31 October: Dean of Global Language Villages

To: Faculty

From: Sabine O'Hara, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College; Christine Schulze, Executive Director, Concordia Language Villages

Below please find a position description for the Dean of Global Language Villages. This is a three-week summer position responsible for providing leadership to our global language villages in China. We would be delighted to be able to offer this position to a Concordia College faculty member. If you are interested or have any questions please contact Christine Schulz at 299-4545 or Sabine O'Hara at 299-3001. Thank you for considering this opportunity.

NOTICE OF VACANCY

POSITION: Dean of Global Language Villages Summer appointment for Concordia Language Villages

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this position is to provide leadership for 12-15 adult participants in a Global Language Villages program in China or Taiwan. Global Language Villages is a three-week program that offers an opportunity for adults to experience Chinese culture. The three-week week program encompasses a one-week tour and two weeks teaching English in an immersion experience for youth in China and Taiwan. Responsibilities include actively recruiting and preparing participants in coordination with the administrative office, communicating with a host school and daily administration of a Global Language Villages program for three-weeks in July.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

· Demonstrate experience working with other cultures and sensitivity to cultural differences and a preferred understand of Chinese culture (China or Taiwan) 

· Show experience teaching and working with young people ages 7-18 or similar skills 

· Display flexibility dealing with changing situations 

· Hold a minimum of a B.A. degree 

· Exhibit good verbal and written communication skills and proper usage of the English language 

· Demonstrate excellent leadership and organizational skills 

· Be able to work independently and in a team setting 

· Prefer previous experience with Global Language Villages

SALARY: $1500.00, airfare and accommodations during three-week program

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday November 21, 2003

APPLICATION PROCESS: Submit a letter of application and Curriculum Vitae to Global Language Villages, Concordia Language Villages 901 8th Street S. Moorhead, MN 56562 Attn: Michelle Kryda Interviews will be conducted after applications are reviewed.

30 October: Faculty Senate Meeting in Frida Nilsen Lounge 10-31

To: Faculty

From: Polly Fassinger for the Presidential Search Committee

The presidential search committee met on Friday, October 24 and developed a document that announces the search. It will be used to communicate with potential candidates and includes a list of desired presidential characteristics. The statement was approved by the Board of Regents on Monday, November 27.

Polly Fassinger, Jim Forde, and Barb Olive, the faculty representatives to the search committee, will be sharing information about the search and will be requesting faculty feedback on the search at Friday's (10-31) meeting of the Faculty Senate in Frida Nilsen Lounge. The meeting is being held during community time. All faculty are welcome to attend and participate in the discussion.

30 October: 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Forum Call for Saturday Seminars

TO: Faculty, Staff and Administrators

FROM: Lowell H. Larson, Nobel Peace Prize Forum Co-ordinator

RE: 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Forum Saturday Seminar Proposals

The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Forum will be held at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, February 20-21, 2004. It will honor the work of Jimmy Carter, 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who will be the featured plenary speaker. Other forum speakers will include Gro Harlem Bruntland (past Director-General of the World Health Organization, former Prime Minister of Norway, and past chair of the U.N.'s Commission on Environment and Development), and Eboo Patel (founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core in Chicago).

The St. Olaf planning committee is calling for proposals for Saturday Seminars from sponsoring institutions. They hope to include seminars on grassroots peacemaking; actions to alleviate the suffering arising from disease, poverty and environmental problems; on the inequities of wealth, gender and class.  Faculty, staff and students from all disciplines are encouraged to submit proposals. They will also entertain proposals from alumni, people from other institutions, NGO's, the religious community, the government and the public.

The attachments to this email include the official Call for Proposals and the Seminar Application which can be submitted on-line, as an email attachment or by regular mail.  [Note: the Forum website is at http://www.stolaf.edu/nppf/2004.] Please note the deadline of November 10th for submitting proposals. It is my hope that Concordia will once again be well represented with seminars at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. Please call Lowell Larson at 299-4366 if you have any questions.

29 October: Accreditation Update Twenty

Days until comprehensive evaluation: 5

The Interview Schedule

In the past two days, Concordia has received preliminary requests for interviews from all six of the evaluation team members. Each of them has emphasized that these initial requests are tentative and incomplete; they want us to be aware that many of the scheduled interviews will change as as the team finishes their preparations or after they have arrived in Moorhead. We have been contacting many groups and individuals on campus in the past 48 hours in order to ensure that these interviews occur in a way that is efficient; yet it is inevitable that some of them will interrupt your schedules, something especially challenging during registration. For that we apologize, but this is the nature of these sorts of accreditation visits. The team needs to assimilate an enormous amount of information in a very short time frame, so campuses are often required to rearrange schedules to accommodate the needs of the accreditors. Unfortunately, it is also likely that some interviews will be cancelled as the team refines its needs for information. We will try to keep you informed of those changes.

If you view the interview schedule (the link is posted at the bottom of this page), know that it is changing almost by the minute. Refresh it frequently. In some cases, you may see your name listed for an interview and have not yet been contacted. This process of scheduling, locating rooms, and making adjustments will continue throughout the week, the weekend, and into Monday and Tuesday. In some cases, a team member may contact you directly to set up an interview. Please be flexible and patient as circumstances change.

Often, when team members come to an interview, they have very specific and focused questions for you. If there is an issue that you feel should be raised and it is not mentioned, feel free to bring it up. At the conclusion of each meeting, please ask the evaluation team members if they need directions to the location of their next interview or, better yet, personally escort them to their next interview.

Chapter Ten

The final chapter of the self-study describes Concordia's request that its stipulation be removed. Presently, the college is limited to offering no more than 20 semester credits (five courses) per year for graduate credit. If the nursing program is approved (described in last week's update), that alone will consume all available credits under this stipulation. In order to continue those graduate courses that we presently offer (in addition to the nursing courses), this stipulation, at a minimum, needs to be revised to increase the number of credits that we can annually offer; ideally, it will be eliminated. This change will allow Concordia to explore, in a very deliberate and focused fashion, additional opportunities for growth, particularly in those areas in which graduate credit would enhance the ability of the program or course to be successful.

If you have any questions about accreditation or the comprehensive evaluation, please contact Michael Wohlfeil or any of the members of the steering committee.

29 October: Ted Gracyk Lecture

There will be a lecture sponsored by the Credo program and the Lily Call to Serve Endowment that is open to the whole Concordia community.  The lecture is by MSUM Professor Dr. Ted Gracyk, author of Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock and of I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity.  The title of his presentation is "Wayne and Garth and the Politics of Identity."  The lecture is in Jones 212 at 8:00 pm Thursday, October 30th.  Seating is limited so come early!

Richard Gilmore
Director, Credo Honors Program

29 October: Faculty Development Discussion Sessions

All faculty are invited to attend the follow discussion sessions during the fall semester:

Carol Pratt, Chair of the Faculty Development Committee, will share information about faculty development opportunities, on Thursday, November 20 from 3:00 to 4:00 in Brown Hall Lounge.

Joan Kopperud, Pedagogy Consultant, will lead a session on classroom discussion strategies on Tuesday, December 9 from 4:00-5:00 in Brown Hall Lounge.

23 October: Symposium

To: All Faculty
From: George Connell
RE: Symposium

While the Symposium Committee has been arranging publicity for the Symposium in general, I want to call your attention to one event in particular: Dr. Roland Martinson's session on Concordia's Statement of Purpose to be held in the Centrum at 4 PM Monday, October 27. I am alerting you to this session in particular for two reasons: first, we haven't often used that late afternoon time slot in previous symposia, and, more importantly, this discussion of our purpose as a college frames our on-going consideration of curricular renewal.

While we hope to have broad student participation in this discussion, the Symposium Committee believes it is especially important to have wide faculty participation in this discussion.

If you have any questions about this or other Symposium events, please contact me or other members of the Symposium Committee.

22 October: Faculty Development Opportunities

Date: October 22, 2003
To: All Faculty
From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities
Re: Faculty development opportunities

Following is a list of programs, workshops, grants and conferences that are available for faculty professional development and growth. Some opportunities are also available for students.

Complete information including descriptions, eligibility requirements, and registration deadlines about each of these is located in the Division of Arts and Humanities Office in BW247, or contact Shanda Schmidt at the Division of Arts and Humanities (4936 or sschmidt@cord.edu).

The Minnesota Campus Compact is offering the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration. This award is for a college or university who has been collaborating with a community partner to strengthen communities, mobilize diverse resources and educate students for informed and active citizenship.  Deadline for application: October 30, 2003

The Second International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy, July 20-23, 2004. Participants are welcome to submit either 30 minute papers, 60 minute workshops or jointly presented 90 minute colloquium sessions.  Deadline for proposals: October 31, 2003

Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program is offering a competitive awards program to foster interactions between biology and chemistry departments.  Deadline: November 7, 2003

The Higher Learning Commission is seeking proposals on a variety of topics for its 2004 Annual Meeting program March 27-30, 2004. This is an opportunity to highlight accomplishments and to help others by sharing what you have learned.  Deadline for proposals: November 7, 2003

Minnesota Campus Compact is offering grants for 2003-04.

RFP 1 – Student Civic Engagement Grants – grants for student civic engagement efforts  Deadline: November 10, 2003

RFP 2 – Building Social and Economic Capital Gains Planning Grants, Citizen Scholar Grants, and Engaged Department Grants. – These grants are designed to significantly enhance the quality, scope and sustainability of student institutional civic engagement in higher education.  Deadlines: December 1, 2003 and February 25, 2004

The Rockefeller Foundation is offering Resident Fellowships in the Humanities and the Study of Culture at 21 host institutions.  Deadlines: Vary, earliest is November 15, 2003.

Council on Undergraduate Research is accepting posters for the 8th annual Posters on the Hill in Washington D.C., April 20, 2004 (tentative date)  Deadline for poster abstracts: November 22, 2003

For Students: Faculty are asked to encourage full-time juniors and seniors to enter The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest. Students must complete an entry form and have a faculty sponsor.  Deadline: December 5, 2003

For Students: The NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program is seeking students who are interested in a research experience at a NASA center.  Deadline: January 27, 2004

The National Research Council of the National Academies announces competitive awards for science and engineering faculty to conduct independent research in federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. Deadline: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1, 2004.

For Students: The James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation will award fellowships in 2004 for master’s degree level graduate study for college seniors and college graduates who intend to become secondary school teachers of American history, American government or social studies.

22 October: Accreditation Update Nineteen

Please remember to attend the relevant open meetings scheduled during the comprehensive evaluation.

• Open meeting for administrative and support staff | Monday, Nov 3 | 2:00-3:00 | Centrum

• Open meeting for faculty | Monday, Nov 3 | 4:00-5:00 | Centrum

• Open meeting for students | Tuesday, Nov 4 | 2:00-3:00 | Centrum

• Open meeting for alumni | Tuesday, Nov 4 | 4:00-5:00 | Centrum

The Evaluation Team

Marguerite Bennett will serve as the chair of the Higher Learning Commission evaluation team. She presently is the director of institutional research and professor of mathematics at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, OH. Her degrees are in mathematics and educational psychology; in addition to her work at Mount Vernon Nazarene, she has served as a consultant for the Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory and has taught mathematics in K-12 schools.

Kathleen Clauson serves as vice provost for the College of Professional Studies at Graceland University, in Lamoni, IA. Her degrees are in psychology, rehabilitation counseling, and in higher education leadership. Her previous positions include work as a college counselor, dean of students, and social worker.

Stephen A. Gould serves as the president of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, WI. His degrees are in German and English. Richard Jurasek serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH. He has previously served at Augustana College (Illinois), Earlham College, and Central College. His degrees are in German.

Rose Marie Kutlenios is the chairperson of the Department of Nursing and Clinical Studies at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV. Her degrees are in nursing and she has served as a registered nurse at numerous health care facilities and has been at Wheeling Jesuit since 1980.

The final member of the team is Joyce Norris, dean of the College of Graduate and Continuing Studies at Drury University in Springfield, MO. Her previous institutions include Bemidji State University, Henderson State University, Arizona State University, and several years as a K-12 educator. Her degrees are in home economics/media and educational leadership.

Chapter Nine

Chapter nine of the self-study report details Concordia's request for a change in its affiliation status. Presently, Concordia is authorized to award baccalaureate degrees only, but is seeking authorization to award a master's degree in nursing. This chapter describes the preparation for and the details of this proposed change. The chapter documents the regional need for additional nurses with graduate degrees. Information about the partners in this consortium (MSUM and NDSU) is included, along with the specific objectives for the graduates of this program. The projected costs and resources are provided and the readiness of the library for this program is detailed. Further information about the accreditation requirements, the relation of the program to the region, and admission requirements is included in this chapter. Chapter nine concludes with a comprehensive description of the degree requirements for each of the five tracks available in this program-Family Nurse Practitioner; Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist; Transcultural Nurse Specialist; Parish Nurse; Nurse Educator.

If you wish to read the full contents of chapter nine or any section of the self-study report, it can be found online by following the links below. Copies are also on reserve in the library or may be obtained from Michael Wohlfeil.

16 October: Ethical Leadership in a Multicultural World - An Evening Workshop for Students

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003
To: All Students, Faculty
Subject: Ethical Leadership in a Multicultural World - An Evening Workshop for Students

Title: Ethical Decision Making in a Changing Global Environment

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2003

Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: Centrum, Knutson Center, Concordia College

Cost: No charge to Concordia students

Presenters: David Rodbourne and Bob Shoemake, Center for Ethical Business Cultures, Minneapolis

Description: This workshop will focus on the ethical decision making process of leaders in a complex changing global environment. The two facilitators are professionals with the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, and have presented this seminar to businesses and graduate MBA students. The seminar consists mainly of a case study called the Pogo Exercise that was developed by David Rodbourne. It confronts participants with multiple business and ethical challenges that arise in running a highly competitive global business. It involves issues related to economic, social, and political realities. Participants will work in teams and utilize problem-solving skills. The workshop will consist of an introduction to the case, team dialogue session, a discussion of the case, and introduction of a decision-making framework for participants to use in regard to ethical situations.

Who should attend? Students interested in ethics, business, global issues. Faculty are welcome to observe.

Reservations: Advance reservations are needed: Call 299-3305 or stop in to register in the Department of Business, Accounting and Economics office, Old Main 218. Space is limited. Deadline is Monday, November 3 or until workshop is filled.

Sponsored by Academic Affairs and the Center for Ethical Leadership

If you have any questions contact Jim Legler Ph.D., Director of the Center for Ethical Leadership Department of Business, Accounting & Economics, extension 3928.

15 October: Core Requirement Appeal Procedure

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003
To: All Faculty
Subject: Core Requirement Appeal Procedure

Colleagues:

The Core Committee has established a new procedure for students who wish to appeal the Core requirements. The procedure is listed on the faculty log in page of the Registrar's web site. After you log on, please click on the Advisement" link, then click on the "Appeal of Core Requirements" link. The procedures are as follows:

a.. Students will pick up the ''Appeal of Core Requirements'' form directly from the Registrar at the Registrar's Office.

b.. The student and his/her adviser will fill out the form and submit it to the Registrar.

c.. The Registrar and the Chair of Core Division will review the appeal and make recommendations to the Core Committee.

d.. The Core Committee will then vote on the appeal.

e.. If the student wishes to appeal the decision of the Core Committee, the Registrar will direct that appeal to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The Vice President of Academic Affairs has final authority.

Questions regarding appeal of Core requirements should be directed to the Registrar or the Core Committee.

Best wishes.

Vincent Arnold Chair, Core Committee

14 October: Accreditation Update, Number Eighteen

When the evaluation team is on campus, they will schedule numerous meetings with individuals and smaller groups of faculty, staff, students, and others. The members of the evaluation team will notify us in the next 1-2 weeks who they specifically wish to meet with and the interviews will be scheduled accordingly. Meantime, they have asked that Concordia arrange several open meetings for various campus constituencies. As relevant, please note the following open meeting times on your calendars:

• Open meeting for administrative and support staff | Monday, Nov 3 | 2:00-3:00 | Centrum
• Open meeting for faculty | Monday, Nov 3 | 4:00-5:00 | Centrum
• Open meeting for students | Tuesday, Nov 4 | 2:00-3:00 | Centrum

It is important that we have strong representation at all of the open meetings. The interview schedule can be found by clicking here and will expanded and updated as requested by the evaluation team.

The fifth criterion for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission requires an institution "to demonstrate integrity in its practices and relationships." Included in this criterion is the expectation that the college demonstrate compliance with all relevant federal regulations and that the college have written policies and procedures in place for its respective constituencies - faculty, staff, and students. This is a new criterion since Concordia's last comprehensive evaluation in 1993. Chapter Eight of the self-study report addresses this criterion and begins with a brief description of the various policy manuals and which office has responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of these handbooks. The chapter provides brief comments on responsibility for Concordia publications, the college's agreements with other institutions, and intercollegiate athletics.

The report describes the college's compliance with federal policies, including student complaints, Higher Education Reauthorization Act (Title IV and Title II), FERPA, ADA, third-party comment, crime statistics, Student Right-to- Know Act, Environmental Health and Safety, transcript policies, specialized accreditation, and the Institutional Review Board. Two short recommendations conclude the chapter.

If you wish to read the full contents of chapter eight or any section of the self-study report, it can be found online by clicking here. Copies are also on reserve in the library or may be obtained from Michael Wohlfeil.

If you have any questions about accreditation or the upcoming comprehensive evaluation, please contact Michael Wohlfeil or any of the members of the steering committee.

8 October: Accreditation Update, Number Seventeen

An opportunity (open to all faculty and administrators) to discuss the preparations for the November comprehensive evaluation is available tomorrow (October 9), 12:00-1:00, Brown Hall Lounge.  With an emphasis on assessment (specifically chapter six of the self-study report), this conversation will revolve around the various steps that the college has taken in its self-study.  Lunch will be served.  RSVP to Kay Schneider (4723) if you wish to attend.

The fourth criterion for accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission requires an institution to demonstrate that it "can continue to accomplish its purposes and strengthen its educational effectiveness."  The college's response to this criterion is included throughout the self-study report, but this criterion is specifically addressed in chapter seven of the report.  This section of the self-study report briefly comments on five separate issues, each of which contribute to the college's ability to grow and to "strengthen its educational effectiveness."

The Strategic Plan represents the college's most visible example of its preparation for the future and most of us are familiar with the plan's ten goals.  Financial planning and technology planning are detailed extensively in chapter five, but are revisited in this chapter, noting that our tuition is low when compared with the other ELCA institutions.  "Therefore, if needed or if circumstances demand it, there is room for Concordia College to raise its tuition to support additional expenditures."  The technology plan "describes the significant growth in technology in the past, yet is primarily written as a guide for the future."

Planning in the academic area is illustrated by the implementation of the academic divisional structure and by the ongoing discussions surrounding the curriculum.  Concordia is an institution that has traditionally taken planning for the future seriously.  This is demonstrated not only by the specific activities of the past ten years, but also by the decades-long tradition of reflection, planning, and action to ensure that the mission and purposes of Concordia College continue.

If you wish to read the full contents of chapter seven or any section of the self-study report, copies are on reserve in the library or may be obtained from Michael Wohlfeil.

If you have any questions about accreditation or the upcoming comprehensive evaluation, please contact Michael Wohlfeil or any of the members of the steering committee.

6 October: Faculty development opportunities

Date: October 6, 2003

To: All Faculty

From: Jim Aageson, Chair, Division of Arts and Humanities

Re: Faculty development opportunities

Following is a list of programs, workshops, grants and conferences that are available for faculty professional development and growth. Some opportunities are also available for students. Complete information including descriptions, eligibility requirements, and registration deadlines about each of these is located in the Division of Arts and Humanities Office in BW247, or contact Shanda Schmidt at the Division of Arts and Humanities (4936 or sschmidt@cord.edu).

AAC&U “Technology, Learning and Intellectual Development conference will be held October 30-November 1, 2003 at MIT, Cambridge, MA. This conference is designed to help faculty, administrators, staff and students to expand campus efforts to use technology to achieve educational aims.Deadline for conference registration: October 13, 2003

AAC&U “Achieving Greater Expectations” conference will be held November 13-15, 2003 in Washington, DC. Share experiences and practices that improve teaching, learning and institutional processes.Deadline for hotel registration: October 13, 2003 Deadline for conference registration: October 27, 2003

The National Humanities Center is offering residential fellowships to scholars of demonstrated achievement and to promising younger scholars. The Center is located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill. Deadline: October 15, 2003

MSUM is hosting a Visiting Scholar Lecture titled “The Deadly Effects of Tougher Standards: Challenging High-Stakes Testing and Other Impediments to Learning” on October 16, 2003 in Hansen Theatre at 7:00p.m. The guest is Alfie Kohn, author of “The Schools Our Children Deserve”. He is this year’s visiting scholar in the College of Education and Human Services at MSUM. The talk is free and open to the public.

The Teaching Professor Conference will be held May 21-23, 2004 in Philadelphia, PA. There are four separate tracks each focusing on a specific area of interest. One of the tracks, “Flexibility, Adaptability, Vitality and Advocacy is targeted for mid-career teaching professors. The other topics include integrating technology in the classroom, improvement in teaching practices, and the scholarship of teaching. Deadline: November 4, 2003

Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Program for Health and Higher Education invites participation in the Sumner Symposium III by teams from institutions that have engaged college students as full partners in pursuing solutions to pressing campus and community health issues, such as HIV/AIDS. Ten awards of $1500 each will be made to support team participation. April 26-27, 2004, Washington, DC  Proposal deadline: November 14, 2003

Drury University Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Conference/Faculty Conference on Interdisciplinary Research in Teaching will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 12-13, 2004 on their campus in Springfield, MO. Undergraduates and faculty from all disciplines and programs are invited to submit papers for presentation. Abstracts or papers due: November 28, 2003

USA Today is looking for students to be named to their 2004 All-USA Academic Team. They are looking for students who excel not only in scholarship but also in leadership roles on and off campus. Deadline for nominations: November 30, 2003

Women of the ELCA is offering the Leadership Scholarship for Senior Women Faculty or Staff at Lutheran Colleges or Seminaries. Applicants must be nominated by the college president and will then receive an application from the Women of the ELCA. Applications will be due by February 15, 2004, but you must be nominated in order to receive an application.

3 October: Accreditation Update, Number Sixteen

Accreditation Update, Number Sixteen
Comprehensive Onsite Evaluation: November 3-5, 2003

Days until comprehensive evaluation: 32

An opportunity (open to all faculty and administrators) to discuss the preparations for the November comprehensive evaluation is available on Thursday, October 9, 12:00-1:00, Brown Hall Lounge. With an emphasis on assessment (specifically chapter six of the self-study report), this conversation will revolve around the various steps that the college has taken in its self- study. Lunch will be served. RSVP to Kay Schneider (4723) if you wish to attend.

Though assessment is an issue that is addressed in many sections of the self-study report, chapter six provides the most in-depth description of the college's attempts to document that it meets criterion three, "the institution is accomplishing its educational and other purposes." The chapter begins with a brief description of the history of assessment at Concordia College, noting that Concordia began assessing student learning in the 1970s, long before many institutions had implemented assessment plans. The chapter sketches the college's efforts to assess the Goals for Student Academic Life, the various components of the Strategic Plan, and the Student Affairs goals. More detailed information about selected assessment activities is presented, including the Academic Profile, College Student Experiences Questionnaire, Exploration Seminars, Teagle Campus Climate Survey, Advising/Principia pilot project, and the New Student Survey.

Several pages in the self-study are dedicated to detailing the college's maturation in its assessment efforts, using the Levels of Implementation (an instrument developed by the Higher Learning Commission for gauging institutions' progress in assessment) as a rubric. The chapter concludes with an extensive description of each academic department's (1) learning goals, (2) methods of assessment, (3) status of assessment, and (4) uses of assessment results.

If you wish to read the full contents of chapter six or any section of the self-study report, it can be found online by clicking here. Copies are also on reserve in the library or may be obtained from Michael Wohlfeil.

If you have any questions about accreditation or the upcoming comprehensive evaluation, please contact Michael Wohlfeil or any of the members of the steering committee.

1 October: Election of faculty members to Presidential Search Committee

To: All Faculty
From: Sabine O'Hara, Academic Vice President and Dean of the College
Re: Election of faculty members to Presidential Search Committee
Date: 1 October 2003

Election results from the final ballot to elect faculty representatives to the presidential search committee are as follows:

• Polly Fassinger
• Jim Forde
• Barb Olive

To review the draft document of desired characteristics of the presidential candidate as well as the May 2003 letter from Faculty Executive Committee to the Regents offering faculty involvement in the search process, go to the Faculty Executive Committee home page at:

http://www4.cord.edu/acadAffairs/committees/facultyExec/ 

You will need to use Internet Explorer to access the documents linked from the Faculty Executive Committee home page.