{"id":2356,"date":"2024-12-30T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/?post_type=issues&#038;p=2356"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T02:04:28","slug":"resolution-to-approve-the-new-master-of-fine-arts-mfa-in-creative-writing","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/issues\/resolution-to-approve-the-new-master-of-fine-arts-mfa-in-creative-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution to Approve the New Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Presented to the M\u0101noa Faculty Senate by the Graduate Council for a vote of the full Senate on December 18, 2024, a resolution to approve the New Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing in the Department of English at the University of Hawai\u02bbi M\u0101noa.\u00a0 Approved by the M\u0101noa Faculty Senate on December 18, 2024 with 43 votes (95.6%) in support and 2 votes (4.4%) opposed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE NEW MASTER OF FINE ARTS (MFA)\u00a0 <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>IN CREATIVE WRITING<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEREAS<\/b>, the Department of English requested approval for a New Provisional Degree, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing on September 24, 2024; and<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEREAS<\/b>, no university in Hawai\u02bbi offers an MFA in Creative Writing; and<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEREAS<\/b>, the Department has demonstrated potential demand for the degree; and<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEREAS<\/b>, no immediate new personnel resources and no additional operating costs are required for the degree; and<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEREAS<\/b>, the Graduate Council recommended the approval of the New Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing on November 12, 2024; therefore,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BE IT RESOLVED<\/b>, that the Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa Faculty Senate approves this proposal for the New Provisional Degree, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Supporting document:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11WEMnJ-JlEb-otjFJzcvIvUBtevj5EHQ\/view?usp=drive_link\"><i>CALL-Proposal MFA in Creative Writing_FINAL.pdf<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented to the M\u0101noa Faculty Senate by the Graduate Council for a vote of the full Senate on December 18, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"template":"","class_list":["post-2356","issues","type-issues","status-publish","hentry","statuses-resolutions-motions0passed","years-2024-2025"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues\/2356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/issues"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues\/2356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2360,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues\/2356\/revisions\/2360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/uhmfs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}