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GCAC Celebrates An Award-winning Year

Robinson Receives Data Driven Program Director Award Jessica Robinson, GCAC director 2018-2020, received this year’s Data Driven Program Director Award from the College Advising Corps (CAC). The award recognizes Robinson's emphasis on tracking actionable data and using it to achieve sustained results. CAC regional director Ariel Cochrane-Brown said, "Jessica is an amazing program leader." She specifically noted GCAC's robust data dashboard and…
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Surrounded By Excellence

Teaching and Learning with the Governor's Teaching Fellows While some faculty may have felt isolated as they implemented new teaching techniques this spring, participants and alumni of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) program could lean on their GTF connections through the transition.  Leslie Gordon, in her first year as program director, conducted a multi-point examination of the program’s structure as she looks toward the future of…
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INTERNATIONAL

FACULTY PRESENT AT EAIR IN BUDAPEST Karen Webber gave two presentations at the 40th annual European Higher Education Society (EAIR) conference in Budapest, Hungary on August 26-29, 2019. She co-authored one paper with two IHE alumni Chris Ferland (PhD 2010) and Charles Mathies (PhD 2010) on best practices for data presentations and practical recommendations to prevent data misuse for a range of higher education researchers. Her second paper, co-…
Tags: IHE Report, Institute of Higher Education, International presentations, IHE faculty, EAIR Budapest, Institute of Higher Education, Amy Stich


Why I Give: Bench Dedication

The Institute dedicated a bench in memory of Ginger Szabo Durham, a graduate of the second cohort of the Executive Ed.D. program, on the afternoon of October 2.  Chad Puls (Ed.D. 2012) initiated a special funding campaign among the members of Cohort 2 to install a plaque in Ginger’s memory at the foot of the bench outside the windows of classroom 101. The spot has special meaning since colleagues recalled talking with Ginger there between…
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IHE IMPACT: Postdoctoral Associates Maintain Ties

l Maurice Shirley, postdoctoral teaching and research associate 2019-2020, accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) program at the Indiana University College of Education. During the fall 2020 semester, Shirley will teach two required graduate courses at HESA, Introduction to College and University Administration and Environmental Theory and Assessment. “I am certain that I…
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IHE IMPACT: Extra Learning Opportunities

Faculty Workload Project l KerryAnn O’Meara presented findings from the NSF ADVANCE Faculty Workload and Rewards Project and the latest social science research on implicit biases and evidence-based practices for mitigating inequities in academia, particularly in the STEM disciplines. On October 2, she also spoke privately with IHE students on a variety of topics, including her term as president of Association for the Study of Higher…
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SHEEO and ACE: Levels of Higher Education Policy Advocacy and Influence

Whether students are interested in state or federal higher education policy, the Institute has an active community of graduates and fellows to support them with an accessible network of excellence and experience. These connections provide opportunities for our community to find formal and informal mentors and research collaborators. IHE ties with the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and the American Council on…
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COVID Diaries: How IHE Graduate Assistants Responded to the Global Pandemic

Julianne O’ Connell, University Housing On Thursday evening of Spring Break, I learned classes were suspended for two weeks and that students were not to return to campus—even to collect personal items. But as a graduate resident in Creswell Hall, leading a staff of Resident Assistants, I was to return to campus immediately, if I felt comfortable doing so. University Housing was operating in an all-hands-on-deck mode.  When it became…
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Class of 2020 > COVID-19

Graduates Continuing Higher Education Journeys Six members of the IHE community graduated during our socially-distanced spring. Since the usual trappings around this major achievement have been postponed until Commencement ceremonies on December 13, 2020, faculty and staff made a video to toast each of them and wish them congratulations https://youtu.be/xj_VD0x-tmg.  Andrew Crain (PhD) is director of experiential professional…
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Beyond the Classroom: HESS Officers and Assistantships 2020-21

HESS Officers, 2020/2021 The Higher Education Student Society (HESS) is active throughout the year offering academic, professional and social events (see photos below).      Alexa Arndt, president      Grace Covello, secretary      Sarah Burman, treasurer      Kanler Cumbass, master’s representative IHE students take an active role supporting each other. HESS sponsored student previews…
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