Elon University to Host Assessment Conference – June

Registration is now open for the 12th Annual North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) Assessment Conference. This year’s conference will be held June 6 and 7 at Elon University and includes 25 opportunities to learn about assessment practices and processes. 

Darla Deardorff, executive director of the Association of International Education Administrators at Duke University, and a scholar on intercultural competence, is the featured speaker for the conference.  Dr. Deardorff’s keynote is titled, Intercultural competence: Emerging focus within higher education. 

In addition to several sessions on assessment in academic programs and general assessment Elon will be well represented at this year’s conference:

• Evan Heiser (Student Life) and MarQuita Barker (Residence Life) will present on building a culture of assessment in student affiars
• Brandy Propst (Academic Support Services) will present on program review for a first year experience program
• Dan Faill (Fraternity & Sorority Life) will be present on assessment of sisterhood/brotherhood in Greek communities and a session on conducting department self-study
• Kim Fath (Institutional Research & Assessment) is co-facilitating a pre-conference workshop on designing assessment plans

An invitation to attend is extended to all public and private colleges and universities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

For details about the conference and to register see the conference page at http://tinyurl.com/NCICU2016  or contact at the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities