NSU's Quality Enhancement Plan April 2017

NSU QEP Development Process | 7 Table 4 NSU SACSCOC Advisory Council Name Title George L. Hanbury II NSU President and Chief Executive Officer Ralph V. Rogers Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Jacqueline A. Travisano Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Fred Lippman Chancellor, Health Professions Division Lydia M. Acosta Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian Stephanie G. Brown Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services Donald Rudawsky Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness Tom West Vice President for Information Technologies and Chief Information Officer Brad A. Williams Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean, College of Undergraduate Studies Meline Kevorkian Associate Provost, Academic Quality, Assessment, and Accreditation Ronald Chenail Associate Provost, Undergraduate Academic Affairs Jane Duncan Director of Assessment and Accreditation Lisa M. Deziel Dean, College of Pharmacy J. Preston Jones Dean, H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship Guy Nehrenz Associate Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine Jennifer Jordan Assistant Dean, College of Osteopathic Medicine Kevin Dvorak Professor and Writing Center/WAC Coordinator, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Fran Tetunic Professor, Shepard Broad College of Law Barbara Packer-Muti QEP Cochair Amon Seagull* QEP Cochair *Replaced by Dana Mills, winter 2016 During two meetings with extended discussion and an eventual vote, the council selected writing as the focus area for NSU’s QEP. Action Plan In September 2015, following the topic area selection, Packer-Muti sent an email blast soliciting a call to action to all faculty and staff members within the NSU community to submit a short, 3–5 page, mini-proposal for a specific, implementable plan to enhance student writing. The solicitation reminded faculty members of their participation in faculty focus groups, nearly all of which had identified writing as a need area for enhancement. By the end of October 2015, nine mini-proposals were received from nine different colleges and staff-member groups, reinforcing the broad appeal of the topic area. Also in the fall of 2015, Packer-Muti convened a QEP Mini-Proposal Review Committee that consisted of a small group of faculty members from the larger QEP Committee, including Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., coordinator of the existing writing center for first-year composition and graduate students in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This sub-committee reviewed the mini-proposals and drafted the particular strategies of the overall NSU plan, incorporating elements from all nine proposals. The action elements and proposed assessments were reviewed by the QEP Committee, whose members took the ideas back to their respective faculty groups for discussion and refinement. Ultimately, an action plan resulted that had been vetted by each faculty group at the university, as well as by PanSGA representatives.