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CIC President Richard
Ekman spoke at the Cedar Crest College (PA)
Trustees’ Retreat about trends and issues in higher education on October
15, and addressed the opening conferences for faculty and staff at
both Tougaloo College (MS) on August 14 and Philadelphia
University (PA) on August 22.
Michelle Gilliard, vice president for planning and
evaluation and executive director of CAPHE, was invited by the Appalachian
College Association to evaluate its sixth annual summit, “Connecting
Teaching and Learning, the ACA Summit 2003” (November 13-15, Johnson
City, TN). ACA received a $3.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation to help faculty members incorporate technology into their
teaching. As a part of that grant, ACA has sponsored five Technology
Summits for all ACA faculty members. This year’s summit included computer
workshops on how to use software as a tool to engage students and
improve learning, as well as opportunities for faculty members to
discuss other kinds of active learning strategies they have found
to be useful. For each summit, ACA engages an outside evaluator to
attend the summit, assess the event, and provide a written report
on the summit’s strengths and opportunities for improvement.
Gilliard
also accepted an invitation from the Association for Institutional
Research (AIR) to serve on the review panel for the 2004 AIR Grant
Program. The grant program supports research and dissertations under
two programs: Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Educational
Institutions and AIR/National Postsecondary Education Cooperative
Focused Grants. The first program assists researchers with the acquisition,
analysis, and reporting of data from datasets maintained by the National
Center for Education Statistics and National Science Foundation. The
second supports projects on student success at all levels of postsecondary
education.
Mary
Ann Rehnke,
vice president for annual programs, participated in a two-day meeting
at Messiah College (PA) in September in her role
as a member of the External Advisory Board of the Messiah College
Christian Vocation Program, funded by the Lilly Endowment.
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Staff
Spotlight – People Who Make CIC Work
Maxine Morris
is CIC's publications manager. She designs and lays
out all printed pieces including the newsletter, marketing brochures,
annual reports, and special publications. She also is in charge
of the print production process, which includes setting production
schedules and negotiating with printers.
Maxine grew up in
Jamaica, West Indies, and New York, and has been at CIC since
May 2000. Prior to joining CIC, she was production manager for
print publications and web content at the American Council of
Independent Laboratories. She is currently pursuing a bachelor's
degree in multimedia technologies at George Mason University
(VA). She enjoys designing websites and painting small abstract
works with French gouache.
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