The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
111th
ANNUAL MEETING
December 9-12, 2006
"Excellence and Innovation: Pathways to Success "
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PRESENTATION
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| Responding to System-Wide Disaster |
Presenters: Dr. Teresa A. Summers, Assistant Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs; Dr. William
L. Jenkins, President; and Dr. Charles F. Zewe, Vice President for Communications and External
Affairs, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, LA |
| DATE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2006; TIME:10:30 am |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS III: CS-59; Track 6: Current Issues in Higher Education |
| Location: Destin, Convention Center, Ballroom Level |
Description: Planning is integral to academic institutions of all sizes and types and includes how to respond to disasters. But, planning the response to a disaster of such magnitude that all campuses within a university system are adversely affected was unimaginable, until Fall 2005. Every institution of the LSU System was impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Panelists described how the LSU System assisted all of its campuses to resume operations within days of the storms, shared results of a System-wide assessment of the 2005 hurricane response, discussed preparations made for the 2006 season, and reviewed lessons learned.
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Target audience: The target audience for this presentation includes system, university, college, and
departmental administrators as well as faculty members. These individuals could be from any type or
level of institution, both private and public, and of varying sizes. |
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Salvaging Faculty Development Post-Hurricanes: An E-Conference Looking at Learning Anew |
Presenters: Ms. Barbara Danos, Instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and Dr.
Teresa A. Summers, Assistant Vice-President and Spanier Alumni Professor, Louisiana State University
System, Baton Rouge, LA |
DATE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2006; TIME: 2:15 pm |
| CONCURRENT SESSIONS IV: CS-96; Track 3: The Role of Faculty in Student Learning |
| Location: Osceola 5, Convention Center, Ballroom Level |
Description: Faculty development funds are often limited, and disasters, like hurricanes, can eliminate them completely. Loss of travel funds, post-hurricanes, at many Louisiana universities posed a dilemma for organizers of LSU’s popular faculty development conference, Teaching in Higher Education (T.H.E.) Forum, which had been offered since 1998 in a traditional 2-day, on-site format. Organizers described how they met the challenge by using technology to transform T.H.E. Forum into a 1-day, multi-site, real-time electronic faculty development conference all on the Access Grid®, a first for the Grid® in Louisiana . The LSU System was a co-sponsor of the event. Conference outcomes, participants’ assessments, and lessons learned were shared in the presentation made at the 2006 SACSCOC Annual Meeting.
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audience: The target audience for this presentation includes university, college, and departmental
administrators; faculty development officers; and faculty members. These individuals could be from any
type or level of institution, both private and public, and of varying sizes. Louisiana State University and
A&M College serves more than 33,000 FTE students. |
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Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
Orlando, Florida |
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