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Academic Affairs and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (IE) bestowed awards on several University faculty and staff members, offices and programs during the One University Assessment Celebration on April 28 in the SOE Education Commons.

The awards recognize and celebrate the efforts of faculty and staff who delivered learning experiences and services through innovative modalities and reflected on improving learning and operations. Awards were given in four categories:

• Assessment Champion鈥攔ecognizing campus community members who advocate for meaningful assessment to enrich the student experience and who have made outstanding contributions to the University鈥檚 culture of improvement.
• Outstanding Assessment鈥攔ecognizing a distinguished academic, co-curricular and functional area for overall robust assessment.
• Best Engagement Strategies鈥攔ecognizing programs/units for engaging faculty, staff and students to participate and contribute to the assessment process.
• Best Use of Results鈥攔ecognizing an academic, co-curricular, and functional area for how results from the assessment process are used in making decisions.

Receiving the Best Student Engagement Strategies award from Chris Johnson, associate provost for academic affairs and professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (center), were the bioengineering instruction team of Doug Yung and Anna-Blessing Merife and student consultants Assul Larancuent and Zoe Rennock as part of the Partnership for Inclusive Education.

Chris Johnson, associate provost for academic affairs, greeted attendees. 鈥淓very year I see this culture growing stronger and smarter as innovators like you all find new ways to do assessment and new ways to use assessment results to improve your operations and programs,” he said. “These awards are meant to recognize that innovation and the effort behind it.鈥�

This year鈥檚 recipients include:

• Assessment Champion | Academic鈥擩amie Desjardins, associate teaching professor and director of undergraduate programs in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, College of Arts and Sciences.
• Assessment Champion | Co-Curricular/Functional鈥擟hristopher Maldonado, assistant director, career systems, Career Services.
• Assessment Champion | Shared Competencies鈥擪elly Delavan, information literacy librarian, Libraries.
• Outstanding Assessment | Academic Programs鈥擟hemical Engineering Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Outstanding Assessment | Co-Curricular鈥擟enter for Learning and Student Success (CLASS)
• Outstanding Assessment | Functional鈥擧uman Resources
• Best Faculty Engagement Strategies鈥� Department of Biology
• Best Staff Engagement Strategies鈥擣alk College Dean鈥檚 Office
• Best Student Engagement Strategies鈥擝ioengineering Instruction Team and Student Consultants, Partnership for Inclusive Education (PIE)
• Best Use of Results | Academic鈥擶RT 205 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for the Liberal Arts Core
• Best Use of Results | Co-Curricular鈥擝arnes Center at The Arch DEIA Committee
• Best Use of Results | Functional鈥擬axwell Staff Council

After the awards, 2022 Assessment Leadership Institute participants were recognized for their poster presentations detailing assessment activities over the past year:

• Nicole Beckwith, Dietetic Internship CAS, Falk College
• Jamie Desjardins, Communication Sciences and Disorders Bachelor of Science, College of Arts and Sciences
• Mary Kiernan, Food Studies Bachelor of Science, Falk College
• Kal Srinivas, SummerStart, Retention and Student Success

Jerry Edmonds, senior assistant provost, concluded the event by acknowledging 鈥渢his great opportunity to highlight faculty, staff and students鈥� work to learn about and improve learning and program and unit operations鈥� and thanking everyone for their continued efforts.”

Visit the聽聽to see event photos and presentation materials describing recipients鈥� work to examine and enhance learning and operational success.