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Prism #51, January 2011, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Assessing Student Leader Competencies, Lynnae Stankus

Academic Leadership Academy

This project consisted of creating an online survey for student leaders on campus. The survey was open for a period of one month, and 72 students participated in the survey. This study aimed to focus on student leadership competencies in Western Michigan University (WMU) student leaders, and to qualify their experiences.

Western And You Parent/Family Academy, Shari Glaser

Academic Leadership Academy

The Western and YOU Parent/Family Academy is a newly created interactive classroom experience that took place during the 2011 Orientation program. It provided an opportunity for family members to experience (or re-experience) the classroom environment. The course offered a hands-on approach in educating our families to better understand and assist students through the transition of attending college.

The Interrelationships Among Culture, Communication, And Conflict In A Newly Formed Doctoral Program, Julie Brockman, Joel A. Colbert, Michael Hass

Education Faculty Articles and Research

The purpose of the Setting Expectations and Conflict Resolution project was to provide faculty and doctoral students with a professional development program that addressed conflict resolution using an interest-based approach. The program included two days of training focusing on setting expectations, exploring sources of conflict, and designing interventions to address conflict as it occurs. At the end of each day, participants were given a questionnaire to evaluate the usefulness of the training and its impact on their attitudes toward conflict. Focus groups were also held to assess the impact of the program. Preliminary results indicate that the program met or …

Creation Of A Custom Course Textbook For The Wmu First-Year Experience Seminar, Maleeka T. Love

Academic Leadership Academy

Since the inception of the First-Year Seminar (FYS) course in 2005, there has been a desire to create a custom textbook. In the fall of 2009, a committee comprised of seminar faculty, staff and students began the planning process for creating a custom textbook for Western Michigan University’s First-Year Seminar. The FYS program will be fully prepared for a “full customization” textbook within the next two years.

Leg-Up: Helping Youth Apply Engineering, Tycho K. Fredericks, Steven E. Butt

Academic Leadership Academy

Leg-Up is a program that was designed to encourage youth to understand and apply math and engineering concepts they are taught in school. This program immerses middle school students in real world problem solving; it allows students to select a problem they deem important, and with the aid of mentors, determine a solution via the scientific method.

Ua60/1 Applied Arts & Health Home Economics & Family Living, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by the department of UA60/1 Home Economics & Family Living.

• Series 1 Administrative File
• Series 2 Publications
• Series 3 Events
• Series 4 Future Homemakers of America

Ua61/4 Health & Human Services Consumer & Family Sciences, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Consumer & Family Sciences Department, includes publications and event file.

Faculty Affairs Committee Annual Report 2011-2012, Indiana State University

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Arts Endowment Committee Annual Report 2011-2012, Indiana State University

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Graduate Council Annual Report 2011-2012, Indiana State University

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Administrative Affairs Committee Minutes 2011-2012, Indiana State University

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Unopa Notes, Volume 49, Issue 5, January 2011

UNOPA: Newsletters

NOMINATONS COMMITTEE 2

GIVING TREE RECAP 2

WISDOM FROM CENTRAL AREA 3

BRADLEY MUNN UPDATE 3

DID YOU KNOW? 4

ROSE FROLIK AWARD 4

REACHING OUR GOALS 5

MENTORING COMMITTEE 5

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 6

Unopa Notes 2011

UNOPA: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Pod Network News, Winter 2011

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

No abstract provided.

2011-2012 Faculty Handbook, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Handbooks

No abstract provided.

2010-2011 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Annual Report, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Memo To Departments: Outcomes Assessment Really Is A Good Idea, Wayne Jacobson

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Outcomes Assessment has an image problem. For some people, it calls to mind standardized testing and centralized data collection systems. Others may think of file drawers full of unexamined reports. For many, it gets pictured alongside those other “A” words (accountability and accreditation) that they associate with satisfying someone else’s expectations. For some people, in some places, at some times, these are the kinds of images that outcomes assessment has evoked.

But these are not the only ways to see outcomes assessment, and it has never meant just those things. Outcomes assessment is first and foremost for departments: It helps …

Preparing For The New Normal, Judith A. Ramaley, Sally M. Johnstone

Public Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

Our focus in this article is on designing a new conceptual model for using the resources we have and generating more. We have no reason to think that a new way of financing higher education will come anytime soon, so instead we are reinventing how we operate the institution. If a new model does come along, we plan to be ready to take advantage of whatever is created.

Exploring Problem Based Learning To Promote 21st Century Learning Skills In Full Day Kindergarten, Jillian M. Tsoukalas

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The kindergarten program at the study site transitioned from half day to full day, yet the curriculum was not updated to accommodate the full day schedule, or to include best practices. In order to prepare learners for their future in education, activities were implemented to determine how problem based learning can promote acquisition of the 21st century learning skills. The purpose of this qualitative study was to create and implement an effective, full day curriculum that promotes 21st century learning skills for kindergarten students. This project, rooted in constructivism which allows for active and social learning, supplements the existing half …