December

• No UAC meetings scheduled
• School of Massage faculty member training on developing learning objectives and evaluation rubrics by the Director, CTLA as a faculty development activity

2004

January, 2004

• New UAC members: Xianhui Yang for MCAOM and Dr. Okokon Udo for Integrative Health and Wellness program
• Establish new goals for UAC – Theme: PLAN-DO-ASSESS-IMPROVE

February

• "A-team Retreat" 1/2 day – Team Dimensions Profiles
• Development of 3 teams for task assignments:
  • RED: University level planning and reporting
  • BLUE: Communication and education
  • GREEN: Assessment implementation – programs, courses, UAC, beyond academics
• Development of University communication plan
• Meeting with Dr. Traina about assessment activities and relationship to institutional effectiveness
• Presentation upon invitation of the President to the University Planning Committee by Dr. Threinen to introduce the assessment theme: PLAN-DO-ASSESS-IMPROVE

March

• Approval of modified communication plan
• Invited presentation on NWHSU Assessment process at the 2004 ACC/RAC Conference
• Development plan for assessment web site
• Representation at NCA/HLC Annual meeting in Chicago: Drs. Sawyer/Threinen

April

• Approval of annual plan and report templates by UAC
• Development and approval of new Assessment logo
• Program faculty participation in the program assessment process
• Additional computer resources provided to one UAC committee member to help facilitate the development of an assessment web-site

May

• New member: Mark McKenzie to replace John Pirog for MCAOM
• Review of the 2004 UAC Assessment Culture Matrix survey of UAC members and indications for assessment program improvement
• Development of faculty focus group process using the Assessment Culture Matrix
• Development and submission of the first program annual assessment plans
• Selection of faculty representatives to the AAHE Assessment Conference in June and pre-view meeting with AAHE participants to help coordinate activities among participants with Noni Threinen
• Review of alumni surveys as prepared by the Alumni Affairs department in a meeting with Debbie Peterson

June

• Implementation of two (2) Faculty Focus groups about University assessment using the Assessment Culture Matrix and a discussion led by Dr. Okokon Udo and Emily Tweed
• Set priorities for remaining University Learning Outcomes and final selection of the next University Learning Outcome: "Critical Thought and Knowledge Acquisition"
• Attendance at Annual AAHE Assessment Conference by University representatives: Chiropractic: T. Erickson, J. Bartlett, R. DeVries; MCAOM: Xianhui Yang; Massage: D. Healey, B. Burgan, K. Mc Mannus.
• Approval of inclusion of University Learning Outcomes on every on-line class syllabi by the Academic Council

July

• Report to faculty and campus community on the Annual AAHE Assessment Conference by three (3) chiropractic program faculty members
• Report by Dr. Udo to UAC on results from faculty focus groups
• Development of draft for "information Card" for students and other constituents of the campus community
• LiveText demonstration for on-line portfolio/assessment software system
• University Learning Outcomes included on every on-line course syllabus

August

• Summary and review of program Annual Assessment reports
• Summary and review of the University Assessment Program and University Annual Assessment report

• Assessment bookmark for every student designed and approved by the UAC
• Anita Manne led work on website development
• Annual Reports for BS in Human Biology, Massage Therapy, MCAOM and Chiropractic approved by UAC
• The Annual Assessment Progress report was introduced as a way to communicate directly with all campus constiuencies on the progress of the University Assessment Program
• Mary Berg was named a member of the UAC
• Dr. Hulbert agreed to provide support for creating staistical reports for assessment-related data, specifically support with learning outcomes
• The UAC decided that the 2004 Program Annual Assessment reports be completed by March 15th of each academic year to coincide with the planning and budget cycle
• The University Annual progress report was distributed to the campus community

• Faculty repsentatives from each program were added added to the UAC so that faculty could be more involved with the assessment process. (New members: Dr. Kren McManus, Dr. Renee DeVries, and Dr. Don Eggebrecht. The student representative, Tony Wangerin, will remain on the committee.)
• The Annual Program Progress Reports were distributed to the Curriculum Committee coordinators
• The Assessment website was launched

• New committee members met with the UAC for the first time and brainstormed new ideas and methods of introducing assessment to faculty at the classroom level

2005

• Faculty committee members began implementing assessment tools in their classes in order to pilot their use and report to other faculty members based on their own experiences
• The UAC decided to use the University Assessment website to make information from the University Assessment plan and UAC meeting minutes available

• Focus groups were set up with students and administration to begin the assessment process for the University Assessment program

• Five faculty members attended the NCA/HLC Annual Meeting (April 10-12). (Attendees: Dr. Pat Casello, Dr. Renee DeVries, Dr. Anita Manne, Dr. Linda Bowers, Dr. Ryne DeVries, Dr. Charles Sawyer, and Dr. Noni Threinen)

• Faculty members of the UAC presented assessment techniques to other faculty at a Brown Bag Session
• Dr. Pat Casello was added as a new member of the UAC

• "Bring a Friend" campaign was discussed as a way to bring additional faculty members to UAC meetings to get more faculty members engaged in the assessment process

• Several University faculty and administrators attended the IUPUI Assessment Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Attendees: Dr. Bill Elkington, Dr. Jason Bartlett, Dr. Michael Wiles, Phaedra Johnson, Dr. Noni Threinen)

• The Deans and Provost were invited to the UAC Assessment meeting to review the UAC recommendation for improved program assessment

2006

• Susan Hatfield, PhD, visited Northwestern Health Sciences University as a program assessment consultant. She met with the UAC, the Program Deans, Dr. Sawyer and Dr. Threinen. She prepared an evaluation report on the assessment program based on her observations and interviews

• Program Deans were added as ad hoc members to the UAC for the development of criteria for the University Learnig Outcomes

• UAC members completed their evaluations fo the three Program Annual Assessment Reports based on common criteria

• University Learning Outcome #7 (Critical Thinking) criteria were completed
• Small task groups were formed to establish drafts of criteria for the remaining University Learning Outcomes

• Generic criteria were established for University Learning Outcomes #3 (Ethics and Moral Reasoning), #4 (Individuals, Communities and Cultures), and #5 (Service to Community)