Year 2003

Month	Responsible	Activity
Sep	Evelyn Vetter	Assessment Committee Chair sent letter "Assessment Because We Care" to faculty explaining assessment purpose and surveys for HLC Visit
Oct	Dean Dale Law	Distributed "Where are we now?" consisting of assessment processes in place; General Education matrix; the AAHE (American Association for Higher Education) "Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning"; "Assessment Guide"; and Objectives of the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Technology and Career Education
Oct	Faculty Workshop, Craig Albin, Jay Towell, Judy Carr, Kay Garrett, Jeff Huff, Kathy Morrison, Professional Development Committee	Dr. Craig Albin presented "Course Characteristics for Student Learning and Retention”; Jay Towel "Methods of Assessment"; Panel with Judy Carr, Kay Garrett, Jeff Huff, Craig Albin, and Kathy Morrison on "Four Types of Assessment"
Oct	Assessment Committee	Reviewed and made modifications to the employee assessment survey items
Oct	Assessment Committee	Developed "Assessment Planning Processes: Faculty, Programs, and Students" tables
Oct	Assessment Committee, Associate Deans	Faculty survey on instructional assessment methods; Associate Deans wrote assessment summaries for divisions
Nov	Garnett Library Staff	Developed list of assessment books for faculty; offered customized article research on assessment within discipline for faculty; circulated list of CATS (Classroom Assessment Techniques) to faculty
Fall	RAND Corp. CBHE (MO)	Invitation to participate in CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment) instrument which correlates with ACT scores to measure student learning
Nov	Assessment Committee	First issue of assessment newsletter "Valuing Learning" produced; Main article on CATS (Classroom Assessment Techniques)
Nov	Assessment Committee	CAAP (Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency) institution test questions reviewed
Nov	Evelyn Vetter	Condensed HLC report recommendations

Year 2004

Month	Responsible	Activity
Jan	Faculty Workshop, Dr. Carolyn Hopper, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Dr. Carolyn Hopper, of Coordinator of Developmental Studies at Middle Tennessee State Strategies University presented Active Learning Strategies
Jan	Assessment Committee	Examples of Direct and Indirect Assessment Methods were distributed to Assessment Committee; Associate Deans and Department Heads were encouraged to share this information with faculty.
Jan	Assessment Committee	Faculty Challenge to find out about Direct and Indirect Measures are used in their disciplines by end of spring semester 2004
Jan	Dennis Lancaster	NCCSES (National Community College Student Engagement Survey) proposed; Assessment Committee responded to Performance Measures 1.1-1.5
Feb	Evelyn Vetter	Developed Assessment Timeline
Feb	Assessment Committee	Response to NCCSES delayed in favor of MMVAL (Missouri Measure of Value-Added Learning)
Feb	Evelyn Vetter	HLC report excerpts with recommendations and expectations distributed to Assessment Committee
Feb	Dean Dale Law	Assessment funds available in other line items
Feb	Assessment Committee	Voted to prepare resolution for Faculty Senate to identify Faculty Assessment Coordinator, (2) Link assessment results to long-range planning and budgeting, and (3) Ask faculty to research and identify direct and indirect assessment measures for their disciplines.
Feb	Faculty Workshop, Martha Kirker, Roger Sell, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Invited Martha Kirker, Director of the Center for Assessment at SMSU Springfield, and Roger Sell, Director Academic Development Center at SMSU Springfield for presentations on assessment and "The Scholarship of Teaching"
Feb	Assessment Committee	Decided goals: Assessment Timeline; Newsletter; Faculty Senate Resolution Proposal; Subscribe to assessment journals (Library); Investigate other university assessment programs (Jay Dee Martin); Explore a spring faculty workshop opportunity; Recommend assessment speaker for fall faculty workshop.
Feb	Kay Garrett	Researched Capstone Courses at SMSU (Missouri State University) Springfield and possibility of inclusion in West Plains curriculum
Feb	Dean Dale Law, Dennis Lancaster, Evelyn Vetter	Met to coordinate planning and dates for Assessment Timeline
Feb	Dennis Lancaster	Dennis reported on a pilot program for assessing student learning among Missouri's higher education institutions. He recommended that Assessment Committee delay response to the National Community College Student Engagement Survey (NCCSES).
Feb	Cathy Proffitt-Boys	Reported to Assessment Committee that she is working with industry to test students readiness for the workplace
Feb	Joyce DeWitt	Reported to Assessment Committee that nursing assessment methods are developed
Mar	Dennis Lancaster	Attended MMVAL meeting (Missouri Measure of Value-Added Learning)
Mar	Evelyn Vetter	Assessment Timeline and Direct and Indirect Assessment Measures forms distributed to Assessment Committee for consideration
Mar	Jay Dee Martin	Percentage Full-Time Faculty to Per Course Faculty determined for assessment: responsibility: 50.5% of course hours taught by Full-Time Faculty
Mar	Evelyn Vetter	PowerPoint presentation "Countdown to 2007" presented to Faculty Senate on assessment definition, rationale, HLC recommendations, direct and indirect assessment measures, and Assessment Committee goals
Mar	Assessment Committee	Discussed assessment comparison with benchmark schools recently participating in an HLC review
Mar	Dean Dale Law	Recommended Assessment Committee review the MAC (Missouri Assessment Consortium) website, list serve, and Assessment Handbook
Mar	Assessment Committee	Considered development of a faculty assessment handbook as the responsibility of the Faculty Assessment Coordinator when position is decided
Mar	Assessment Committee	Considered development of an assessment website
Mar	Janice Johnson	Reported to Assessment Committee on NADE (National Association for Developmental Education) and the Harvard writing program discussed by Richard Light; Excerpts from Light's book Making the Most of College were distributed
Mar	Evelyn Vetter	Reported to Assessment Committee on Dan Apple assessment workshop at NADE Conference
Mar	Cathy Proffit-Boys, Evelyn Vetter	Co-authored Assessment Support Resolution for presentation to Faculty Senate Proposal enumerated HLC recommendations
Apr	Assessment Committee	Second issue of assessment newsletter "Valuing Learning" distributed on topics of HLC Report Summary and Direct and Indirect Measures of Assessment
Apr	Jill Stephens	Reported to Assessment Committee on the SCT Summit regarding TracDat and iWebFolio assessment software
Apr	Dennis Lancaster	Reported to Assessment Committee on the Missouri Department of Higher Education pilot project which coordinates test scores with ACT
Apr	Janice Johnson	Reported to Assessment Committee that half of a writing program is in place similar to the Harvard writing program with entry writing assessments on file in Academic Support Center
Apr	Rita Fugate	Asked Assessment Committee for consideration of the short and long versions of the CAAP test
Apr	Assessment Committee	Capstone Course planning underway
Apr	Dennis Lancaster	Honors Capstone in place
Apr	Leigh Adams	Reported to Assessment Committee on WI (Writing Intensive) courses at Longview College and pieces of program already existing on our campus
Apr	Dean Dale Law	Reported that Chancellor Kent Thomas agreed to a line item of $5,000 for assessment for FY05 and acknowledged release time and training required for Faculty Assessment Coordinator position
Apr	Assessment Committee	Adopted Assessment Timeline and assessment measures form.
Apr	Dean Dale Law, Dennis Lancaster, Leigh Adams, Evelyn Vetter	Proposed assessment elements: Communicating-to-Learn (later renamed Portfolios); Capstone Course; Standardized Testing; Direct and Indirect Measures (later renamed Course-Embedded Assessment)
Apr	Donna Jones	Made motion at Assessment Committee to accept the four components of the Assessment Plan; Assessment Committee voted unanimously in favor
Spring	Chancellor Kent Thomas, Dean Dale Law, Leigh Adams, Jay Dee Martin, Kay Garrett, Evelyn Vetter	Ad hoc assessment leadership group met to discuss assessment issues. Group consists of Chancellor, Academic Dean, Communicating-to-Learn representative (later to become Assistant Dean), Coordinator of Institutional Research, Chair of Faculty Development Committee, and Chair of Assessment Committee (later to evolve into Co-Chairs of Assessment Committee)
Spring	Jay Dee Martin	Began research on assessment programs at other universities
Spring	Leigh Adams	Continued research on Writing-across-the-Curriculum for Communicating-to-Learn Program
Spring	Evelyn Vetter	Began ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) online course "Assessing Student Learning Outcomes"; began research into library assessment tools for Managing Information goal
Spring	Leigh Adams	Suggested library subscribe to Peer Review assessment journal (now a current subscription at Garnett Library)
May	Faculty Development Committee	Spring faculty workshop on assessment attempted; speakers unavailable
May	Faculty Senate, Cathy Proffit-Boys	Presented Assessment Support Resolution to Faculty Senate; Faculty Senate voted unanimously in support of the Resolution for a Faculty Assessment Coordinator; assessment program development at the institution, program, and course levels; implementation of direct and indirect assessment measures; application of results for student learning improvement
May	Jay Dee Martin	Made motion in Faculty Senate to accept the four Assessment Plan components: Communicating-to-Learn (later renamed Portfolios); Capstone Course; Standardized Testing; Direct and Indirect Measures (later renamed as Course-Embedded Assessment); Faculty Senate approved the Assessment Plan.
May	Faculty Senate	Passed motion to accept the four Assessment Plan components
May	Evelyn Vetter	Attended the Missouri Assessment Consortium (MAC) meeting; brought back information on availability of the EMSAS (Enhanced Missouri Student Achievement Study) to track progress of students who go to other participating Missouri institutions/or previously enrolled in participating Missouri institutions for institutional research.
May	Kay Garrett, Faculty Development Committee	Attempted spring faculty workshop but outside speakers were unavailable. Contacted Dr. Julie Padgett at University of Arizona PEEL (Program to Enhance and Ensure Learning for Students with Disabilities) (information on PEEL at http://www.utc.arizona.edu/projects/peel/index.html)
May	Leigh Adams, Connie Morgan, Karen Ryburn, Evelyn Vetter	Attended International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference
May	Sue Ingram, Jill Stephens, Grayson Gordon, Scotty Manley, Donna Bird, Evelyn Vetter	Attended SCT Banner Conference which included a workshop on assessment software
May	Chancellor	Budget included line item for $5,000 for assessment purposes
May	Evelyn Vetter	Conducted survey of submitted direct and indirect assessment measures (eight full-time faculty and eight per-course faculty replied)
Jun	Leigh Adams	Researched communicating across the curriculum programs for SMSU-West Plains Communicating-to-Learn Assessment Components
Jul	Jay Dee Martin	Developed plan for Course-Embedded Assessment using Critical Traits Analysis of learning outcomes (direct measures) and course-based assessment techniques such as the minute paper.
Aug	Dean Dale Law	Selected Faculty Assessment Coordinator - Jay Dee Martin; Leigh Adams named as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Aug	Communicating to Learn Committee	Communicating-to-Learn Committee formed to develop program; Communicating-to-Learn program is finalized
July	Jill Stephens	Arranged web cast and presented TracDat demonstration to Assessment Committee
July	Jay Dee Martin, Evelyn Vetter	Began development of assessment web page
Aug	Faculty Workshop, Jay Dee Martin, Leigh Adams, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Fall Faculty workshop on "Assessment, the Big Picture." Faculty Assessment Coordinator presented Course-Embedded Assessment at Faculty Workshop and Per Course Faculty Workshop and requested course assessment plans that include direct and indirect measures with a statement of how results were used to improve learning - due end of fall semester, 2004;Leigh Adams presented "Communicating across the Curriculum."
Sep	Faculty	Departments and faculty began work developing learning assessment plans
Sep	Jay Dee Martin	Faculty Assessment Coordinator invited individual conferences with faculty at Faculty Senate meeting
Sep	Kay Garrett, Evelyn Vetter	Met with Dr. Julie Padgett (PEEL Program, University of Arizona) to discuss assessment topics for faculty August workshop and needs assessment for program.
Sep	Nursing Department	Reviewed NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses-Registered Nurses) outcomes to assess nurse graduate performance
Sep	Dean Dale Law, Dennis Lancaster, Leigh Adams, Jay Dee Martin, Evelyn Vetter	Met to discuss and develop a "big picture" of perceptions of the assessment processes and the interrelationships of the components
Sep	Leigh Adams	Reported to Assessment Committee that the Collegiate Learning Assessment(CLA) instrument measures Analytical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, and Written Composition; random sampling will compare UNL classes (incoming freshmen)with sophomores in the AA degree program in spring 2005.
Sep	Jay Dee Martin	Promoted Course-Embedded assessment with faculty; requested representation on Assessment Committee from technical programs
Sep	Assessment Committee	Recognized need to update the General Education Goals and Competencies from CBHE (Coordinating Board of Higher Education) which were later to become General Education Goals and Learning Outcomes; updates needed because of curriculum changes, new programs, changes in UNL 110 to IDS 110 (incoming freshmen orientation course), and Capstone Courses.
Sep	Assessment Committee	Reviewed roles of Assessment Committees as discussed by Cecelia Lopez(North Central Association)
Oct	Dennis Lancaster	Reported that 75 students were in the CLA cohort
Oct	Bill Wagner	Attended chemistry conference and reported to Assessment Committee on Writing across the Curriculum (WxC) in the field of chemistry
Oct	Campus	Long-range planning process began
Oct	Faculty Workshop, Dr. Terri Fife, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Course-based assessment techniques presented by Dr. Terri Fife from PEEL (Program to Enhance and Ensure Learning for Students with Disabilities)
Nov	Leigh Adams	Announced that a writing specialist was to be hired in January and was to work with the Communicating-to-Learn Assessment Component
Nov	Curriculum Committee	Approved the Capstone Course offering for spring 2005.
Nov	Dean Dale Law	Requested last available ACT/CAAP Linkage Report be obtained
Nov	Dean Dale Law	Advised adding a Globalization goal to the General Education Goals and Competencies Matrix; Assessment Committee recommended review of the Matrix begin
Nov	Curriculum Committee	Approved "Topics in Globalization" Capstone Course
Nov	Assessment Committee	Voted to give the CAAP test randomly in two parts to students instead of all students taking the entire four-part test to improve student morale and to achieve more accurate results by avoiding testing fatigue
Nov	Dean Dale Law, Leigh Adams, Jay Dee Martin, Evelyn Vetter	Discussed progress of assessment plan; duties of the Faculty Assessment Coordinator and Chair of Assessment Committee; preparation for report to the Chancellor; and four components of assessment plan
Nov	Jay Dee Martin	Distributed a Guide for Writing Learning Objectives and Assessing Them to faculty; guide includes a detailed rubric for assessing a single learning objective
Dec	Faculty	Deadline to return course/discipline assessment plans to FAC
Dec	Assessment Committee	Distributed third issue of "Valuing Learning" assessment newsletter with progress report on assessment

Year 2005

Month	Responsible	Activity
Jan	Jay Dee Martin	Declared the 2005-2006 academic year "Year of Learning Assessment" at SMSU-West Plains
Jan	Janice Johnson, Academic Support Center	Implemented AIM (Academic Improvement Management) program for early intervention into student academic problems
Jan	Faculty Workshop, Kristen Dallavis, Leigh Adams, Kay Garrett, Dr. Jenny Franklin, Connie Morgan, David White, Brian Burton, Evelyn Vetter and Professional Development Committee	Programs presented: Communicating-to-Learn (Dallavis and Adams); Capstone Course(Adams); Adding Oral Presentations" (Garrett); Assessment (Dr. Franklin);Assessment in History Classes; Portfolios in Business Courses (White);On-line Pedagogy (Burton); Evelyn Vetter gave a one-minute survey to faculty over assessment ideas and concerns
Jan	Faculty	Began implementation of Learning Assessment Plans and collection of documentation, e.g. minute papers, etc.
Jan	Assessment Committee	Reviewed "2003 ACT-CAAP Linkage Report"
Feb	Kristen Dallavis	Began series of four workshops on Communicating-to-Learn; Portfolios will assess Writing, Oral Communication, Higher Order Thinking, Information Management (Literacy) and Valuing
Feb	Faculty Senate	Approved Capstone Courses; University Life (freshman experience) course to be revised to Interdisciplinary Studies course (the Cornerstone Course)
Feb	Dennis Lancaster	Reported 33 freshmen took the CLA. Performance was as expected or better than expected in reference to ACT scores.
Feb	Assessment Committee	Reviewed "2003 ACT-CAAP Linkage Report"; comparison scores
Mar	Dr. Jenny Franklin	Visited campus to evaluate assessment program and presented findings to the ad hoc assessment leadership group and Assessment Committee; visit funded by PEEL grant; Advisor presented recommendations: Develop a strategic assessment plan; Distinguish between levels of data gathering; Take learner-centered perspective on faculty development; Develop linkages of goals and objectives
Apr	Jay Dee Martin, Craig Albin, Connie Morgan, Kristen Dallavis, Richard Piper, Jim McLeane	Attended the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) and the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Conference "Making a Difference in Student Learning: Assessment as the Core Strategy"
Apr	Leigh Adams	Reported that Portfolio and capstone requirements were written into course catalog for fall 2005 for IDS 110 course
Apr	Dennis Lancaster	Reported that 15 students signed up for the CLA. 50 were needed. MDHE is addressing issues with CLA; Capstone Courses will give a medium for testing in the future
Apr	Assessment Committee	Recommended to Curriculum Committee that an assessment statement be placed in Master Syllabi for all courses; all course applications are to address assessment before approval
Apr	Assessment Committee	Members recommended formal statement of Assessment Committee mission, goals and objectives
May	Assessment Committee	Members reviewed videos from the SMSU Springfield campus for usefulness with assessment program
May	Leigh Adams	Reported that information on the Capstone Courses is in the 2005/2006 course catalog
May	Assessment Committee	Planned for faculty Assessment Notebooks for data collection and to provide assessment information to faculty
May	Kay Garrett, Nancye McClure	Attended the PEEL Assessment Conference on "Facilitating Success for Diverse Learners; Awareness, Application, and Advocacy"
Jun	Ad hoc Assessment Leadership Group	Met with Chancellor concerning assessment progress
Jul	Assessment Committee	Continued to meet over the summer; planned faculty assessment notebooks; formalized the Mission, Goals and Objectives of Assessment Committee
Jul	Connie Morgan, Assessment Committee	Reviewed the five fundamental HLC questions for Assessment Committee
Aug	Ad hoc Assessment Leadership Group	Formalized hierarchy of objectives
Aug	Faculty Workshop, Kristen Dallavis, Evelyn Vetter, Craig Albin, Jeff Huff, Judy Carr, Barbara Chilton, Kay Garrett, Marty Townsend and Professional Development Committee	Presentations were given by Kristen Dallavis and Evelyn Vetter on Communicating-to-Learn with library support; Evelyn Vetter presented Information Literacy Competencies; Faculty book panel discussed Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses; Marty Townsend presented the Writing Program at the University of Missouri - Columbia and Writing in Classes; Kay Garrett presented Using Oral Communication in Communicating across the Curriculum; Jay Dee Martin presented on Assessment.
Aug	Kristen Dallavis	Wrote faculty guide for Communicating-to-Learn
Aug	Academic Affairs	The Capstone Course and the Portfolio element of Communicating-to-Learn were included in the course catalog
Sep	Assessment Committee	Approved Assessment Committee Mission, Goals and Objectives
Sep	Faculty Senate	Concurred with Communicating-to-Learn Guidelines
Sep	Faculty Senate	Capstone Committee designated
Oct	Kay Garrett	Professional development survey of faculty
Oct	Faculty Senate	Approved Assessment Committee Mission, Goals and Objectives
Oct	Jay Dee Martin	Faculty Assessment Coordinator asked faculty to have in place linkages between a General Education Goal and course objectives
Oct	Jay Dee Martin	Developed and presented Guidelines to faculty for programs and discipline areas
Oct	Jay Dee Martin	Referred faculty to Critical Thinking skills website
Oct	Ad hoc Assessment Leadership Group	Review of General Education Goals and Competencies postponed until faculty as a whole can evaluate in a systematic plan
Oct	Dean Dale Law	Chief Academic Officer called for department linkage planning during department meeting at fall faculty workshop
Oct	Faculty Workshop, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Presentations were given by Leigh Adams on Portfolios; Dr. Law, Jay Dee Martin, and Evelyn Vetter spoke on Assessment; Jay Dee Martin on "Student Learning Assessment: Assessment Report ECO 155-01" as an example of Course-Embedded Assessment; Jim McLeane presented on the Self Study Committee for the HLC Visit; Division meetings were held on assessment; Discipline areas held discussions and activities regarding discipline objectives
Oct	Dean Dale Law	Appointed members of Steering Committee for Self Study: Jim McLeane, Chair; Kay Garrett, Co-Chair; Joyce DeWitt; Rita Fugate; Jeff Huff, and Anthony Priest. Resource personnel were appointed: Dennis Lancaster, Jay Dee Martin and Evelyn Vetter
Oct	Evelyn Vetter	Developed Assessment Glossary
Nov	Rita Fugate	Reported to Assessment Committee that Faculty Senate voted in concurrence with the Assessment Committee mission, goals and objectives
Nov	Jay Dee Martin	Reported to Assessment Committee that 80% of full-time faculty and seven adjunct faculty participated in the assessment course audits
Nov	Jay Dee Martin	Presented Assessment Plan to Assessment Committee
Nov	Leigh Adams	Reported to Assessment Committee on conferences attended: cWa (Missouri Colloquium on Writing Assessment) and MAWPA (Mid-America Writing Program Administrators)Conference and distributed information on Portfolio assessment to faculty
Nov	Jay Dee Martin	Attended MidAIR (Mid-American Association of Institutional Research) Conference and a MAC(Missouri Assessment Consortium) meeting
Nov	Assessment Sub-committee: Jerry Trick, Judy Carr, Jeff Huff, Leigh Adams, Evelyn Vetter	Met to discuss Portfolio requirements and faculty needs from Assessment Committee for a method to assess the Portfolios
Nov	Jerry Trick, Judy Carr	Presented Portfolio requirements to Faculty Senate
Nov	Jay Dee Martin	Distributed Assessment Plan to Assessment Committee
Nov	Faculty	Four components of Assessment Plan in place: Portfolios; Capstone Course; Course-Embedded Assessment; Standardized Testing
Nov	Assessment Committee	Reviewed CAAP (Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency) test
Nov	Promotion and Tenure Committee	Proposed new Faculty Evaluation Guidelines for inclusion of assessment activities in professional responsibilities
Nov	Dean Dale Law	Approved LibQUAL survey
Nov	Cathy Proffitt-Boys, David White, Brian Burton	Division of Business and Applied Technology and Public Service developed Portfolio General Agriculture Business-Computer Information Emphasis Business-Management Emphasis Business-Technology Management Emphasis Child and Family Development Computer Graphics and Programming Computer Information Systems/Computer Technology Enology Entrepreneurship Fire Science Technology General Education Industrial Technology/Technology Management Emphasis Industrial Technology/Mechanical Drafting Emphasis Law Enforcement Viticulture
Dec	Jay Dee Martin	Assessment Plan Report Submitted by Faculty Assessment Coordinator
Dec	Evelyn Vetter	Began human subjects inquiries for LibQUAL survey on library resources, staff, and services
Dec	Jay Dee Martin	Made plans to speak to Student Government Association (SGA) officers concerning campus assessment activities and to ask for their endorsement
Dec	Jay Dee Martin, Leigh Adams	Wrote and distributed 4th issue of "Valuing Learning" newsletter on Portfolios

Year 2006

Month	Responsible	Activity
Jan	Academic Affairs	Capstone Courses were announced for Spring 2006: CFD 197, CHI 297, HNR 298 and NUR 220
Jan	Faculty Workshop, Kay Garrett and Professional Development Committee	Presentations by Kay Garrett on assessment terminology; John Bourhis on "Hybrid On-Line Course"; Brian Burton and Jeff Huff on "West Plains Distance Learning Update"; Leigh Adamson "Creating Capstone Courses"; Division meetings and Faculty assessment work time
Jan	Jay Dee Martin	FAC asks faculty to build Course Assessment Plans which include one new General Education learning outcome, one discipline learning outcome, and two additional course objectives.
Jan	Jerry Trick	Designs a General Education Goals and Learning Outcomes poster for classrooms and offices
Jan	Self-Study Committee	Begins drafting Self-Study Report
Jan	Self-Study Committee	Sends outline of the Self-Study Report to the HLC
Feb	Jay Dee Martin	Attends SGA Roundtable to discuss assessment program with student leaders
Feb	Self-Study Committee	Receives reply from Dr. Karen Solomon's of the HLC
Mar	Jay Dee Martin	Discusses and requests course release time for the Division Chairs to give time for the full development of the Assessment Program at the discipline and program levels.
Mar	Dean Dale Law	Approves the granting of course release time for Division Chairs and suggests that we should consider paying a summer stipend for them to work on assessment in the summer.
Apr	Dean Dale Law, Jay Dee Martin, Evelyn Vetter, Connie Morgan	Began meeting on the Virtual Resource Room and assessment web page completion
Apr	Jay Dee Martin, Connie Morgan, Jerry Trick, Anthony Priest	Attended a Missouri Assessment Consortium (MAC) sponsored Showcase on Assessment at Central Missouri State University - Warrensburg, MO
May	Self-Study Committee	Completes committee work on the Self-Study Report
May	Jay Dee Martin, Cathy Proffitt-Boys, Judy Carr, Donna Jones, Jerry Trick	Meeting held to plan Division Chairs summer activities with faculty to continue development of assessment process
July	Janice Johnson	Enrolled in a six-week online course entitled "Outcomes, Objectives and Assessment of
Aug	Karen Ryburn	Academic Support Programs presented by the Association for the Tutoring Profession (ATP)