Monday, May 4, 2015
1:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Registration and Information Center Open
Latham Foyer
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Pre-conference Roundtables
Solitude
3:45 pm to 4:45pm
Explore AcademicEffect by PerformanceCloud
Assembly Hall
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Opening Reception
Latham C
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
7:30 am to 4:30 pm
Registration and Information Center Open
Latham Foyer
7:30 am to 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Assembly Hall
8:15 am to 9:30 am
Welcome and Introduction
Keynote
A Simple Model for Learning Improvement: Weigh
Pig, Feed Pig, Weigh Pig
Assembly Hall
Dr. Keston Fulcher
-James Madison University
9:30 am to 9:45 am
Break
A Panel Discussion: Can We Talk? How Can We Make
Sure Learning Improvement is Really Happening?
9:45 am to 10:45am
Concurrent Session I
Assembly Hall
Ray Van Dyke, Executive Director
-The Center for Efficacy in Higher Education
Reinvigorating Institutional Effectiveness Following
an Accreditation Review
Solitude
John Cooper and Penny Brunner
-Clemson University
Students’ Perceived Motivation in SCALE-UP Science
Courses: A Mixed Methods Study
Cascades
Jill Sible, Kate Drezek McConnell, Jessica Chittum
-Virginia Tech
10:45 am to 11:00 am Break
Advancing the Conversation with Faculty
Amy Dykens
-Weave
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Closing the Loop: Using Program Assessment Results
Concurrent Session II to Drive Improvement
Assembly Hall
Solitude
Eileen Van Aken
-Virginia Tech
Leveraging Student Satisfaction and Engagement Da- Cascades
ta at a Small College
Tim Merrill
-Randolph Macon College
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Lunch
Latham A
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 continued
Assessment as “Multiple Connections, Multiple Directions”
Assembly Hall
Christopher Frost, Heather Barry, Kaliah Greene, Michelle
Papajohn
-St. Joseph’s College
1:15 pm to 2:15pm
Concurrent Session III
Writing and Implementing Student Learning Outcomes Solitude
for Student Services and Beyond
Tonya Nelson
-San Juan College
I’m a BE-WEAVER: Structuring an Assessment Process Cascades
and Unifying a Campus
Maureen O’Shea
-Cape Cod Community College
2:15 pm to 2:30 pm
Break
Flipping to Foster Student Learning in Small and Large Assembly Hall
Classes
Peter Doolittle
-Virginia Tech
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Concurrent Session IV
Assessment 101: Closing the Loop for Continuous
Improvement
Solitude
Wanda Baker
-Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Marriage Counseling 101: When Learning Objectives
Fall Short of the Relationship You Crave
Cascades
Susan Donat
-Messiah College
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Break
Assessing the QEP: Capturing Evidence of Transformation
Assembly Hall
Kate Drezek McConnell
-Virginia Tech
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm
Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Improvement
Concurrent Session V
Tisha Paredes
-Old Dominion University
ePortfolios as a Catalyst for Learning
Solitude
Cascades
Marc Zaldivar
-Virginia Tech
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Tour of Goodwin Hall (Virginia Tech’s New Signature Engineering Building) Sign-up Required
Registration
Center
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Cinco De Mayo Celebration—Advanced Purchase Required
Latham DEF
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
7:30 am to 12:00 pm
Registration and Information Center Open
Latham Foyer
7:30 am to 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Assembly Hall
8:15 am to 9:30 am
Welcome
Keynote Address:
Using Accreditation to Enhance Institutional
Improvement
Assembly Hall
Dr. Michael S. Johnson
Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, SACSCOC
9:30 am to 9:45 am
Break
What If Hypothetical University…?
Assembly Hall
Dr. Michael S. Johnson
-SACSCOC
9:45 am to 10:45 am
Concurrent Session VI
Assessing General Education
Solitude
Elizabeth Bledsoe
-Texas A&M University
Finding and Using Grants to Fund Your Assessment
Work
Cascades
Stacey Randall
-Waubonsee Community College
10:45 am to 11:00 am
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Concurrent Session VII
Break
Successfully Reaching Mordor: Using Teams, Tools,
and Creativity to Complete Accreditation Reporting in
a Low-Budget Culture
Ryan Murnane
-Regent University
Assembly Hall
Purposeful Effectiveness Planning for Administrative
Units
Solitude
Jennifer Gray
-Weave
Writing a Decennial Accreditation Report: How I Survived
Juliette Womack
-Bishop State Community College
12:00 pm
Conference Ends
Cascades