2008 Woodie Awards
University supports academic excellence
Initiative Four considers ways SBU can strengthen students in academics
Liz Hood
Issue date: 4/25/08 Section: News
The fourth initiative in the Seven Strategic Initiative series is to "Support and Strengthen Academic Excellence."
"We are always making our institution stronger and better," said Dr. Janet Juhlin, director of instructional research and assessment.
The way Southwest Baptist University plans to pursue this idea is to "provide student and faculty academic excellence by improving student and faculty learning; enhancing the learning experience; promoting a caring, academic community; providing scholarly activities and opportunities for students in and out of the classroom in local, national and international settings, and upholding academic integrity."
This particular initiative has eight goals the University would like to fulfill within five years.
Of these eight goals, the University Planning Advisory Council chose four to focus on for the 2008-2009 school year.
UPAC formed a sub-committee for this initiative, which consisted of Bill Brown, chair and dean of Geneva Casebolt college of music, arts and letters; Ashley Dinwiddie, administrative assistant to the president; Gordon Dutile, provost; Rick Hedger, trustee-at-large, and Jennifer Wilson, dean of St. John's College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
The committee developed objectives for each goal that were recommended to UPAC.
"Our sub-committee met several times to discuss what we believed to be significant academic needs for the University and to define how each objective might be accomplished," said Brown. "We felt that each goal was significant so we didn't want to eliminate any from the list, or postpone them to begin in later years."
The four goals and objectives that SBU is working on for the 2008-2009 school year are goals one, six, seven and eight.
The first goal is to explore international partnerships for academic programs and exchanges.
The objective Brown's committee developed is to establish at least one international partnership for providing the MBA program.
Goal six is to examine current support services and develop new programs to improve services for diverse students.
"We are always making our institution stronger and better," said Dr. Janet Juhlin, director of instructional research and assessment.
The way Southwest Baptist University plans to pursue this idea is to "provide student and faculty academic excellence by improving student and faculty learning; enhancing the learning experience; promoting a caring, academic community; providing scholarly activities and opportunities for students in and out of the classroom in local, national and international settings, and upholding academic integrity."
This particular initiative has eight goals the University would like to fulfill within five years.
Of these eight goals, the University Planning Advisory Council chose four to focus on for the 2008-2009 school year.
UPAC formed a sub-committee for this initiative, which consisted of Bill Brown, chair and dean of Geneva Casebolt college of music, arts and letters; Ashley Dinwiddie, administrative assistant to the president; Gordon Dutile, provost; Rick Hedger, trustee-at-large, and Jennifer Wilson, dean of St. John's College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
The committee developed objectives for each goal that were recommended to UPAC.
"Our sub-committee met several times to discuss what we believed to be significant academic needs for the University and to define how each objective might be accomplished," said Brown. "We felt that each goal was significant so we didn't want to eliminate any from the list, or postpone them to begin in later years."
The four goals and objectives that SBU is working on for the 2008-2009 school year are goals one, six, seven and eight.
The first goal is to explore international partnerships for academic programs and exchanges.
The objective Brown's committee developed is to establish at least one international partnership for providing the MBA program.
Goal six is to examine current support services and develop new programs to improve services for diverse students.
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