NRC Advisory Board appointment
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Master of Science in First-Year Studies Director Stephanie
Foote received notification that she was nominated and unanimously selected to serve as a member of the Advisory Board for the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition starting January 2015. Foote will serve a four-year term.
Ruth Goldfine, chair First-Year and Transition Studies shares her enthusiasm, "Stephanie's membership on the NRC Advisory Board is a testament to her national reputation in the area of First-Year Studies. Moreover, her appointment to this board enhances the reputation and visibility of the Department of First-Year and Transition Studies."
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Save the Date!
University College
"End of Semester Exhale & Holiday Celebration"
Wine & Cheese Reception
When: Monday, December 15, 5-7 pm
Where: House 51 (International House)
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Black & Gold
When: Every Friday
Support KSU spirit by wearing black and gold each Friday.
All faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in #BlackandGoldFriday this year.
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DEDICATED TO
STUDENT SUCCESS ACADEMIC INQUIRY ENGAGED LEARNING
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As fall semester draws to a close and we prepare to grade those final projects and exams, I wanted to pause and thank you for another successful semester. We saw tremendous growth in every area of University College this fall -- the number of students we serve, the cadre of both part-time and full-time faculty members, Integrative Studies majors, grant funding, and more. By every measure, we continue to be a college moving forward -- at an institution that is also changing rapidly. We will need to continue to be flexible, inquisitive, and optimistic as we head into spring semester and beyond.
This is the time of year to reflect on all we have accomplished even as we plan for new opportunities. I'm looking forward to seeing you Dec. 17 as we cheer our newest Integrative Studies alumni!
- Dr. Keisha L. Hoerrner, Interim Dean
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| Interim Dean Hoerrner appears on Owl Radio's "The Spotlight with John Pledger" |
Keisha Hoerrner appeared on Owl Radio's "The Spotlight with John Pledger" Nov. 21 to discuss various topics including her time as an undergraduate at Kennesaw College as well as her roles as a faculty member and now Interim Dean of University College.
The show, designed specifically for students, has a purpose of removing the stigmas associated with KSU's faculty and staff as being authoritative and unapproachable. Pledger's goal is to help students realize that professors and staff want to help them succeed -- a philosophy that closely mirrors University College's goals.
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Thrivers walk to bring awareness to homelessness as part of HAW
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Congratulations to the Thrivers for their planning and implementation of the recent Walking Home event. More than 200 students attended and participated in the walk on the Campus Green.
In collaboration with Homelessness Awareness Week (HAW), Thrive students planned this event that required participants to walk the Green five times with each lap offering a different
type of experience such as carrying ice, walking without shoes or being blindfolded. The goal was to educate walkers about the realities of homelessness.
Laila Smith, Center for Student Leadership's Operations and First-Year Leadership Manager, expressed her level of excitement. "The walk was absolutely incredible! As challenging as it was to coordinate and facilitate four learning communities, I think I can speak for the other learning community faculty (Hillary Steiner, Jen Wells and Monica Gerda) when I say it was well worth it." read more
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More than 300 learning communities students present at 2014 Academic Extravaganza
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 Approximately 300 students shared their academic and creative work with each other and the campus community last week by participating in the 2nd annual "Academic Extravaganza: Learning Communities Showcase & Celebration." Hosted by the Learning Communities Program, the event drew 800 attendees who viewed student poster presentations, videos, theatrical performances, essays, blogs, and original works of art in a fair-like setting . "This event is the university's opportunity to celebrate and encourage the intellectual growth and curiosity of our first-year students while honoring the collaborative teaching of our Learning Communities faculty," said Cathy Bradford, director of the Learning Communities Program and event host and organizer. "I am thrilled that so many of our newest students feel comfortable enough and confident enough to share their academic work with the campus!" read more |
Students participate in the "Year of ..." women's leadership conference
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Eight students from the LDRS 3700 class taught by Heather Scott created conference posters presenting their ongoing research regarding perceptions of women in leadership in the U.S. and Arabian Peninsula.
The conference, titled "Women of Oman: Changing Roles and Transnational Influence," took place Nov. 7 during the university's "Year of Arabian Peninsula" country/region study.
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Schmidt presents at GATESOL conference
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ESL's program director David Schmidt and Brenda Wilson of University Studies presented at the 2014 Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (GATESOL) annual conference in Athens, Ga.
Schmidt presented "Incorporating Reading into the Second Language Writing Classroom," while Wilson presented, "My First Year as an ESL Tutor."
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UC represented at ITAIC worshop
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In an attempt to promote replicable practices for interdisciplinary teaching and assessments of intercultural competence, six UC faculty members presented during the Interdisciplinary Teaching and Assessment of Intercultural Competence (ITAIC) Workshop:
- Linda Lyons, "ICC Modules Used in First-Year Seminars"
- Nyasha Guramatunhu Cooper, "The Complexity of Culture: Beware of the Single Story"
- Shelbee Nguyen, "Concerted Critical Reflection: The Starting Line to Intercultural Competence"
-Sam Allman, "Understanding the Complexity of Culture and the Power of Diversity"
-Yen Rodriguez, "Racially Ambiguous American Identities: Viewed through the Lens of Afro-Latino Diversity in a Racial Binary Platform," and as featured in the October UC Newsletter edition Heather Scott, "Women and Leadership Issues in the Arabian Peninsula".
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Faculty co-present at international online conference
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Director of Distance Learning Deborah Mixson-Brookshire and Stephanie Foote co-presented at the Online Learning Consortium International Conference last month in Orlando, Fl.
Mixson-Brookshire and Foote presented their research on "Student perceptions: Learning through engagement," an electronic poster presentation.
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CSL says goodbye to Poskus
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Phillip Poskus, manager PEGS Experience, has accepted a new position in the corporate arena.
Poskus became an integral part of the Center for Student Leadership in 2008 and most recently with the Honors College. He was responsible for the President's Emerging Global Scholars (PEGS) initiative and contributed to the development of the program's success.
CSL's director Judy Craven, along with a team of other staff members, will miss Poskus and wish him well.
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