Refreshments will be served at each presentation. Just a reminder that assessment plans are due from every administrative unit and department on campus by September 30. From that point to December 1, personnel should be meeting to review their plans and set learning goals for 2000-2001. Statements of learning goals are due December 1. Then the Assessment Task Force will review all plans and return them to the respective offices by February 1, 2001.
Personnel then have until the end of the semester to implement the plans.
Department assessment coordinators should also send a copy of the completed 1999-2000 plan to their division chairs as well. The retreats have taken place in the tranquil setting of the National Conservation Training Center, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility off Shepherd Grade Road. The retreat was quite valuable, said Dr. Jason Best, assistant professor of astrophysics in the Institute for Environmental Studies. It allowed our faculty to more strongly define, refine, and focus departmental efforts in the area of academic program assessment. Departments and units that have participated so far include English, Environmental Studies, Nursing, Business, Music, Communications, the Registrar s Office, the Library, Education, and two groups from the Community and Technical College Emergency Medical Services and the Job Training Partnership Act.