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Acuta Enews December 2011, Vol 40, No. 12

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Nominate a Colleague for ACUTA Ruth A. Michalecki Leadership Award

From ACUTA Headquarters: What's New?................ Corinne Hoch, Executive Director

Coping with the Next Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ba ......Gary Audin, Delphi, lnc.

View 6 Sessions from the Fall Seminar

Helping Young Professionals Get Professional Development....... Jana McDonald, Texas A&M

lnfo Links ............ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Member Benefit of the Month: Free Webinars

Committee Corner

Board Report......... Riny Ledgerwood, SDSU

Thanks to our 201 1 Exhibitors

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs...Special Deals!...Corporate Webinars

Adding Value To Graduate Education: The Comprehensive Examination, John L. Lindquist, Samuel E. Wortman, Charles A. Francis

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Virtually all graduate study requirements for MS or PhD degrees include a written comprehensive and an oral exam, the latter most often a presentation of thesis or dissertation results. The written exam takes many forms, but the goals are to test the candidate for technical competence and affirm that the prior program course work has been effective in bringing the candidate to an acceptable level of understanding of the discipline in which she or he has been immersed. Although long accepted as a useful hurdle on the path to a degree, for some exceptional students who have already demonstrated competence …

Acuta Enews November 2011, Vol 40, No. 11

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From the President: Higher Ed lT services Trending ......Joe Harrington, Boston College

Testing EAS System Nationwide

lnstitutional Excellence Award 2012: Dead time November 11

Nominate Now for 2012-2013 Board of Directors

FREE ACUTA Webinar: DAS Deployment, Options, Contracts, and Regulation

Cellular signal Boosters............ J.G. Harrington, Dow Lohnes, PLLC

Cell Phone Recycling.................Chris lrion, e-Cycle

lnfo Links ........... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Committee Corner

Recharge at the Kiosk

Board Report.......... Riny Ledgewood, SDSU

Member Benefit of the Month: Member Logos

Thanks to Exhibitors and Sponsors at Fall Seminar

A University in your pocket: Education and Mobile Devices …

Framework For Discipline‐Based Education Research: Dber Meeting Starter “Nugget” : Series Of 6, Leilani Arthurs

DBER Speaker Series

What is Discipline‐Based Education Research (DBER)?

Who Does Discipline‐Based Education Research (DBER)?

Where and When is Discipline‐Based Education Research (DBER) Done?

How is Discipline‐Based Education Research (DBER) Conducted?

Why is Discipline‐Based Education Research (DBER) Important?

Discipline-Based Education Research (Dber) Group Meeting — Monday, October 24, 2011, Leilani Arthurs

DBER Speaker Series

AGENDA

1. Welcome & Introductions

Name, Dept, research interest, what you hope to gain from participating in DBER Group meetings

2. Purpose & Schedule for remaining part of the semester

a. Alternate times you are available to meet this semester

Please indicate your alternate available times on the bottom of this agenda, and return to Leilani.

b. Volunteers to present their research or facilitate discussion on peer‐reviewed science education research article with relevance to, applications in, or implications for undergraduate science education

Week of Mon. Oct. 31: Dr. Marilyne Stains (CHEM Dept) on “TBA”

Week of Mon. Nov. 7: CHEM …

Student Perceptions Of Public Relations And Journalism: A Pilot Study Of Attitude Shifts Through Curriculum Innovation, Bernard R. Mccoy, Jerry Renaud, Adam Wagler, Amy Struthers, John Baker

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Journalism and public relations have had a long and often contentious relationship. It is rare when journalists and advertising/PR specialists work well together in the real world. It is equally rare when advertising, public relations and journalism students work together as part of their classroom education. This mixed methods pilot study explored the perceptions journalism and public relations majors had about each other’s professions. The experimental group was comprised of 40 journalism and public relations majors who worked together covering a national event in an experimental college class. The control group included 68 students who participated in a more traditional …

Acuta Enews October 2011, Vol 40, No. 10

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Nominate Now for 2012-2013 Board of Directors

Corinne Hoch Named Executive Director

Define Your Expectations to Vendors ......Ron Walczak, Walczak Technology Consultants

Additional Guidance on Taxation of Employer-Provided Cell Phones.......Michael Hepburn, Dow Lohnes

Institutional Excellence Award 2012

From ACUTA Headquarters: Looking Back to the Future.......... Corinne Hoch, Executive Director

Board Report.......... Riny Ledgerwood, SDSU

lnfo Links .,......... .. Randy Hoyes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Committee Corner

Get Your Logos Here!

Documenting the Worth of an lT Degree

Member Benefit of the Month: ACUTA Community

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs...Special Deals!...Corporate Webinars

Acuta Enews September 2011, Vol 40, No. 9

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Hurricane lrene Takes Top Priority for Some

From the President: ACUTA: A Career Development Program Joe Harrington, Boston College

To Attract Top lT Talent, Understand Graduates' Needs

You Don't Have to Be Young to Be "Young"............. Emily Harris, Vassar College

Add Names from Your Campus to Your ACUTA Roster

Freed-Hardeman Students Develop iPhone App

Announcing member Benefit of the Month

lnfo Links ..........Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Retirement

Committee Corner

ACUTA Fall Seminar in Boston

ACUTA Webinar: Transitioning to lPv6 on Your Campus

Board Report..................Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego state univ

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: …

Acuta Enews August 2011, Vol 40, No. 8

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From ACUTA Headquarters.......... Corinne Hoch, lnterim Executive Director

Hosted/Cloud Provider Checklist .Gary Audin, Delphi, lnc.

ACUTA Webinar: Transitioning to lPv6 on Your Campus

Connecting in the Digital Age............. . Buck Bayliff, PCR

Campus Tech a Top Factor in College Selection and Perceived Career Success

lnfo Links ........... .. Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

View 8 Sessions from the Summer Seminar at Your Desktop

Come to Boston!

Board Report......... Riny Ledgerwood, SDSU

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: press Releases...Job Postings.,.RFls/RFPs...Special Deals!...Corporate Webinars

Acuta Enews July 2011, Vol 40, No. 7

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From the President: The "T" in ACUTA....... Joe Harrington, Boston College

Second Dues lnvoices Mailed

The Daily Grind: What's on Your Desk Today?.......... Mona Brennan-Cotes, Univ. of Western Ontario

Calling All Young Professionals Amy Burton, ACUTA Mgr., Membership Mkt. & Corp. Relations

"The Future of Voice Communications": Winter Journal Looking for Articles

Board Report..................Riny Ledgerwood, San Diego State Univ.

Share Your RFIs/RFPs

Good Question on the ACUTA Listserv

lnfo Links ......... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Disaster Recovery Requires Lots of What-lfs.................... Gary Audin, Delphi, lnc.

ACUTA Fall Seminar in Boston

ACUTA Webinar: Transitioning to lPv6 …

Acuta Enews June 2011, Vol 40, No. 6

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From ACUTA Headquarters........ Corinne Hoch, lnterim Executive Director

Voice and Data Networks Weather the Storms at Sewanee.......Jeanne Jansenius, Univ. of the South

Announcing New ACUTA Online forums

CUPA Salary Survey Results

From the ACUTA Community Listserv: VolP lssues

lnfo Links ............ Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Board Report......... Riny Ledgerwad, SDSU

lT's Funny!

Come to Baltimore! Emerging ICT Technologies, Funding ICT Services, and more

View 8 Sessions from the Annual Conference at Your Desktop

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs...Special Deals!...Corporate Webinars

Acuta Enews May 2011, Vol 40, No. 5

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Corinne Hoch Appointed lnterim Executive Director

From the President: Priorities for 2011-2012 ..............Joe Harrington, Boston College

Donations in memory of Jeri Semer

ACUTA: Getting Personal............................ Jeffry Handat, LSU

View 8 Sessions from the Annual Conference at Your Desktop

Why ACUTA Remains Vital

lT's Funny!

lnfo Links ........... .. Randy Hoyes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Annual Dues lnvoices Mailed May 2

The Daily Grind: What's on Your Desk Today? ....., Jeanne Jansenius, Sewanee, University of the South

Board Report........ George Denbow, Univ. of Texas, Austin

Another Great conference, More Terrific Prizes!

Thanks to Exhibiton and Sponsors at Annual …

Acuta Enews April 2011 Vol. 40, No. 4

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Remembering Jeri Semer

From the President: 2010-2011 in Review............... Matt Arthur, Washington University in St. Louis

ResNet Tips............ Charles Brody, Apogee

lT's Funny!

The Daily Grind: What's on Your Desk Today?......... Riny Ledgerwood, SDSU

Board Report......... George Denbow, Univ. Texas, Austin

When Did We Last Try This?... ..............Gary Audin, Delphi Inc.

View 8 Sessions from the Annual Conference at Your Desktop

ACUTA 2011 Event Calendar

lnfo Links ....... Rondy Hayes, Univ. of Northern lowa

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job Postings...RFls/RFPs...Special Deals!...Corporate Webinars

Nefdc Exchnage, Volume 22, Number 2, Spring 2011, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

President's message: Who is your mentor? - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology

Sparks, insights, and affirmations: reflections of a mentor - Denise Marchionda, Middlesex Community College

Engaging students through social media to promote learning - Suzanne Markham, Mount Ida College

Vampires, and zombies, and ghosts, oh my… run! The undead in the college classroom - Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University

Service learning as a way to engage students and serve the community - William Stargard, Pine Manor College

Save the date! NEFDC 2011 Fall Conference, Friday, November 11, 2011, College of the Holy Cross

Models for …

Acuta Enews March 2011 Vol. 40, No. 3

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Meet the Board for 2011-12

Tech Talk: Take Two Tablets and Catt Me in the Morning.......... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Free Webinars Coming Soon to ACUTA

Learn More about UC, Voice Trends, the Cloud, and More from Your Desktop

From ACUTA Headquarters: Member Years of Service ,Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Dir

Board Report......... George Denbow, univ. of Texas, Austin

New to ICT or Not, ACUTA Members Are All Busy!........... Young Professionals Subcommittee

lT's Funny!

lnfo Links ........... .. Randy Hayes, Univ' of Northern lowa

ACUTA 2011 Event Calendar

Welcome New Members

Check lt Out: Press Releases...Job …

Acuta Enews February 2011 Vol. 40, No. 2

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From the President........Matt Arthur, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, ACUTA President

Security Snapshot: Texas A&M

Tech Talk: Maybe They Should Call it Copper Peak................... Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Important lssues on Campus Today

Handling Air Travel Frustrations

lT's Funny.............Cartoon Resource

Lightning Round: New at the Conference

Webinar: The Future of the PBX in a University Environment

Learn More about UC, Voice Trends, the Cloud, and More from Your Desktop

Board Report....... George Denbow, Univ. of Texas, Austin

Thanks to Journal Advertisers for 2010

Thanks to Exhibitors and Sponsors at Winter Seminar

lnfo Links ............ Randy Hayes, Univ. …

Honors Thesis Rubrics: A Step Toward More Consistent And Valid Assessment In Honors, Mark Haggerty, Theodore Coladarci, Mimi Killinger, Charlie Slavin

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Several recent issues of the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council have devoted considerable space to questions of grading and assessing honors student work: the 2006 Forum on “Outcomes Assessment, Accountability, and Honors” (Frost et al.), the 2007 Forum on “Grades, Scores, and Honors” (Andrews et al.), and Greg Lanier’s expansive piece in 2008, “Towards Reliable Honors Assessment.” One target of assessment is the honors thesis, which is either a required or optional component of many honors programs and colleges and which poses a myriad of assessment challenges. What follows is a description and analysis of the attempt at …

Acuta Enews January 2011 Vol. 40, No. 1

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In this issue.....

Board approves slate of nominees

From ACUTA headquaters: rebalancing IT for the future.......... Jeri A. Semer, CAE, Executive Dir.

Nominate now for ACUTA Ruth A. Michalecki Leadership Award

Tech Talk: doing more with less, but in a good way........ Kevin Tanzillo, Dux PR

Washington Update Newsletter

Video Surveillance Technology........ Ron Walczak, RCDD, Walczak Techology Consultants

Forensic Tools: keeping up with the bad guys.......... Gary Audin, Delphi, Inc.

Board Report.............. George Denbow, Univ. of Texas, Austin

Thanks to Event Sponsors for 2010

ACUTA 2011 Event Calender

Info links......... Randy Hayes, Univ. of Northern Iowa

Welcome New Members

Check …

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 23, Fall 2011, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the NEFDC President - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology

Creating student engagement in the university classroom - Frank Bellizzi, Quinnipiac University

Ensuring access and essential learning for diverse students - Gouri Banerjee, Emmanuel College

Without a pen: reflections on an experiment in typed assessment - Reva Kasman, Salem State University

Bringing a dialogue into the classroom - Dorothy A. Osterholt and Katherine Barratt, Landmark College

Suffolk University Course Design Institute - Kathryn Linder, Suffolk University

Colleges of Worcester Consortium Offers Certificate in College Teaching

Save the date: NEFDC 2012 Spring Conference, Fraiday, June 8, 2012, …

Honors Programs At Smaller Colleges, Third Edition, Samuel Schuman

National Collegiate Honors Council Monographs

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION The first edition of this monograph appeared in 1988, a year which, depending upon one’s perspective, was either just yesterday or eons ago. At the end of the ‘80s, I could still suggest, with a straight face, that a fully equipped honors office space should have “a computer or a typewriter,” a suggestion that today sounds more appropriate for a museum of antique office machinery than an up-to-date academic office. The handbook was revised in 1998, and that second edition has now had a lifetime of well over a decade. It, too, has come to …

Developing A Paradigm Model Of Youth Leadership Development And Community Engagement: A Grounded Theory, Lindsay J. Hastings, Leverne A. Barrett, John E. Barbuto, Jr., Lloyd C. Bell

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

This grounded theory study explored the impact of community engagement on how youth leaders develop. A paradigm model illustrating this developmental process is presented, which includes the conditions that empowered the youth to engage in their community, the strategies used by the youth and the adults in their work together, the conditions that helped/hindered those strategies, and the resulting outcomes. Results of the analysis indicated that individual connections, common sentiments, and being asked to engage were identified as the most salient causal conditions. The action taken by the youth and adult respondents mobilized those individual connections and common sentiments into …

Forty Percent Of 2 Million: Preparing To Serve Our Veterans With Disabilities, Bruce C. Kelley, Emetta L. Fox, Justin M. Smith, Lisa A. Wittenhagen

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

On August 1, 2009, the Post-9111 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 was passed, and as a result, almost 2 million veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will soon enroll in postsecondary education. Up to 40 percent of these veterans are estimated to have disabilities. This chapter examines some of the characteristics of this group, the challenges that veterans face as they transition into life as college students, and how faculty developers can help faculty better serve these incoming veterans.

The Digital Academy: Preparing Faculty For Digital Course Development, Sunay V. Palsole, Beth L. Brunk-Chavez

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

New generations of learners necessitate new ways of teaching, and hybrid courses can help institutions leverage technologies to improve teaching and learning. The adoption of a new instructional paradigm, however, requires attention to the facuity’s ability to create and deliver effective courses. The University of Texas at El Paso has developed the Digital Academy to help facuity interweave online elements with face-to-face teaching. The model is pliable and portable in its application to other universities.

Faculty Development As A Hazardous Occupation, Linda B. Nilson, Edward B. Nuhfer, Bonnie B. Mullinix

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

"Hazardous" describes events and conditions that produce an undesired, involuntary, career-changing disruption of a developer’s professional practice. While faculty development is an immensely valuable asset to an institution that knows how to make use of it, the unique nature off acuity development centers within varied academic institutions brings occupational hazards to those who direct or work in such centers. Our study synthesizes and identifies patterns among over thirty cases furnished by developers, primarily center directors, who experienced career disruptions. We conclude by offering evidence-based counsel on how to recognize the hazards and mitigate damage.

Effecting Change In Limited-Control Classroom Environments: A Case Study, Allison P. Boye

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Many instructors face the dilemma of possessing little control over their own curriculum or even their own pedagogy. This chapter examines three instructors who were teaching the same course over several years, facing the same problematic issues beyond their control, and describes the role of faculty developers in helping effect practical change for those instructors and for the course. The findings of this study, using longitudinal data derived from student evaluations and qualitative responses from instructor interviews, suggest that faculty developers can help instructors realize change on an individual level as well as at the department and big-picture levels.

About The Authors, Volume 29 (2011)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the editors and authors of volume 29 (2011) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.

Support Needs Of University Adjunct Lecturers, Sarah M. Ginsberg

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Little is known about the support needs of the part-time instructors on university campuses, despite the fact that they represent more than 50 percent of the instructors teaching in higher education. This study of adjunct lecturers investigated their support needs and their preferences for receiving support. Results indicated that adjuncts wanted information about their students and effective teaching methods beyond lecturing. They expressed frustration over the fact that there was no systematic approach to information sharing, particularly with the tenure-track faculty in their programs. They evenly favored resources provided either electronically or face-to-face.

Adapting A Laboratory Research Group Model To Foster The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Beth A. Fisher, Regina F. Frey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

A multidisciplinary group of faculty and staff formed an education research group modeled on a laboratory research group to focus on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This group has bridged the communication and knowledge gaps between STEM and social science faculty and science education specialists, fostered the development of collaborative SoTL projects, and laid the groundwork for broader institutional support of SoTL.

Using Students To Support Faculty Development, Teresa M. Redd, Carl E. Brown Jr.

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Howard University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CETLA) provides faculty development for more than fifteen hundred facuity. Yet it is CETLA’s students who make the difference. They are both the motivation for improving teaching and the means to that end. Students have contributed to everything from the design of CETLA’s infrastructure, to the implementation of instructional technologies, to the assessment of student learning. Meanwhile, supporting faculty development has contributed to the students’ own development. A cost-benefit analysis as well as survey data confirms that working with students at CETLA is a win-win opportunity for the university, faculty, …

Preface, Volume 29 (2011), Judith E. Miller

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Preface to volume 29 (2011) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Judith E. Miller of University of North Florida.