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Student and Academic Life Staff Meeting Activity 2/13/20

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). 

Community Conversations: From Blue Skies to Big Bets 1/13/20 + 1/15/20

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.  

Agenda for the Community Conversations: From Blue Skies to Big Bets, winter 2020

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).

Data station one
Data station two
Data station three
Participatory Action Research, the community-based research we’re doing right now to gather ideas for the future of academics at Evergreen!
When considering models for the “Evergreen of 2030,” four components need to be considered
Model example from Larry Geri (just an example, not a final proposal!)
Model example from David McAvity (again, just an example, not a final proposal!)

What model might YOU come up with?  bigbets@evergreen.edu or submit an idea here.