Accomplishments: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost
Benjamin Root and Philip Voorhees (Online Education) and their efforts were highlighted in the September release notes of H5P, an open source HTML5 eLearning authoring tool. The duo worked closely with the international H5P software team to test and improve the accessibility of the tool. The office of online education will…
The Academic Assessment Website (Academic Assessment) has been selected by the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) as the featured website for July.
The NILOA featured website is a service intended to point others to promising practices in innovative and transparent online communication of student learning…
Forty undergraduates recently were awarded scholarships through the office of undergraduate research's summer undergraduate research funding (OUR SURF) program. These scholarships support undergraduate research, scholarship, entrepreneurial, performance, or visual art projects in the summer months. A total of $39,000 in funding was…
Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) and Cam Johnson (Office of Information Technology) headed a research team of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ staff and students that has won a 2016 Splunk Public Sector Innovation Award.
The group received the Mission Award for Education during the Splunk GovSummit Conference in Washington, D.C., last month.
The…
LaNelda Rolley, Russ Harrison, Jim Palmquist, Amy Tartaglia Johns, April Reckling (all Educational Outreach), and Nancy Cleveland (Reprographics/Design Services) won the 2016 Silver Award for Excellence in Marketing from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for the mixed media campaign 'Proud Past. Future Focused. 50…
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project (TILT Higher Ed) (Provost's Office) is the focus of the current issue of the journal Peer Review, published by the Association of American Colleges & Universities. A research article by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Mary-Ann Winkelmes (Provost's Office), Matthew Bernacki (Educational Psychology…
Frank Alaimo (Office of Information Technology) coordinated the development and installation of a new video wall in the cardio area of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). The new wall implements cutting-edge technology that is beautiful to look at while offering diverse functionality and reduced maintenance costs. It would be an…
Elizabeth Baldizan (Educational Outreach) has been honored with the designation of Emerita status by 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Len Jessup in recognition of her distinguished service to the university.
Baldizan retired Aug. 31 after serving 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ for nearly 20 years. She previously was the executive director for Community2Campus, a unit she developed from the…
The Division of Educational Outreach has received a Bronze Award for Most Improved for its fall 2015 continuing education catalog. The award was made by the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) and recognizes the top marketing and creative work of its members through the UPCEA marketing awards. 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ will be among…
Liz Baldizan (Educational Outreach) was the lead author for a chapter in a recent publication by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and Completion Rates. Her co-author was Pamela Schreiber of the University of Washington. The chapter focuses on community partnerships for adult…
Mary-Ann Winkelmes (Provost's Office) and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Transparency in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Project now are involved in leading a national effort through the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Part of the AAC&U'S ongoing Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) Initiative, this new…
Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment) and Jay Shen (Community Health Sciences) made a presentation at the Association for Assessment of Higher Learning Education's fourth annual Assessment Conference in Albuquerque in June. The presentation highlighted the value of bringing faculty, students, alumni, and employers together to discuss ways to improve…