2007-2008 ASSESSMENT LUNCHEONS

The Miami University Assessment Team is pleased to announce a series of monthly luncheons on assessment. These luncheons will provide useful information on how to design, conduct, and utilize the results of assessment.

Each luncheon will feature a different speaker who will share their own experiences with assessment at Miami University. The speakers will also provide helpful information for faculty and staff who are interested in assessment.

These luncheons are open to all faculty, staff, and TA’s at Miami University. Lunches will be provided for those who RSVP by the specified date. Additional information and reminders will be distributed before each luncheon. However, space is limited, so RSVP early!

Unless otherwise noted, all luncheons will be held in the BYSTROM-REID ROOM in the Shriver Center from 12:00-1:00pm.

Please RSVP to assessment@muohio.edu by the specified date.

Fall, 2007

Assessment Basics (Details)
Date: Monday, October 15
Presenters: Beverley Taylor, Professor, Physics, and Faculty Associate in Assessment; Andrea Bakker, Coordinator of Assessment, Office of Liberal Education and Assessment
RSVP by: Thursday, October 11

Designing Assignments for Assessment (Details)
Date: Monday, November 12
Presenters: Theodore Wagenaar, Assessment Fellow, Faculty Teaching Associate at CELT, Carnegie Scholar, Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology
RSVP by: Thursday, November 8

Spring, 2008

Troubleshooting Assessment: Getting Past Stumbling Blocks*
Date: Thursday, January 24
Time: 3:30-4:45pm
Location: Psychology Building, Room 302
Presenter: Dr. Jane Halonen, Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of West Florida
Description: Having trouble with assessing student outcomes for your major?  Dr.  Halonen will bring her expertise as a researcher in this area, as well as an administrator having survived a recent accreditation review, to help you work on short- and long-term problems and stumbling blocks to developing an efficient and meaningful assessment method. 
RSVP: No RSVP required
*PLEASE NOTE: This is a special colloquium sponsored by the Office of Liberal Education and Assessment and Dr. Cecilia Shore, Department of Psychology. Please note the time and location, as they differ from the regular Assessment Luncheons.

Intermediate Assessment* (Details)
Date: Monday, January 28
Presenters: Beverley Taylor, Professor, Physics, and Faculty Associate in Assessment; Andrea Bakker, Coordinator of Assessment, Office of Liberal Education and Assessment
RSVP by: Wednesday, January 23
*PLEASE NOTE: This luncheon is 1.5 hours long and will run from 12:00 - 1:30pm.

Surveys 101 (Part A) (Details)
Date: Wednesday, February 20
Presenters: Andrea Bakker, Coordinator of Assessment, Office of Liberal Education and Assessment; Denise Krallman, Director of Institutional Research; Andrew Beckett, Assistant Dean of Students for Transition and Assessment
RSVP by: Friday, February 15

Surveys 101 (Part B) (Details)
Date: Wednesday, February 27
Presenters: Andrea Bakker, Coordinator of Assessment, Office of Liberal Education and Assessment; Denise Krallman, Director of Institutional Research; Andrew Beckett, Assistant Dean of Students for Transition and Assessment
RSVP by: Friday, February 22

Student Affairs Assessment
Date: Tuesday, April 8
***CANCELLED***
This luncheon will be rescheduled for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Previous Assessment Luncheons