Fall 2005 Convocation

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Fall 2005 Convocation

• Eduardo M. Ochoa
• Provost

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New Full Time Faculty

• Name, Department, Degree
• Dr. Kirsten Ely, Accounting, University of
  Chicago
• Dr. Greg Sarris, Arts and Humanities, Stanford
  University
• Dr. Michael Cohen, Biology, UC Davis
• Dr. Ronald Lopez, Chicano Latino Studies, UC
  Berkeley
• Dr. Kelly Estrada, Curriculum Studies Secondary
  Education, UCLA
• Dr. Jerrell Richer, Economics, UC Santa Barbara
• Mr. Michael Visser, Economics, University of
  Oregon
• Dr. Jennifer Mahdavi, Educational Leadership
  Special Education, UC Riverside

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New Full Time Faculty (II)

• Name, Department, Degree
• Dr. Jingxian Wu, Engineering Science, University
  of Missouri-Columbia
• Dr. Catherine Kroll, English, UC Berkeley
• Dr. Chingling Wo, English, SUNY Stony Brook
• Dr. Michael Santos, Finance, Boston College
• Dr. Michaela Grobbel, German, UCLA
• Dr. Ashwin Gumaste, Engineering Science,
  University of Texas-Dallas
• Dr. Benjamin Frymer, Hutchins, UCLA
• Ms. Erin Bower, Library, Simmons College
• Dr. Charles Elster, Literacy Studies Elementary
  Education, UC Berkeley

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New Full Time Faculty (III)

• Name, Department, Degree
• Dr. Peter Hoffman-Kipp, Literacy Studies
  Elementary Education, UCLA
• Dr. Richard Campbell, Jr., Marketing, University
  of Oregon
• Ms. Mary Ellen Wilkosz, Nursing, Sonoma State
  University
• Dr. Ada Jaarsma, Philosophy, Purdue University
• Dr. Teresa Ciabattari, Sociology, University of
  Washington
• Mr. James J. Dean, Sociology, SUNY-Albany
• Dr. Andrew Roth, Sociology, UCLA
• Dr. Tania de Miguel Magro, Spanish, SUNY-Stony
  Brook

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2003-04 Priorities

• Academic Strategic Planning
• Reform Of The General Education Curriculum
• Campus Diversity
• Development Of Non-state Sources Of Support For
  Academic Excellence

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WASC Visit Issues

• Aligning priorities with mission (i.e., planning)
• Assessment of educational effectiveness
• Reform of the GE curriculum and developing the
  distinctiveness of an SSU education
• Institutional commitment to sustained follow-up

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Current Issues

• University-wide planning in support of the
  academic mission
• Assessment and continuous improvement of our
  educational effectiveness in academic programs,
  retention, and graduation
• Developing the unique character of an SSU
  education, including the roles of GE and the
  major
• Enhancing diversity among our faculty, students,
  and academic programs

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Current Initiatives

• University Strategic Planning Committee
• Ten Key Issues for Campus Comment
• Accreditation Review Steering Committee
• Draft Institutional Proposal for Campus Comment
• Green Music Center
• GMC Advisory Board (external)
• GMC Academic Advisory Council (internal)
• Joint Visioning Committee

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The Nature of the SSU Baccalaureate

• A campus-wide conversation
• The National Consensus (AACU)
• Greater Expectations (www.greaterexpectations.org)
  
• Taking Responsibility for the Quality of the
  Baccalaureate

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Broad Framework for Academic Renewal

• a focus on expected learning outcomes
• coherent organization of the educational
  experience
• widespread use of active and collaborative
  instructional methods
• assessment of students progress and success in
  learning.

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The Major

• A set of educational goals that guide the
  operation of the program
• An engaging beginning that provides insight into
  the ways scholars in that field think and create
  knowledge
• A middle that is purposeful and leads to
  cumulative and deeper learning
• A culminating experience in which students
  integrate their learning and produce a
  significant piece of intellectual work
• A major that functions as a learning community

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The General Education Program

• Purposeful. Clear rationale and explicit
  educational goals
• Coherent. The various components fit together
  and mutually reinforce each other
• Engaging. Students are invited into an inquiry
  of subjects that matter to them and stimulate
  their curiosity to learn
• Rigorous. Students are challenged and rewarded
  for learning difficult material
• Extends throughout all four years. Students
  master more advanced content and sophisticated
  skills
• Has good leadership from the faculty and
  administration
• Is a corporate responsibility of the faculty
• Enjoys sufficient resources to achieve its
  purposes

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Common Threads of Quality Programs

• Intentionality in overall program design
• Faculty leadership and engagement in forming
  collective consensus
• Consensus guides detailed curriculum design

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A Campus Conversation

• On the Nature of the SSU Baccalaureate
• With Faculty Leadership and Engagement
• With End-of-Year Outcomes as an Informed Basis
  for Future Curriculum Reform

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HAVE A GREAT YEAR!