Nancy Burney
Robert Jordan
Tonya Jones
Joan Dominick
David Schmidt
Partners then meet at least five times during the semester at places and times of their choosing. Examples of partner activities include going for a walk, talking over a cup of coffee or lunch, or attending a campus event.
4. Senior Seminar (KSU 4401) is coordinated by Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick, an award-winning college educator. Developed in 1990 by President Emeritus Dr. Betty Siegel, this course is an innovative experience for students preparing for the transition out of college.
The Senior Seminar assists students as they move on to post-university life and provides them with the opportunity to reflect on and provide closure to their collegiate experience. Through this course, students are able to demonstrate the proficiencies they acquired through their academic careers, develop the skills necessary to successfully transition to and navigate post-university life, gain greater understanding of the civic and social responsibilities of being college-educated global citizens, and connect with KSU in an ongoing alumni relationship.
5. The Learning Support Program provides academic support to students whose entrance and placement scores indicate that they require remedial instruction before enrolling in credit-bearing courses.
According to Tonya Jones, learning support program coordinator, “The program offers academic assistance to those students whose test scores indicate they need additional support in English and mathematics.” Placement into learning support courses is determined by the Office of Admissions. Learning support is being transformed at the state level to include both foundation-level instruction as well as co-requisite support classes. Foundation courses are one semester, stand-alone classes that focus on preparing students for success in entry-level college courses. Students in these courses participate in co-requisite instruction that provides academic support and assistance while they are taking the entry-level courses in English or mathematics. Some students place directly into co-requisite coursework. Students exit learning support when they successfully pass the entry-level course.
habit of archiving, assessing, and sharing their learning by creating a portfolio to honor, understand, and connect their learning from self to global society for the betterment of both.”
According to Dominick, “Students develop the life-long learning