board of governors october 16, 2008
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Board of Governors October 16, 2008. The Region. The Region. Proximity: Western North Carolina is more naturally linked to Atlanta, Knoxville, and Greenville-Spartanburg than to Raleigh It takes as long to drive from Raleigh to Cullowhee as from Raleigh to Washington. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Board of GovernorsOctober 16, 2008
The Region
The Region
Proximity:
• Western North Carolina is more naturally linked to Atlanta, Knoxville, and Greenville-Spartanburg than to Raleigh
• It takes as long to drive from Raleigh to Cullowhee as from Raleigh to Washington
Southern Piedmont Megalopolis (SPM)
Southern Piedmont Megalopolis (SPM)
Importance of Atlanta & GSP
Business Locations Related to GSP
Asheville-Hendersonville
Aging Population in SPM
Clusters of Innovation
ARC•Industrial machinery•Electronic
equipment•Chemical production•Lumber/wood
products•Automobiles and
related•High-end furniture•Specialty textiles•Environmental
technologiesBiotech Center•Bio-tech applications•Bio-manufacturing•Environmental
quality•Clinical trials•Health-related
biotechnology
AdvantageWest• Environment-related• Advanced manufacturing advanced materials and
composites chemicals and plastics• IT software• Communications including
multimedia, film, TV, internet-related
• Food-related including: hospitality horticulture packaging• Life sciences and agribusiness biotechnology nutraceuticals native plant commercialization bio-manufacturing non-toxic pest control• Retirement construction retirement communities gerontology and geriatrics adaptive technologies
AdvantageWest (cont,)
• Arts crafts and design home-based entrepreneurs graphic arts architects set design and arts
performance historical preservation• Environment-related renewable energy minerals environmental reclamation• Health care health delivery systems medical equipment
manufacturing• Recreation and tourism eco-tourism heritage tourism hospitality recreation facilities and
services recreation product
manufacture• Security-related forensic science homeland security
technologies criminal justice
A Unified Response:
Linked Strategies
University Strategies Focused on theRegion’s Future: Core Concept
Underlying all of our strategies (education, scholarship and service) is the concept of ENGAGEMENT:
Engagement is the process by which the University links its programs and resources to the needs of the people of the broader community
Unified Approach to Addressing RegionalNeed: The Millennium InitiativeCore Strategies:
• Implement UNC-Tomorrow
– Grow high quality enrollment, especially in key fields
– Implement the WCU QEP: 21st Century Education for ALL students
– Support high quality, regionally-relevant graduate programs
– Implement Boyer Model-based faculty reward system
– Implement the “Stewards of Place Model”
– Develop the Millennium Campus
Grow High Quality Enrollment in Programswith Regional Importance
WCU is focusing on increasing academic standards and improving student quality as part of an integrated strategy to develop “intellectual capital” for the region
Summer Transition Programming• Second summer session integrated program
• Southwestern Community College partnership; SCC provided excellent collegiate skills testing support
• Students take beginning English (English 190) and college reading (EDRD 150) or a second general education course
• Classes enrolled an average of 18 students
• Each student assigned a faculty mentor to assist student in exploring his/her academic and life goals
• Co-curriculum and curriculum closely linked:
– Students visit Museum of Cherokee People
– Group hike in mountains
– Service learning project
Summer Transition Programming
• Student’s mentor developed understanding of student’s academic weaknesses or personal issues that could interfere with academic performance
• Individual follow-up plan developed and implemented for each student
• Students lived in a learning community. RAs received special training and worked closely with the faculty mentor to assist in helping student develop
• Strong activity-based group building activities throughout program
• Each week, students required to attend a program focused on linking them to personal development opportunities
Summer Transition Programming
Program continues into the fall and spring semesters:
• Each student assigned a peer mentor
• Each student assigned an academic advisor who works proactively with the student for the first year
• Strong academic progress reporting system used to track student performance and to flag need for intervention
• Students strongly encouraged to enroll in career and major development seminar in spring term
Summer Transition Programming
Outcomes (2008)• 152 students started the program• 4 students were dismissed from the program
—three for behavioral problems• All but 4 students eligible to enroll in Fall
term (97.3 percent)• Average GPA for summer: 3.40• 50 percent of students received a 3.5 or
higher
For 2007 class, fall/spring retention was same as for regularly admitted student
UNC-Tomorrow
A. Our Global Readiness (4.1)– WCU will continue to realign its academic programs and services consistent with
its unique and nationally significant philosophy of integrative education.
B. Our Citizens and Their Future Access to Higher Education (4.2)– To address the projected demand for higher education among North Carolinians,
WCU will utilize an educational extension model to provide programming and services to non-traditional, underserved, and place-bound students; and increase the main campus capacity.
C. Our Children and Their Future: Improving Public Education (4.3)– Through its partnerships with the region’s schools and its applied research, WCU
will influence public policy and practice with regard to teacher preparation and retention, administrative quality, and school performance.
D. Our Communities and Their Economic Transformation (4.4)– WCU will apply the Stewards of Place model to effect regional economic
transformation.
UNC-Tomorrow Flag Statements
E. Our Health (4.5)– WCU will expand its role as the major provider of allied health and
nursing education, applied research, and service in the Western North Carolina region.
F. Our Environment (4.6)– WCU will expand its focus on education and research tied to
environmental sustainability with particular emphasis on biodiversity and land use.
G. Our University’s Outreach & Engagement (4.7)– WCU will use the Boyer Model of Scholarship and the SACS-approved
integrative, intentional learning model to encourage the application of research to regional issues.
UNC-Tomorrow Flag Statements
Quality Enhancement Plan:
The QEP
Implement QEP with Specific Examples
“Synthesis: A Pathway to Intentional Learning”
Purpose: Provide an educational experience where students integrate knowledge, skills and co-curricular activities that result in deeper learning, meaningful career choices, and developing an understanding of one’s role in society
Implement QEP with Specific Examples
Reflection
PracticeContent, theory &methods
Implement QEP with Specific Examples
Keys to the QEP:
Coordination of advising, service learning, international programs, undergraduate research, and career education
Development of the “Education Briefcase. The “Education Briefcase” is a longitudinal portfolio available for assessment of student learning and program quality.
Implement QEP with Specific Examples
Students are required to be involved in experiential education such as service learning, internships, co-operative education, international travel, or mentored research
Students are required to reflect on the meaning of their education as related to their goals—their world
Focus is on meaning, application, and integration
Implement QEP with Specific ExamplesEngaged Learning
Recreation therapy students work with Webster Enterprises to develop exercise programs for adults with disabilities
Engineering technology students and faculty give up a winter break to develop an injection mold for Watauga Industries
Eleven students do “alternative fall break” to work with homeless in Atlanta
Implement QEP with Specific ExamplesEngaged LearningTheater and education students develop a performance, “School House Rock Live!” and perform for hundreds of the region’s elementary students
Entrepreneurship students work with the Town of Canton to rebuild economy after recession and flood
Future Physical Therapists perform workplace ergonomics assessments, helping to reduce musculoskeletal or repetitive stress injuries
Implement QEP with Specific ExamplesEngaged Learning
During the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2007, 7,300 students at WCU
completed 38,500 hours of community
service, and 2,500 of those students
participated as part of their academic
courses
Implement QEP with Specific Examples
Engineering
Recreation Therapy
Boyer Model
Boyer model is critical to implementing the QEP and UNC-T
Assures that faculty reward system has the flexibility needed to support other programs
Focuses on “meaningful” scholarship rather than “publications”
Boyer Model: A Few Examples
Natural Resource Management faculty member spins out not-for-profit focused on sustainable forestry
Faculty member and students in engineering technology develop device to allow disabled artist to paint again
Faculty member in education creates web-based material for K-12 schools
Chemistry faculty member creates material used in “non-poisonous pesticide”
Boyer Model
“Faculty members should demonstrate that they are current and scholarly in their disciplines as reflected in the ways they teach and serve. They are also expected to demonstrate regular activity in one or more types of scholarship outlined below”:
The four types of scholarship from Ernest Boyer’s model include:• Scholarship of discovery• Scholarship of integration• Scholarship of application• Scholarship of teaching and learning
Graduate Education
• Increasingly develop strong programs that reflect the needs of the region
• Increasingly focus on distance education to address regional and state needs for an educated workforce
Stewards of Place Model
Framework for Regional Stewardship
Overall Millennium Initiative and Campus
Town Center
Branding Initiative
Branding Initiative - Athletics
Branding Initiative - Campus
“WCU offers opportunities for those who aspire to make a
difference in their world.”
Branding Initiative - Campus
Core Components of the Brand:
ClimbPride of the MountainsEngageYour
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