Franklin, M.F.A. in Theatre from NIU, serving on the Major Theatre Arts Panel and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for 26 years;
-Janet Gallagher, M.S. in Horticulture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, serving on the Major Agricultural Panel for eight years and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for 10 years;
-Laurie Hoecherl, M.S. in Mathematics from Northern Illinois University, new member of the General Education Mathematics Panel and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for 26 years;
-Tina Hultgren, M.A. in English from NIU, serving on the Major English Panel and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for eleven years;
-David Klick, M.S. Nova Southeastern University, serving on the Major Computer Science Panel, and has has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for 17 years;
-Laura Murdaugh, Ph.D. from NIU in Chemistry, serving on the major Chemistry Panel and has has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for five years; and
-Tammy Tiggelaar, M.S. in Marketing from NIU, serving on the Major Business Panel as co-chair and has been an instructor at Kishwaukee College for nine years.
For more information on academic programs at Kishwaukee College, visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu.
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