Dillard University CTLAT Blog: 06/22/11

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Dillard University Summer School 2011 Federal Requirements for Attendance Monitoring

Dear Faculty:

Instructors are requested to submit the Summer Session "No Show Rosters" to the Office of Records and Registration, Friday, June 24. These rosters identifies students that you indicated who have not shown up for any class sessions this summer.

For this summer session, attendance will be monitored for the five class meetings this week. Students who have not attended any session by the report date, Friday, June 25, are to be reported as no shows and their financial aid may be reduced or cancelled as a result of your report.

If a student has started late as a result of "late registration" or has been attending after the required attendance date, please do NOT report the student as a no show. A student reported as a "no show" may ask to have you to acknowledge his attendance if s/he believes her/his attendance was incorrectly reported. Please contact the Office of Records and Registration for the process on incorrectly reported students.

To report a no show, indicate that the student has not attended any class sessions this week on the class rosters. It is imperative that you provide these rosters to the Office of Records and Registration, Friday, June 24, 2011.

Thank you for your cooperation in meeting the federal requirements for attendance monitoring.

Shannon P. Neal, Interim Director
sneal@dillard.edu
Rosenwald 126-C
Phone (504) 816-4228
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
Student Success - Financial Aid

Campus Technology: eText: Is It Ready? Are We Ready?

Most of the possible implementation strategies for eText seem quite logical and are based on existing technologies that have been available to the higher education community for some time. But there is still a problem holding us back--a problem that lies in the fact that defining, combining, and implementing eText components has as yet been accomplished only on a very limited basis and by only a few "technologically entrepreneurial" institutions. Large-scale eText implementation is a task that has been identified as too daunting, too difficult, and it is the perhaps the most significant replacement ever, of an educational tradition that has served higher education well for centuries. MORE

EXCITING NEWS - HBCU LIBRARY ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM - PHASE 4 - GRANT AWARDED!

Greetings Colleagues,

I trust this e-mail finds you well. Today I’m celebrating the announcement of funding for Phase 4 of the HBCU Library Alliance Leadership Program. EXCITING NEWS!!!

An excerpt from the award letter reads “I am pleased to inform you that the Trustees of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have approved a grant to support the strengthening of libraries of historically black colleges and universities.”

Strengthening the libraries of our institutions is the goal of this grant. Strong librarians build strong libraries; our librarians must be equipped with the leadership skills and tools to transform the library into a “center of excellence.” Strong librarians are advocates, leaders, and change agents. Strong librarians at HBCU institutions know the value of leadership and embrace their role as “gatekeepers” sharing knowledge and preserving the legacy of our culture and history.

The new grant includes these dynamic components:

Leadership Institute: The Leadership Institute is an intensive educational and professional development program specifically designed to provide theoretical instruction, practical experience, and personal development for current and emerging library leaders within the context of the HBCU academic environment. Phase IV of the Leadership Institute will continue the successful combination of shorter face-to-face and web-based sessions developed for Phase III and will be offered to twenty-four librarians over a nine-month period. Three-day face-to-face sessions will be held at the beginning and end of the Institute. In between the kickoff and closing sessions, eight web-based classes will be held.

Exchange Program: The Exchange Program focuses on development of emerging leaders at HBCU libraries. In Phase IV of the

Leadership Program, the exchange program will be expanded to allow for hosts from HBCUs as well as ASERL. Six more HBCU librarians will work with another library, either an HBCU or ASERL library, on a pre-identified area for strategic development within the HBCU

This will encourage sharing of HBCU library best practices, increase networking within the HBCU community, and explore internal capacity to sustain the exchange program beyond the grant.

Strategic Assessment of Library Services at HBCUs: Effective service assessment can improve library services, increase the visibility of and promote library services on campus, prepare libraries for accreditation, and even change organizational culture. As a means of supporting current leaders in efforts to strengthen libraries, Phase IV of the Leadership Program will provide focused programming on user assessment. Programming will include a 1.5 day training session and provision of $7,500 mini-grants to support implementation of LibQUAL+® at four HBCU libraries.

Leadership Development Webinars for Deans and Directors: To foster leadership and staff development within HBCU libraries, four educational webinar programs will be offered specifically for HBCU library deans and directors. The webinars will focus on strategies, tools, and programs for effective staff development to foster leadership skills. Programs will be designed to increase awareness of the library director’s role in supporting and sponsoring development of leadership among emerging leaders.

Sustainability Planning: The Leadership Program has been a key focus of the HBCU Library Alliance since its founding. Leadership development is recognized by the membership as a priority and an ongoing need. Successful leaders also rely upon the Alliance for continuing support and community networking. The existing Leadership Program is completely grant funded. Future programs need to evolve to a self-sustaining model. To develop such a model, the project staff will work with leaders in the HBCU Library Alliance and at LYRASIS to research needs, identify and assess options, and develop a sustainability plan.

Take seriously the goal of this last round of grant-funded Leadership programming. Let’s work to strengthen HBCU libraries and develop a self -sustaining model for future leadership programs.

Stay tuned for more information on eligibility and application requirements.

Respectfully,

Sandra

SANDRA M. PHOENIX

Program Director

HBCU Library Alliance

sphoenix@hbculibraries.org

http://www.hbculibraries.org/

404.592.4820

Skype:sandra.phoenix1

1438 West Peachtree Street NW

Suite 200

Atlanta, GA 30309

Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis)

Fax: 404.892.7879

http://www.lyrasis.org/

Honor the ancestors, honor the children.

Dillard University Summer 2011 Official Class Rosters are Due Friday, June 24th at 5pm

To: Faculty

From: Pam England, Registrar/Director of Records & Registration

Date: June 22, 2011

Re: Official Class Rosters are Due Friday, June 24th at 5pm

Official attendance rosters should be administered by Faculty in class on Thursday, June 23rd.

Those students who have not completed the clearance process will be purged on Wednesday, June 22nd. Please print an update roster from myDU on Thursday, June 23rd.

Please do not make copies of your roll book.

If you have been assigned to a class you can access your class roster via myDU. If you have not been assigned to your class you can obtain a copy of your roster from the Administrative Assistant in your department. You may also obtain a copy from the Office of Records and Registration located in Rosenwald 116.

Reminder: Checking Attendance is mandatory.

Please indicate “NS” for No Show by the student’s name if they have not been attending class.

Return the printed rosters stating the status of each student along with your signature certifying the rosters are accurate to the Office of Records Registration by 5:00pm, Friday, June 24, 2011.

Check your rosters carefully! Please do not allow anyone to remain in your class who is not on your roster! Send them to the Office of Records and Registration immediately!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me via email.

Thanks so much!

Pam England

Registrar/Director of Records and Registration

Dillard University

2601 Gentilly Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70122

504.816.4871 (Office)

504.816.4391 (Fax)

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Dillard University Official Class Roster Memo_Summer 2011

A List Apart: Findings from the Web Design Survey, 2010

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/findings-from-the-web-design-survey-2010/

June 21, 2011 by ALA Staff

Astronaut Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr. to visit Dillard University campus today and address prep pre-engineering students

Benjamin Alvin Drew Jr., a NASA astronaut and retired Air Force colonel, will address Dillard University’s Pre-Freshman Engineering Program on Wednesday, June 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the Georges Auditorium of the Professional Schools Building. The Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (PREP), a four-week summer session for rising ninth and tenth grade students, is designed to increase the number of women and minorities who pursue careers in the science and engineering professions.

Drew, who was selected by NASA to be a mission specialist in 2000 and has logged more than 600 hours in space, will speak to students on the day of their white coat ceremony. The ceremony is a tradition inspired by medical schools that speaks to PREP students’ dedication to the study of science and engineering.

In February and March, Drew participated in the 39th and final mission of the space shuttle Discovery. On the mission, Drew became the 200th person to walk in space, and the crew delivered Robonaut 2, the first humanlike robot in space, to the International Space Station. In 2007, Drew flew on the 20th flight of the space shuttle Endeavour.

Welcome to the Dillard University Center for Teaching, Learning and Academic Technology Blog!

The Dillard University Center for Teaching, Learning and Academic Technology (DUCTLAT) http://www.ductlat.blogspot.com/ is essential in helping faculty effectively manage technology on and off campus. An important aspect of this initiative is achieved by bringing groups of faculty members together to learn the technology necessary to develop electronic resources for their courses and themselves, while planning and beginning the development of shared curricular materials. Cultivating faculty success at all levels reinforces the University's commitment to build premier faculty learning communities. All faculty, deans and academic administrators play a critical role in creating competitive and productive academic units in which expectations for faculty performance are clearly articulated and professional achievements are recognized and rewarded.

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