President's Convocation
January 7, 2008 - Conference Center
Dr. George Kuh, Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research will describe the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project and explain the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and the MSU results.
Our meeting will give us a better sense of why an engaged campus is important, what a fully engaged campus should look like, and how we should proceed to become a distinctive university of engagement and place.
| The agenda for the day is as follows: | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 10:15 | Plenary Session (all faculty and staff attend) "Student Success in College: Creating Conditions that Matter" Handout: "Taking Stock of What Matters to Student Success" |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Small group sessions (Faculty and Staff break into their respective departments for discussion) "Creating the Conditions that Matter to Student Success" |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Working Lunch (Participants: Faculty/President's Staff/Deans/University Cabinet- RSVP attendance at lunch on form below) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | Working Groups - (Faculty) "Effective Educational Practices" |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Group Reports |
| 2:30 - 2:50 | Final Comments and Charge to the Faculty |
| 3:00 - 4:00 | Meeting with Faculty Senate (Westlie Room) |