Meetings
Academic Affairs Summer Meeting - Presentations and Handouts
July 24-27, 2008
Omni Parker House, Boston, MA
Powerpoint Presentations
Friday, July 25th
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Workshop: U-Teach National Math and Science Initiative
Presenter: Barbara Burch, Western Kentucky University. Download
Saturday, July 26th
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Plenary: Education and Actions for a Sustainable Future: Trends and Resources for You
Presenter:
Debra G. Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development and Co-Coordinator of the Higher Education Associations’ Sustainability Consortium, Washington D.C. Download
This is a two part presentation with two separate PowerPoints:
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Assessment of Learning Outcomes and Working with Student Affairs
Presenter: Linda Bleicken, Georgia Southern University
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Presentation 1
Download Presentation 2
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Learning Communities for the Most At-Risk Students: The CSU Long Beach Experience.
Presenter: Karen L. Gould, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University Long Beach. Download
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Rethinking Course Evaluations in Light of the Learning Paradigm
Presenter: Virginia Horvath, Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Fredonia. Download
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Moving the Graveyard: Merging Faculty Development Resources to Support Student
Learning
Presenters: Beth Tyson Lofquist and Anna McFadden, Western Carolina University, North Carolina.
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2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Architects of the Institution: Building Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Collaborations to Create a Learning-Centered Environment
Presenter: William Radke, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Central Oklahoma. Download
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Small Changes, Big Rewards: Integrating the Disparate Threads of the Undergraduate Experience to Create a Learning-Centered Institution
Presenters: Carol Burton and Melissa Canady Wargo, Western Carolina University, North Carolina. Download
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
The Learning Center: Institutionalizing Disparate Grant-Funded Student Student-Success
Initiatives
Presenters: Philip Castille and Kenith Simmons, The University of Hawaii at Hilo
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3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Implementing the Public Affairs Mission—A Framework for Institutional Transformation
Presenter: Belinda R. McCarthy, Missouri State University. Download
Handouts
Friday, July 26th
3 Handouts for David M.
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Workshop: Building a Leadership Team to Achieve Results
Facilitator: David E. McFarland, Penson Associates, Inc., Florida
Download Handout 1
Download Handout 2
Download Handout 3
Saturday, July 27th
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Plenary: Education and Actions for a Sustainable Future: Trends and Resources for You
Presenter: Debra G. Rowe, Higher Education Associations’ Sustainability Consortium, Washington, D.C. Download
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Rethinking Course Evaluations in Light of the Learning Paradigm
Presenter: Virginia Horvath, Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Fredonia.
Download Handout 1
Download Handout 2
3 handouts for Beth Lofquist
2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Moving the Graveyard: Merging Faculty Development Resources to Support Student
Learning
Presenters: Beth Tyson Lofquist and Anna McFadden, Western Carolina University, North Carolina
Download
Handout 1
Download Handout 2
Download Handout 3
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Small Changes, Big Rewards: Integrating the Disparate Threads of the Undergraduate Experience to Create a Learning-Centered Institution
Presenters: Carol Burton and Melissa Canady Wargo, Western Carolina University, North Carolina. Download
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Living and Learning Communities at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Presenters: H. Preston Herring, Jonathan Lincoln, and James Mackin, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Handout 1
Download Handout 2