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Who Am I?

Who Am I?. Who Am I?. OSU/COS/BB Alum Educator Advisor HHMI UGR Director OSU UGR Director Writer/Editor. Why Am I Interested In the Position?. Career focus on advancement of undergraduate education

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Who Am I?

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  1. Who Am I?

  2. Who Am I? OSU/COS/BB Alum Educator Advisor HHMI UGR Director OSU UGR Director Writer/Editor

  3. Why Am I Interested In the Position? • Career focus on advancement of undergraduate education • Chance to expand opportunities for students and improve the quality of undergraduate education in the COS

  4. Professional Experience • Teaching since 1995 (BB 100, 111, 317, 331, 332, 350, 407H, 450/550, 451/551, 492/592, 495/595, HC 407, HC 408, MCB 525, four ecampus courses per term – BB 100, 350, 450/550, 451/551) • Advising since 1998 (BB, Biology, Pre-med) • Curriculum Development (BB 100, 111, 317, 331, 332, 407H, 495/595, HC 407, TheSIS)

  5. Professional Experience • BB/COS Academic Leadership (COS/BB Curric. Committee, Biological Sciences Redesign, COS Scholarship Selection Committee, BB Scholarship Selection, Recruiting, Co-developer PSM, Pre-med Committee ) • Campus Leadership/Involvement (HHMI, Director of UGR, Visiting Professor of UHC, Prestigious Scholarship Committee, Goldwater Campus Rep, Classroom Committee, Chair of UG Research Working Group, Co-chair of Diversity Student Success Committee, University Council on Student Engagement and Experience).

  6. Strengths • 4 e’s – energy, enthusiasm, experience, effectiveness • Teaching • Advising • Leadership • People skills – campus connections, extensive committee work, good relations with Foundation, upper administration

  7. Teamwork • HHMI – grant, faculty, students, co-directors • STEP grant • Chair of UG Research Working Group • Co-chair of Diversity Student Success Committee • University Council on Student Engagement and Experience

  8. Communication Style • Open • Available • Clear • Consistent • Respectful

  9. Advising Experience • Advising since 1998 • Holistic Approach • Connection to Orientation/Recruitment • Students in Distress

  10. COS Advisors • Strong connections with advising community • Importance of partnership and common goals • Use of collective wisdom across college • Seek regular dialog with advisors

  11. Assessment Experience • HHMI UG Research Assessment for 14 Years • BB Program Assessment

  12. Assessment Issues & Approaches • Thanks to Janine Trempy • Capstone exams • ACS, other program certification • Thesis (physics, UHC) • Annual assessments by unit • Assessment not as well understood as it needs to be – need more buy in

  13. Academic Dishonesty • Being proactive • Code of Student Conduct in Intro Classes • Create conditions that reduce dishonesty • Dealing with problems • Following due process • Fairness • Correction rather than punishment

  14. Goals • Increase diversity and retention • Continued improvements in teaching • Evidence based methods of teaching • NSF Vision & Change and PULSE for teaching/learning/assessment • Community of practice in teaching & advising • Strengthen advising • Expand experiential learning • Implement SLS changes

  15. Goals • Improve visibility/identity of college • Expand ecampus and OER offerings • Active participation in recruiting • Increase Foundation donations

  16. Challenges • Institutional inertia • School of Life Sciences reorganization • Coordination with other colleges • NSF Vision and Change alignment • Outdated lab facilities • Growing student body / Maintaining quality • Diverse advising model

  17. Undergraduate Program Strengths • Marine biology / Zoology • Biology ranking in Field Tests • Microbiology job placement • BB medical/professional school successes • Chemistry ACS certification • Physics pedagogy • Math Excel / NSF REU

  18. Components to Advance • Increase experiential learning in all majors • Expanded funding for undergraduate research • Increased opportunities for leadership/community involvement • Integration/Distribution of program strengths across the college

  19. Balancing Administrative Duties& Academic Goals • Duties consistent with my own goals • 60% management of UG academic/advising programs • 30% student affairs / co-curricular learning • 5% supervisory • 5% other

  20. Mapped Goals • Increase diversity and retention – UG programs • Continued improvements in teaching – UG programs • Strengthen advising - Advising • Expand experiential learning – Exp. Learning • Implement SLS changes – UG programs • Improve visibility/identity of college - Recruitment • Expand ecampus and OER offerings – Entrepreneurial teaching • Active participation in recruiting - Recruitment • Increase Foundation donations – Exp. Learning

  21. Thanks!

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