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 MissouriColumbia
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 (AAC&U)
– 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!
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