OSU-Cascades Campus
ACADEMIC REPORT FOR 2004-2005
1. 2004-2005 Highlights
a. Programmatic achievements
§ Initiatives in support of teaching
· Professor Candace Brey continued to develop practicum placement policies and procedures in partnership with community schools and agencies and related programs. She taught weekly seminars for all Early Childhood Development and Early Education students which establish stronger connections between theory and practice. Professor Brey completed site visits to 28 early childhood education programs throughout Central Oregon, evaluating quality and appropriateness for our students and monitoring student participation as part of the practicum courses: HDFS 331, 430 and 410. She also worked together with Professor Deb Sellers to improve practicum protocols for ECDE Human Services, and Gerontology Option students taking HDFS 410.
· Professor Deb Sellers has engaged in the following curriculum development activities:
§ received approval from the Sociology Department in Corvallis to offer a required course for gerontology option students, SOC 432: Sociology of Aging, at OSU-Cascades campus;
§ created curriculum for four courses: Field Experience, Critical Thinking, Sociology of Aging, and Special Projects;
§ redesigned curriculum for three courses; (A) Adult Development and Aging, from 16-week course to ten-week course; (B) Mental Health and Aging, from distance course to hybrid course; (C) Professional Helping Skills; alter course after meeting with faculty from Corvallis;
§ created and implemented service learning aspects into courses, including: (A) the participation of students in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk, Successful Aging for Women presentation hosted by St. Charles Medical Center, PACE Community Forum hosted by OSU-Cascades, and the HealthFair at Bend Senior Center; and (B) field trip to Hospice of Bend-LaPine for a unit on dying and death;
§ developed a Guest Lecturer Series, including representatives from: (A) the Central Oregon Council on Aging; (B) the Bethlehem Inn; (C) Bend Parks and Recreation; and (D) the community: a 79-year-old tap dancer and humorist;
§ created a “Summer Series” of courses, entitled Alternative Therapeutic Interventions: (A) each summer, a new course highlighting a different modality, such as animal assisted therapy or drama therapy, will be offered in a week-long, intensive format; (B) course will offer a unique educational experience as it is open to OSU students and to community members interested in gerontology and in earning CEU’S.
· Professor Deb Sellers created and developed the description and mission statement, as well as creating the initial budget and proposal for funding, for a Student Gerontology Association (SGA). She continues as this organization’s Faculty Advisor. The SGA received the entire amount requested from the Student Fee Committee at OSU-Cascades, including full funding for two OSU-Cascades gerontology students to attend the 29th Annual OSU Gerontology Conference in Corvallis.
· Professors Bob Ehrhart and Jim Foster successfully submitted a proposal for a new Perspectives (STS) course, PS 370, Science, Religion and Politics. This course, which is being further developed and implemented by several OSU-Cascades faculty and administrators, is being designed as a transition/orientation course to prepare students transferring from Central Oregon Community College (and other lower-division institutions) to succeed at upper-division work. PS 370 will be launched Fall 2005.
· Major research/scholarship initiatives
· Professor Marla Hacker has submitted a grant to the DOT ($218,444—co-PI), Alternative Organizational Designs for State Transportation Departments.
· Professor Jennifer Sorensen successfully applied for an Oregon State University General Research Fund grant ($9,947) for Mechanisms that regulate absorption of ingested plant toxins in the brushtail possum of New Zealand. She also has two grants under review:
· Agricultural Research Foundation ($9,757), Biochemical mechanisms for pesticide resistance in pest species and implications for novel agricultural practices to reduce pesticide use
· Agricultural Research Foundation ($9,957), The impact of ungulate herbivory, interacting with episodic disturbance, on vegetation quality
· Professor Deb Sellers has submitted a grant application to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Center for Mental Health Service ($1,166,547.00 over 3 years—co-PI), meeting the Mental Health Needs of Older Adults
· Professor Debbie Coehlo successfully applied for two grants to support HDFS programs:
· Tri-County Child Care Grant ($174,050.00), renewal grant to coordinate and expand quality child care services across Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes County to improve access to quality child care for all families
· Depression and Personal Goals in Later Life ($19,904.00—co-PI), Health and Human Services Internal Research Grant
· Professor Amy Hammond was awarded a Technology Resource Fee (TRF) grant of $20,925 for establishment of Student A/V Research Lab at OSU-Cascades campus.
§ Major outreach/engagement initiatives
· Professor Natalie Dollar participates in the following community projects and organizations:
· REALMS Middle School partnership, Bend, OR, working closely with REALMS administration and faculty to design a partnership in which students in her COMM 425: Communication and Youth Outreach course volunteer in REALMS classrooms for 2-3 hours a week/10 weeks. OSU-Cascades students use the volunteer time to assist REALMS instructors and to observe youth communication for their youth communication outreach proposal for COMM 425. This fruitful partnership was awarded an Oregon Public Charter School Dissemination Grant for 2004-05 and 2005-06. As part of the grant OSU-Cascades students meet with the grant director and REALMS teachers to discuss active pedagogy at REALMS. The partnership requires her participation throughout the academic year in planning, implementing, assessing, and revising the partnership for 2005-06.
· Community Dialogue Project, Founder and Project Director—her responsibilities include designing, marketing, and teaching annual Community Dialogue Workshop or CDW (Uniting Our Divided Community, Winter 2005, 2 hours a week/10 weeks), developing outreach relationships with community groups, such as the Tuesday Night Food Security Group (which emerged from the Winter 2005 CDW), and facilitating relationships between OSU-Cascades students and community groups interested in dialogue.
· Human Dignity Coalition, volunteer facilitator, Conversation Cafes, 2004-2005.
· Tuesday Night Food Security Group—group of citizens addressing hunger needs in Central Oregon, met weekly spring 2005, will meet twice a month beginning summer 2005. This group is working toward securing property for a community garden at the Bend Pine Nursery owned by the Bend Park and Metro, working on CALF which seeks to partner “hobby ranchers” with the Oregon Food Bank to provide beef, and working with local charities offering meals to streamline the system and increase hours and times of service
· “In Our Family,” panel facilitator, Diversity Week, 10/11/04
· Volunteer Insights, a community organization focusing on service learning.
· Professor Candace Brey has participated on committees to develop and streamline our double degree (HDFS and Education) at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus. She has also continued to coordinate our community articulation committee, bringing together representatives from Head Start, COCC-ECE, Bend-LaPine Public Schools, OSU-CC and High Desert ESD Programs.
· Professor Brey continues her participation in Rural Links Federal Funded program to increase the number of experts in special education of young children with low incident disabilities in rural areas. Ms. Brey assisted with quarterly seminars this year. She also participates in these community organizations: Partnership for Young Children, Oregon Articulation between Head Start and Higher Education, Head Start Education Advisory Committee, New Generations Board of Directors, and Sparrow Foundation (Consultant).
· Professor Debbie Coehlo participates in the following community and national organizations: Partnerships for Young Children (Chair-Central Oregon), Mountain Star Relief Nursery (Board of Directors Member), Healthy Beginnings (Board of Directors Vice President), National Association for Family Relations (NCFR) Subcommittee: Families and Chronic Illnesses, National Association for Pediatric Associates and Practitioners (NAPNAP) Subcommittee: Child Care.
· Professor Deb Sellers participates on the following community organizations: Central Oregon Annual Gerontology Conference Planning Committee, Central Oregon Council on Aging Strategic Planning Advisory Board, and Central Oregon Adult Day Care Investigation Committee.
· Professor Sandie Brooke participates in a variety of community organizations and activities:
· Juror for Wallowa Valley Art Festival, Joseph, OR
· Board Member, Central Oregon Regional Arts Council
· Board Member, Central Oregon Environmental Center (Board Member, Marketing and Finance Subcommittee)
· Project 2005, Sister, OR
· Advisory Board Member, The High Desert Journal
· Professor Jennifer Sorensen initiated collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management, wherein her Biology of Mammals course contributed to the generation of a species account of small mammals in the Badlands of Central Oregon.
· Professor Amy Hammond participates in the Bend Area Habitat for Humanity Selection Committee.
· Professor Colleen Hill participates on the Education Consortium, a group of ten local and five university education faculty charged with setting the vision for graduate and undergraduate teacher education that will serve the Bend-LaPine communities.
· Professor Jim Foster was an invited Faculty Presenter at the Annual Classroom Law Project Institute, Lewis & Clark Law School, June 26-30, 2005. Foster continues to be a regular monthly guest on “Good Morning Central Oregon,” a local origin cable television public affairs program, commenting on contemporary issues pertaining to law and politics.
· Susan Hopp and (until this month) Jim Foster serve on the Board of the Cascades Center for Community Governance.
§ National/International impact of programs and initiatives
· Professor Candace Brey participated this past year in the Courage to Lead Retreats, with progression into a facilitator role. These retreats explore teaching and leadership concepts developed by Parker Palmer and are offered to cross-professional groups in Central Oregon. Professor Brey attended the Gateway Retreat at Fetzer Institute last June and was selected to participate in the apprenticeship model of the Facilitator Preparation Program. She has co-facilitated introductory sampler workshops this year with a series of retreats currently being planned for educational leaders in Central Oregon for ’05-06. Our hope is to develop a Center for Courage and Renewal at OSU-CC with the assistance of Caryl Hurtig, a national leader in this movement. Preliminary work has begun on developing an HDFS Elective entitled “Courage and Callings” to be offered Spring 2006.
· Professor Marla Hacker continues her ongoing consulting work, focusing on improving management practices in the Public Service in Botswana.
b. Faculty recognition and awards
Professor Sandie Brooke’s work has been exhibited in the following venues and shows:
· 2004 Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery Spring Show (juried)
· 2004 Oregon State University Faculty Exhibition, Corvallis OR
· The Oregon Art Annual, (2 paintings accepted and given awards)
· 2004 Avenida Gallery, group show, Bend, OR
· 2004 24th Annual Desert Conference at the Malheur Field Station
· 2005 Portland Art Museum, Rental Sales Gallery Spring Show (juried)
· 2005 Featured Artist at Wallowa Valley Arts, Festival, Joseph, OR
· 2005 Featured Artist Artslate, Condon, OR
· 2005 One-person Show at Avenida Gallery, Bend, OR
c. Student recognition and awards
· Two commencement speakers were selected via a committee review and selection process
· The first recognition award ceremony for distinguished students in each academic discipline/cluster was held; faculty nominated outstanding students and the award ceremony was held in May.
· The Incidental Fee Committee was established and five students were selected.
· A senior student had a paper accepted for presentation at a prestigious literature conference
· A chapter of Sigma Tau (linked to the chapter at OSU), a national academic honorary organization for transfer students was chartered and an induction ceremony was held for the 13 eligible members.
2. Strategic Plan Implementation
Summary Statement: - The 2004-05 academic year has seen robust growth across all areas for the branch campus. Enrollment growth of 17% plus the addition of new programs have made last year a “turning point” year. I am particularly pleased with the amount of growth that OSU has created as compared to our other partners. We are eager to complete the last year with the Eastern Oregon University partnership. We implemented the undergraduate Education program with plans to add graduate studies in Education in the Fall of 2006.
§ See Addendum for focus areas, initiatives, and activities update
3. Other initiatives and their outcomes [e.g., Faculty/Staff Professional Development Activities]
a. Student Services and Academic Support:
§ 100 % increase in student organizations and student involvement
§ Student Life/New Student video completed
§ Orientation program revised and required of all students- has resulted in drastic reduction of confusion and petitions submitted by students due to lack of knowledge of campus policies and procedures
§ First international Cascades Adventures trip to Mexico completed
§ First Career Fair and other career exploration activities initiated-Coordinator of Career Services hired
§ Incidental Fee Committee created-processes and procedures formalized
§ Personal Counseling Services initiated for Fall 05
§ Peer Academic Advising Program initiated summer 05
§ Tutoring Services to be developed and offered Fall 05
§ Diversity in programming accomplished through “Common Threads” (Performing Arts series) co-sponsorship and student involvement with statewide Diversity Committee.
§ Student Ambassador Program funded and initiated
§ Student Life programming initiated and Student Resource Center expanded
§ Student Life interest survey completed
§ Graduation survey revised, completed and analyzed
§ Community-based learning implemented in 5 courses through Civic Solutions Project resulting in over 500 hours of service-learning
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4. Scorecard
a. Performance on college-level metrics
PREPARE STUDENTS FOR COMPLEX and MULITCULRUAL PROFESSIONAL and COMMUNITY LIVES
Goal: Provide career development, career services and placement services for students
Metric: 25% of Junior and Senior students to participate in Cascades programs
Timeframe: 2004-2005
Goal Achieved by:
A .25 Coordinator of Career Counseling was hired; workshops, class presentations and a successful Career Fair were held. Support was provided by the OSU Career Center. 25% of Juniors and Seniors attended one of the programs. For 2005-06, the Incidental Fee Committee allocated funding to increase the position to .50 and the Coordinator was hired effective July 1. A mission statement and plan for 05-06 for Career Services is in the process of being developed.