This meeting has been cancelled. You can still add feedback to the discussion asynchronously by clicking on the link below:
Thursday, February 25th | 3:15-4:00
Join to continue the discussion about the Olympia Undergraduate School Proposal
Hosted by Steven Hendricks and members of the Standing Committee on the Curriculum
NOTE: Please direct queries about the forum directly to Karen Gaul (gaulk@evergreen.edu).
All students, staff and faculty are invited to join us for a community forum to discuss the new Center for Climate Action and Sustainability on March 3, 1:00-2:30 pm: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/84437004230
The advisory group would like to hear from you:
And much more! These conversations will help us determine the scope of the Center, draft a mission statement, and recruit a Center Director. We hope to launch the new Center in the next academic year.
We would like to hear from you! Please join us on March 3, 2021 at 1:00pm for this exciting discussion!
Sincerely,
Karen Gaul, Larry Geri
and Faculty Climate Advisory Team
Here’s the presentation of the data that was used for the February 12th Faculty Meeting. The data (from all the ideas collected about the “big bets” process) is still being worked with and we will offer updates as they are available. (A friendly reminder that this is a emergent process!)
We have had a robust week of “big bets” updates, including at the Wednesday, February 12th faculty meeting and at the Thursday, February 13th staff meeting for the Student and Academic Life (SAL) division.
The faculty meeting update on “big bets” was led by a group of faculty serving on our Coordinating Group–a big thank you to Carri LeRoy, Karen Gaul, Kevin Francis, and others for putting together a robust discussion and activity centered around all (500+!) ideas received thus far. I hope to post to the website the presentation they put together as soon as I receive it–stay tuned. (Edit: the first iteration of the data presentation is available here. Enjoy!)
The SAL staff meeting was another great opportunity to engage our community in the “big bets” process. Co-chairs Jen Drake and Larry Geri offered process updates, we reviewed the website, and we invited attendees into an activity focused on supporting two populations of potential student populations: “career starters” and “career accelerators” (taken from The Differentiated University). Career starters are 18-24 year old students focused on their professional lives who view colleges as a “stepping stone.” Career accelerators are working adult students who believe college credentials will improve their chances of obtaining higher paying jobs.
Pictures below are the answers generated by SAL staff participants to the question “what are your BEST ideas for supporting” career starters (orange paper) and career accelerators (green paper).
A second round of community conversations was held week two of winter quarter. We had 53 total attendees composed of the following: 23 staff members, 16 faculty, 12 students, and one alum.
Context provided included data on demographic of higher ed (see here and below), the list of ideas that have been collected so far (here), and the timeline for big bets (here).
What model might YOU come up with? bigbets@evergreen.edu or submit an idea here.
Julia Metzker, facilitator
Agenda for the Blue Sky Conversations
Confidence scale used for dot voting
Example ideas generated in small groups
A concise summary of “No Action”
Bring your best ideas to one of the four following “Blue Sky” conversations hosted by the Learning and Teaching Commons during week 9 of fall quarter:
Photo by Kumiko SHIMIZU on Unsplash
What is a BIG bet?
BIG bets have the promise to attract hundreds of students not currently choosing Evergreen; offer opportunities for new revenue streams; and align with future demographic and market trends. BIG bets transcend the scale of new Evergreen academic programs.
What new structures could we create? What new pedagogical approaches should we consider? What exciting new academic areas/fields or combinations of fields could we offer? What new groups of students should we aim to serve?
Take your big idea and make it bigger!
*There will be a second round of Blue Sky Conversations in Winter Quarter, so stay tuned!