{"id":13166,"date":"2016-09-19T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T00:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/?page_id=13166"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:08:56","slug":"bachelor-liberal-studies-bls-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/committees\/other-university-advisory-and-special-interest-committees\/bachelor-liberal-studies-bls-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>2025-2026<\/p><p>Meeting Dates:<\/p><ul>\n<li>September 5, 2025<\/li>\n<li>October 3, 2025<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 31, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>BLS Committee Members<\/p><ul>\n<li>Robert Wells, 2027, Associate, MUS, CAS, <em><strong>Chair<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Prashant Chandrasekar, 2028, Assistant, CS, CAS<\/li>\n<li>Bridgette Dennett, 2028, Assistant, Theatre and Dance, CAS<\/li>\n<li>Leo Lee, 2027, Full, MATH, CAS<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Smith, 2027, Assistant, CHEM, CAS, <em><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><em>Ex Officio (non-voting) Member:<\/em><\/p><ul>\n<li>Ana Chichester, Director of BLS<\/li>\n<li>Kristen Fairbanks, Associate Director of BLS<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><em>Student Representative (non-voting):<\/em><\/p><ul>\n<li>Evan Fletcher<\/li>\n<li>Daniella Schweyer<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>2.8.1 Bachelor of Liberal Studies Committee<\/p><p>The committee consists of five appointed faculty members and a non-voting ex officio member, the Director of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) Degree Program. In addition, one student, appointed by the Director of the BLS Degree Program, serves as a non-voting member. Appointed faculty members serve three-year staggered terms, beginning with the fall semester following their appointment. The committee&rsquo;s duties are to:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.1 Evaluate BLS admissions policies as needed;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.2 Review and advise the Office of Admissions regarding recruitment and marketing strategies for the BLS program;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.3 Review and approve BLS special majors;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.4 Evaluate portfolio credit policies as needed;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.5 Review BLS degree requirements, including general education credits;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.6 Review BLS program assessments and make recommendations as needed;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.7 Review and approve requests for exceptions to BLS policies; and<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">.8 Perform other duties consistent with its charge as assigned by the University Faculty Council.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-2026Meeting Dates: September 5, 2025 October 3, 2025 Oct. 31, 2025 BLS Committee Members Robert Wells, 2027, Associate, MUS, CAS, Chair Prashant Chandrasekar, 2028, Assistant, CS, CAS Bridgette Dennett, 2028, Assistant, Theatre and Dance, CAS Leo Lee, 2027, Full, MATH, CAS Sarah Smith, 2027, Assistant, CHEM, CAS, Secretary Ex Officio (non-voting) Member: Ana Chichester, Director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2301,"featured_media":0,"parent":540,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13166","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13166\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/ufc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}