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2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Uno Office Of Academic Affairs
2014 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Uno Office Of Academic Affairs
Community Engagement Award Applications
Program Purpose: The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. The Honor Roll is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s strategic commitment to engage millions of college students in service and celebrate the critical role of higher education in strengthening communities. The President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge is a parallel national initiative that was launched in 2011, based on recommendations from President Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Administered by The White House …
The Changing Role Of Higher Education: Learning To Deal With Wicked Problems, Judith A. Ramaley
The Changing Role Of Higher Education: Learning To Deal With Wicked Problems, Judith A. Ramaley
Higher Education
The role of higher education is changing in today’s world because the world itself is changing, and complex problems confront us daily. This essay will explore the role of an emerging group of individuals who can serve as a bridge between the academic community and the world at large. These administrators, faculty members, staff, students, and community members can help create new opportunities for different disciplines to work together and for all parts of a campus community and members of the broader society to form new working relationships to address the complex problems of today’s world. What role will these …
I’M A Librarian, Captain, Not A Developer! – Teaming Up With University It For Creative Web Solutions, Zach Boudreau, Joel Kelner, Kendall Larson, Lori Mjoen, Tammi M. Owens, Allison Quam, Mollee Sheehan
I’M A Librarian, Captain, Not A Developer! – Teaming Up With University It For Creative Web Solutions, Zach Boudreau, Joel Kelner, Kendall Larson, Lori Mjoen, Tammi M. Owens, Allison Quam, Mollee Sheehan
Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Winona State University, Krueger Library, Summer 2013. Time for a library website reboot. We wanted our online presence to be user-focused, simple, and elegant. Our dilemma? No developers on staff at our library. Our vision was galaxies ahead of our tools and knowledge. We turned to our university Web Communications and Web Development teams to boldly go where the library website had not gone before. At first, we educated each other. Librarians learned about the university’s web systems, and developers learned about library systems. Then we met weekly to share our ideas as a team, identifying and overcoming obstacles together …