SACS重申小组将于4月6日至8日访问

VALDOSTA -- Representatives with the Southern Association of 大学 and Schools (SACS) Commission on 大学 will visit 365bet中文 April 6-8, as part of the reaffirmation 过程，每十年发生一次. 最后的确认 confirmation is anticipated by the SACS Commission on 大学 in 2010年12月.

重申过程的一个主要方面涉及 development and implementation of a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Valdosta State selected the QEP “本科 Engagement in Discipline-Based Inquiry,” which will focus on opportunities for 教师和本科生参与(FUSE).

“FUSE provides students with focused opportunities for engaging in faculty research and scholarly activities appropriate to the 纪律。. 克里斯蒂娜·克拉格，总统助理 战略研究与分析. “通过开放、竞争 process that valued broad-based involvement in the QEP, a call for 建议s was issued for innovative projects that achieve the QEP goals and articulate their own student-learning outcomes and 评估.”

The projects will involve a paradigm shift to reinforce the message that research is performed in more places than a traditional 实验室. 工作的前提是不是所有的研究都是 conducted within a conventional 实验室 setting, individual projects were selected to provide students with opportunities to conduct research and scholarly activities appropriate to their 选择学科.

The six projects are varied and include research in the areas of anti-cancer drugs, military history, nursing and healthcare, child and adult language analysis, kitchen designs for the elderly, and 拉美裔移民在美国的社会不平等.S. and 墨西哥边境.

“We selected six projects that first and foremost would have the greatest impact on undergraduate student learning,” said Dr. 詹姆斯 LaPlant, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “My hope is this will become part of the educational fabric of this institution’s culture and faculty members will routinely consider projects that will engage the undergraduate student in a positive 研究经验.”

LaPlant, who chaired the second phase of the QEP task force, said the QEP project will open the door for students working towards 研究生院录取.

“A positive undergraduate 研究经验 may open a student’s thinking to the possibilities of graduate school,” LaPlant said. “Possibly first generation college students, who never thought about extending their undergraduate experiences, will discover during the process of inquiry that they want to pursue a graduate 学位和扩大他们的研究机会.”

Dr. Karla Hull, interim assistant vice president for Research and dean of the 研究生 School, is responsible for monitoring the progress of each project and assisting the project coordinators 通过测量每个项目中确定的结果 建议.

“Each project will have its own specific learning outcomes and 测量结果的方法，”赫尔说. “这个项目 coordinators will be responsible for gathering the necessary 基线数据.”

本科 students will gain specific research 技能, especially within their chosen discipline, and the success of each project will focus on how well each student applies those 技能.

“这个项目s will give undergraduate students confidence in their ability to perform higher level quality academic work,” Hull said. “Students will gain specific research 技能 and enhance their 解决问题的分析思维过程.”

The SACS reaffirmation team will review Valdosta State’s QEP 项目(FUSE). 这些项目是 计划于2011年开始，资金由 大学计划及预算委员会.

以下六个FUSE项目被选中:

1. Cutting Edge Cancer Research with 本科s: 本科 students will work to produce economical and effective medicinal 作为抗癌药物进行试验的药剂. (Dr. 托马斯。 曼宁(化学系)

2. Summer Archival Field Experience in History: 本科 students will learn how to conduct archival research in military 有历史和档案领域的经验，在美国.S. Army 文物教育中心. (Dr. 约翰·邓恩，系 历史)

3. Preparing Scholars of Tomorrow to Effectively Analyze Language Sample Data for Parent-Child Turn Taking: 本科 students will collect and analyze language samples of child-parent dyads, learning how to conduct ethical research, review literature, 收集数据，并进行数据分析. (Drs. 玉H. 露丝·H·科斯顿. 斯通斯特里特和科琳C. Myers-Jennings, 传播科学与障碍系)

4. Evidence-Based Practice Strategies for Nursing and Health Care: Nursing students will work with nurse researchers in clinical settings, generating evidence-based clinical questions in collaboration with nurses and health care professionals involved in 临床研究项目. (Drs. 莫拉·施莱雷特，安妮塔·赫夫特和 梅丽莎·本顿，护理学院)

5. Discovering Unrealized Generational Differences in Kitchen Design Preferences between Next-Generation Interior Designers and Current Resident-Users: Interior design students will research the differences between kitchen layouts in assisted living residences designed by interior design students and those designed by residents, developing research-supported methods for inquiry into 室内设计实践的过程和结果. (杰西卡 戈德史密斯，艺术系)

6. Investigating Social Inequalities of Hispanic Immigrants through the U.S.-Mexico Borderland Experience: 本科 students will engage in qualitative research via ethnographic interviews and participant observation, examining the social construction of race, gender, class, and ethnicity and the impact of globalization on the 埃尔帕索-华雷斯城边境地区. (Dr. Tracy Woodard-Meyers 妇女和性别研究系，和博士. 凯瑟琳·J. 施密特和沙尼P. 格雷，人类学系社会学教授 及刑事司法)

For more information, students should contact their academic 顾问或访问QEP网站 www.瓦尔多斯塔.edu/qep