The Roles and Purposes Dimension is exploring how well NIU communicates to first-year students the value a college degree provides in terms of personal growth, community engagement and preparation for future employment.
The committee members also are reviewing how well NIU encourages first-year students to investigate their motivation for seeking a higher education – and how well NIU communicates its rationale for required competencies and courses from general education to the more specifically focused areas of study (majors).
The committee members are in the process of collecting information from individuals, offices and programs across campus that interact with first-year students (course/program descriptions and related materials, publications, brochures, Web site pages and/or anecdotal evidence).
The committee members will:
For additional information about, to participate in, or to provide information for the Roles and Purposes Dimension, contact co-chairs Cindy Henderson (chenderson@niu.edu) or Julie Schaid (jschaid@niu.edu).
NIU’s Foundations of Excellence Task Force is pleased to announced that James Ciesla, a professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies, and Patrice Whiteside, from Human Resources Operations, are two of the $50 cash prize winners in the faculty/staff survey drawing.
The faculty/staff survey is part of a campus-wide self-study. The survey asks your opinion about how well faculty, graduate assistants, Supportive Professional Staff and Operating Staff are doing to make the first year of college a good foundation for the success of NIU students.
Every person’s opinion makes a difference. You, too, might win one of the randomly selected $50 cash prizes (a total of 20) or the $1,000 additional pay. The survey closes Friday, March 27.