August 2013 Program Meetings

While September always starts off a new school year, August is always busy month for Faculty in the Behavioral Science program as they work to get ready for the upcoming Fall semester. This week they've been meeting upstate and downstate to discuss what's new, what's going on, the results of outcomes assessment data, and planning for new courses and assignments. 

We began with reviewing the Wilmington University Mission Statement, which can be found under the "About" tab in the yellow bar on the Wilmu homepage. Then go to "More" and voila! there is the Mission Statement. Faculty were asked, "How does this mission statement translate into what you do in the classroom?" As an open enrollment institution, we realize that we have our work cut out for us, and we also realize that it is our job to maintain academic quality and academic integrity. 

Besides the usual Wilmu updates, we also focused attention on how to better helps students be successful in doing those dreaded group projects. 

Faculty agreed that in almost every job, workers have to work in groups to accomplish tasks and achieve the organization's goals. 

In groups, the faculty  brainstormed ideas for how to make group projects more productive, and how to help students be more successful. 

Our goal is to develop a guide for faculty in how to manage and for students in how to be successful in group projects. So... STAY TUNED!