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Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5253 USA
(269) 387-0399
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Ann Veeck, Robert Harrison | Marketing | Identification of Interventions to Elevate the Sense of Belonging of LBGTQIA+ Students of Haworth College of Business: A Qualitative Study |
| Anthony Helms, Ajani Wilson | Lee Honors College | Lee Honors College - Assessing College-Wide Student Learning Outcomes |
| Daniela Schroeter, Heather Jach Turner | School of Public Affairs and Administration | The Value of 360-Degree Assessment in Higher Education |
| Marie Moreno | Business Information Systems | BCM Assessment Update Application |
| Wilson J. Warren | History | Developing a Graduate Program Assessment Plan for the Department of History |
| Bonnie Pfingst | Merze Tate College | Gathering Student Voices: A Qualitative Assessment of Learning and Experiences at Merze Tate College |
| Mary Simpson, Chitra Singh, Zee-Sun Yun | Family and Consumer Sciences | Refining Fashion Merchandising and Design Program Assessment Components |
| Anderson Hagler | World Religions and Cultures | Formative Assessment of Writing to Improve Exit Portfolios |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Jessica Cataldo | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs | Aligning Course Learning Objectives and Program Learning Outcomes with Data Visualization |
| Elise DeCamp | Office of Faculty Development | Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Climate Change Faculty Learning Community: From Course Redesign to Implementation |
| Betty Dennis | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs, CHHS Administration | Take a Bite Out of Health Disparities |
| Melinda Koelling, B. Ofori-Amoah, C. Klekar Cunningham, D. Paul, H. Petcovic, L. Borish, T. Kuchta, C. Henderson, D. Kutzko | Mathematics, Geography, Communications, Philosophy, Geology, History, English, Mallinson Inst., World Languages and Literature | Exit Survey Development |
| Michelle Metro-Roland | Haenicke Institute Global Education | Fulbright Foreign Student Program at WMU Assessment of Student Needs & Support |
| David Paul, Olivia Moskot | Department of Philosophy | Philosophy Department's G2C Committee Closing the Equity Gap in PHIL 2000 |
| Chris Robinson | Academic Advising, College of Education and Human Development | The Pedagogy of Real Talk (PRT) within Academic Advising: A Preliminary Study to Improve Student Satisfaction |
| Matthew Ross | Finance and Commercial Law | Assessing Inspera Assessment |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Eva Copija | CELCIS, Haenicke Institute for Global Education | CELCIS Assessment Plan/Process Revision |
| Amy Heath, Carrie Barrett | Physical Therapy | Creating a Culture of Assessment: Building a Sustainable Model for Communicating Results to Guide Change |
| Elizabeth Isidro | McGinnis Reading Clinic, (Special Education and Literacy Studies) | Identifying and Negotiating Learning Needs of Tutors and Tutees from the Lens of Socially Just Literacy Teaching |
| Kathleen Langan | University Libraries | University Libraries Engagement Assessment Plan |
| Veronica Rice McCray | Business Information Systems | ITLC Lilly Online Conference |
| Rena Vanderwall, Kate Lalonde | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Establishing Content Validity for WMU's Special Education Key Assessments |
| Anna Yelick, Dee Sherwood | School of Social Work | Understanding Student Perspective's Around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Within the School of Social Work |
| Zee-Sun Yun, Kelly Weathers, Chitra Singh | Fashion Merchandising and Design (Family and Consumer Sciences) | Curriculum Re-mapping for Fashion Merchandising Program |
| Germán Zárate-Sández | Spanish | Creation and Assessment of Inclusive Pedagogical Materials in the Spanish Program |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Kourtney Bakalyar, Katie Easley | Autism Services Center, Student Success Services | Student Needs Assessment Tool |
| Adrienne Fraaza, Ewa Urban | Office of Student Transitions, Career and Student Employment Services | Assessment Plan and Outcomes Mapping for the Office of Student Transitions in University College |
| Brian Gogan | English | Assessment of the PACE Intervention on Student Writing Quality |
| Janet Hahn | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs | Curriculum Mapping for B.S. in Healthcare Services and Sciences |
| Megan Slayter, Jeremy Blair | Department of Dance | Aligning Dance Student Learning Outcomes within a Vibrant Curriculum through Curriculum Mapping |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Andrea Bau, Steve Booher | Teaching, Learning and Educ. Studies, Office of Student Transitions | Plan It 4-Ward: Assessment of Student Awareness and Engagement |
| Wayne Bond, Ewa Urban | Career & Student Employment Services | Assessing On-Campus Student Employees’ Career Readiness |
| Josh Conley, Kelly Reed | Career & Student Employment Services | Bronco Basic Needs: Assessing Students’ Unmet Needs to Clear Obstacles for Retention and Persistence |
| Allison Grime, Evan Heiser | WMU Signature, Career & Student Employment Services (WMU Signature) | Engagement Through Signature: The Student Perspective |
| Yvonne Jackson, Debra Lindstrom | Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy | Health Mentors Program |
| Bridget Weller | School of Social Work | Students Learn About Racism: Applying Evidence-Based Instruction |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| William Charland | Frostic School of Art | Assessing Creative Growth in the Frostic School of Art |
| Adrienne Fraaza | Office of Student Transitions | CliftonStrengths for Students: Developing Engaged Students and Thriving Students through Strengths Awareness and Development |
| Casey Dornheck, Ramona Meraz Lewis | Education Leadership, Research, and Technology | Creating a Holistic Assessment Process for the HESA: Performance Driven Leadership (PDL) Electronic Portfolio |
| Edmund Tsang, Pablo Gomez | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Collaborative Learning for High Voltage Engineering Education |
| David Schuster | Physics | An Objectives-Mastery System for Course Operations and Assessments |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Betty Dennis, Debra Lindstrom (Hazel) | School of Interdisciplinary Health Programs, Occupational Theraphy | Student Outcomes in HSV 3650: Information Literacy |
| Peter Gustafson | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Does the Past Predict the Future? A Retrospective Statistical Analysis of Lower Level Course Grades and Program Outcomes at Graduation |
| Lee Penyak, Ryan Rounds | Haenicke Institute for Global Education, Study Abroad | Measuring Intercultural Competence of WMU Study Abroad Students |
| Susan Stapleton, Mary Anne Sydlik | Graduate College and College of Arts and Sciences | Assessing In-course Projects and Students Interest in Science |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| D. Eric Archer | Educational Leadership, Research and Technology | Examining Changes in Students |
| Jennifer Collins, Matthew Ross | Finance and Commercial Law and Center for Research and Instructional Change in Post-Secondary Education | BBA Quantitative Skills: Assessing the Prerequisites |
| Edward Eckel | Research and Instruction Services | Topic Generation and Development in the Freshman Research Paper |
| Scott Gaynor, Lisa Singleterry, Sally Vliem, Kristine Gibson | Nursing, Clinical Applications, Psychology, WMed | Assessing Inter-professional Teamwork through Low-fidelity Simulation |
| Hsiao-Chin Kuo, Susan Piazza | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Preserve Teachers Establishing Professional Identities in the 21st Century: A Multi-modal Approach Through ePortfolios |
| Diane Riggs, Cynthia Visscher | Comparative Religion | Applying an Assessment Measurement instrument to Curriculum Mapping |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Kim Ballard | The Writing Center | Assessing Rule-Bound Module Assisted Writing Development |
| Katherine Bates | Office of Student Engagement (Student Activities and Leadership Programs) | Student Learning Outcomes of Involvement |
| Susan Caulfield | Dean's Office, College of Health and Human Services | Assessment at the College Level: Core Competencies |
| Melissa Holman | Dean's Office, College of Education and Human Development | The Effect of Strengths-Based Assessment on College Student Persistence and Retention |
| Cynthia Pietras, Denise Ross | Psychology | Evaluation of the Hybrid Master of Arts Program in Psychology |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Ann Chapleau | Occupational Therapy | Goal Attainment Scaling: An Inter-professional Assessment of Student Learning |
| Katie Easley | Student Success Services | Using the LASSI to Assess Peer Academic Success Coaching |
| Carrie Leatherman | Physics | The Effect of Information Literacy Instruction on Students in the Revamped PHYS 3100 Course |
| Mark St. Martin | CECP/Counseling Center | Investigation of a Career Exploration Course’s Impact on Students Career Development |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Ann Chapleau | Occupational Therapy | Goal Attainment Scaling: Measurement of Student and Teaching Clinics Outcomes |
| Betty Dennis, Andrew Holmes | WMUx (Extended University Programs) | Examining and testing the use of an online orientation |
| Betsy Drummer, Chris Robinson, Geralyn Heystek | Academic Advising, HCoB | Testing the Results of The Phoenix Retention Program |
| Kirsty Eisenhart | Mathematics | Understanding students' abilities to communicate mathematics in developmental mathematics courses |
| Devrim Yaman | Finance and Commercial Law | Standardized Tests and Assessment in the Business School: A Pilot Study |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Laura Ciccantell, Sarah Stangl | Admissions and Advising, CEHD | Charting Their Own Course: Empowering First Year Students to Take Charge of Their Academic Planning and Success |
| Marilyn Duke, Steve Miller, Randy Ott | Center for Academic Success Programs | Developing Rubrics for Assessment in Non-Degree Granting Programs |
| Jennifer Hsu, Tierra Marshall | Office of Diversity and Inclusion | Assessing the Impact of Diversity and Inclusion on Student Diversity |
| Bette Ludwig | Academic Advising, CAS | Intensive follow-up of identified WMU College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate probation students with a minimum GPA of 1.99 or lower to increase retention and academic success. |
| Megan Slayter | Dance | Department of Dance: Student Investment Project Assessment |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Robyn Bowers, Deanna Roell | Exploratory Advising | A Comparative Assessment of First-Year Exploratory Advising Student Learning |
| Elizabeth Bradburn | English | Assessing the Knowledge Base of Students in 3000-Level ENGL Courses |
| James Cousins, Ed Martini | History | Developing Portfolio-Based Assessment for History Students: Phase I |
| Laura Darrah, Marilyn Duke, Toni Woolfork-Barnes | Center for Academic Success Programs | Assessing an Initiative to Improve Student Study Habits |
| Carrie Leatherman, Dianna Sachs | University Libraries | Assessment of Student Learning of Information Literacy |
| Anne Lundquist | Division of Student Affairs | Characteristics, Involvement and Behavior of Academically Successful, Engaged, and Satisfied Western Michigan University Undergraduates |
| Ryan Seiler, Gil Sinclair | Aviation | Using a Tabular Speed Test to Assess Program Success |
| Donna Weinreich | School of Social Work | Developing the School of Social Work's Capacity to Assess Student Learning Using the Council of Social Work Education's Educational Policies and Standards Competencies and Skills |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Kim Ballard | The Writing Center | Creating a Valid and Reliable Writing Center Assessment Using Direct Measures of Student Learning |
| Robyn Bowers | Alpha Program | Using the LASSI to Assist Effectiveness of the Alpha Program |
| Robert Dlouhy | CELCIS, Haenicke Institute for Global Education | Efficacy of the CELCIS Intensive English Program |
| Sarah Summy | Special Education and Literacy Studies | Data, Data, Data, Oh My! |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Glinda Rawls, Toni Woolfork-Barnes | Counseling Center, Office of Student Transitions (First Year Experience Programs) | Does a Linked First Year Seminar and Undergraduate Exploration Course Influence the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Transitional Success of Undecided First Year Students at WMU? |
| Zoann Snyder | Sociology | Assessment and Sociology Seniors |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Carla Chase | Occupational Therapy | Design and Initial Evaluation of a Competency-Based Curriculum for the Occupational Therapy Program |
| Marcia Fetters, Cathe Murphy (Springsteen) | Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Development Administration | Evaluating Professional Preparation in Professional Practice |
| Joyce Walker | English | Assessing Writing and Research Skills and Concepts in ENG 1050 |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Carol Crumbaugh, Kathy Mitchell, Lynn Nations-Johnson | Teaching Learning an Educational Studies, College of Education and Human Development Administration | Measurements of Intern Teacher Growth Based on NCATE Standards |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Robert Balik, Judith Swisher | Finance and Commercial Law | Use Standardized Exam to Assess Learning of Finance Students |
| Jim Eckert, Steve Newell | Marketing | Verifying and Validating the SMB Program Learning Outcomes |
| Melinda McCormick, Yvonne Unrau | Social Work | Developing Social Work's Self-efficacy Model of Student Assessment |
| Elaine Phillips, Evelyn Winfield (Cont. from 2005-06) | Counseling and Testing Center | UCTC Computer Screener: Assessing Needs of Diverse Students |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Jody Brylinsky | Human Performance and Health Education (HPER) | Assessing Cultural Competence in HPER: What Do We Say We Do? |
| Elaine Phillips, Evelyn Winfield | Counseling and Testing Center | UCTC Computer Screener: Assessing Needs of Diverse Students |
| Lisa Whittaker | Aviation | Gender Difference in the Aviation Flight Sciences Program: A Study of Performance |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Patrick Benton | Aviation | Assessment System Development |
| Maira Bundza | University Libraries | Assessment of Library Instruction Outcomes in WMU Undergraduates |
| Cynthia Carver | Teaching, Learning, and Educational Studies | Using Portfolios as Evidence of Student Learning & Program Impact |
| David Hartmann | Sociology | MIS Startup for the Sociology Departmental Assessment Plan |
| Kelly McDonell | Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology | Assessing Student Learning in the CECP Training Programs |
| Name | Department | Grant Title |
| Betsy Aller | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Assessment of Life-Long Learning by Engineering Students |
| Michael Barcelona | Chemistry | Analysis and Refinement of Chemistry Learning Assessment |
| Joyce Kubiski | Art | Quantitative Assessment of Visual Arts |
| Tabitha Mingus | Mathematics | Student Understanding of Proof and Function |
| Rojhani Arezoo | Family and Consumer Sciences | Assessment of Student Learning of Information Literacy |
| Galen Rike | University Libraries | Student and Faculty Ratings of Quality of Library Services |
| Jaclyn West-Frasier | Occupational Therapy | Occupational Therapy Program Evaluation Data Systems |