One year ago… Only a year ago… A year ago I wrote a grant for AmeriCorps*VISTA funding through Oregon Campus Compact to launch the Marylhurst Service Program. We received funding. We posted the job description. And we hired someone great! And now, one year later, we are launching our first major campus-wide service activity, the [...]
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Spring Into Service
Posted in Change, Community, Mission, Service, tagged AmeriCorps, CampusCompact, highereducation, Marylhurst, Service, time on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Another Perspective
Posted in Adult Learners, Blogs, Community, Friends, Higher Education, Life, Mentoring & Peer Coaching, tagged adultlearners, blog, Community, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst on March 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For another perspective on This Could Have Been At Marylhurst: Stephanie’s Community is where you find it. N-I-C-E!!!
This Could Have Been At Marylhurst
Posted in Adult Learners, Goals, Learning, Mentoring & Peer Coaching, Professional Development, tagged adultlearners, coaching, help, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, mentor, problemsolving, reflection on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Remember back a few posts ago when I said that sometimes we need help to learn? And it’s true that most times, as adults, we don’t want to ask for it. Which is silly, right? Right?! RIGHT??!?!?! Well, a student shared this video with our Mentoring and Peer Coaching class last night. She thought it [...]
It’s About So Much More Than Credit
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on March 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, published a study last week about PLA — Prior Learning Assessment. What is PLA? Here’s a nifty synopsis of it from the Introduction to the study: Prior Learning Assessment, or PLA, is another important and often overlooked strategy for helping adults progress towards a degree. PLA is [...]
Looking Forward
Posted in Accreditation, Assessment, Dean Stuff, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, Work, tagged Assessment, deanstuff, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, Teaching on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looking forward. That’s what I am doing, like the Montgomery Improvement Association. I think, in effect, an “Improvement Association” is what our Assessment Committee has defined in our creation of the Marylhurst Assessment Program. A few weeks back, I read a white paper written by Peter Ewell (aka “The Assessment God”) titled Assessment, Accountability, and [...]
Welcome To My Workplace
Posted in Work, tagged Marylhurst on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of my creative colleagues recently put together this video of Marylhurst University – it’s a virtual tour, and I think it totally captures the beauty, history, and ethos of this place. Every day when I come on to campus, I am thankful that I get to have these buildings and grounds surround me.
Add It Up: 45 Credits Of Prior Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Life, Literature, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Life, Literature, Marylhurst, PLA on October 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Barbara Eckroad recently submitted her PLA Portfolio for the maximum number of credits allowed — 45! For Barbara, all of that life experience has added up — big time! Congrats Barbara! Barbara is an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in English, Literature & Writing, Media Studies, and Religious Studies. The topics she wrote for were: [...]
Mentoring & Peer Coaching
Posted in Mentoring & Peer Coaching, Teaching, tagged coaching, Marylhurst, mentor, Teaching on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This coming Winter term I will be teaching a new course for our Education department in the Teacher Leadership certificate program called Mentoring & Peer Coaching. In addition to my “other” job (oh – and this other job too!), I am busy thinking about the course schedule, reviewing texts, reading articles, and creating the syllabus. [...]
Partners in Service: AmeriCorps & Marylhurst
Posted in Higher Education, Mission, Service, tagged AmeriCorps, highereducation, Marylhurst, Service on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This fall we have two new AmeriCorps volunteers working at Marylhurst, and I want to share some information about their programs as well as about our university’s partnership with AmeriCorps. First – what is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps helps communities meet their education, public safety, human or environmental needs through service. Olivia Yeung is our new Alumni [...]
Becoming More Cognizant Of Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on July 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Chip Brinks just completed a 33-credit Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio! Chip, a Real Estate Studies major from Southern California (with extensive experience in the Real Estate industry), wrote for the following topics: BA 238: Sales / Selling as a Profession RE 140: Intro to Property Management RE 155: Intro to Escrow MSD 117 and 161: [...]
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