4th Annual Northern Nevada Higher Education Assessment Conference
Building Your Assessment Toolkit
February 10, 2006
Co-sponsored by the Assessment Staff of TMCC, WNCC, & UNR
Conference Program
(Download Conference Presentations as .pdf)Keynote
Strategies for Implementing and Sustaining Assessment (Digital version NOT available)
Trudy Banta - Vice-Chancellor
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
First Morning Concurrent Sessions - 10:00 to 11:00
Assessment in Student Affairs from the Regent's, Legislative, & National Perspectives (Track #1)
Jane Nichols - Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Tyler Trevor - Assistant Vice Chancellor
Nevada System for Higher
Assessment to Promote Student Learning (Track #4)
Bill Thornton, George (Gus) Hill, & Jane Usinger - Educational Leadership
University of Nevada, Reno
Building an Assessment Program for Administrative & Support Areas from the Ground Up (Track #3)
Tracy Viselli - Institutional Research
Western Nevada Community College
From Portfolios to Useable Assessment Data:
How Assessment Data are Compiled & Made Useful for Decision Making (Track #3)
Vernon Luft - College of Education, Associate Dean
Nancy Horvath - College of Education, Advising Center
Margaret Ferarra - Curriculum Teaching & Learning
University of Nevada, Reno
Predictors of Six-Year Graduation Rates among First Year Experience Completers and Non-traditional Students (Track #4 ) Karen Kopera-Frye -Human Development and Family Studies
Steve Cavote - Office of University Assessment
University of Nevada, Reno
Second Morning Concurrent Sessions - 11:15 to 12:15
Keynote Discussion - Trudy Banta Conducted a Question & Answer Session on the Keynote Topic - No Materials
Trudy Banta - Vice-Chancellor
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Assessing Assessment in Student Affairs Programs (Track #1)
Virginia Moore, Heather Turk, Lourdes Gonzales, Steve Calhoun, Cathy Choi-Pearson, Sally Morgan, & Steve Cavote
Assessment Strategies Implementation Team -
University of Nevada, Reno
Linking Classroom Assessment Techniques to the Research on How Students Learn (Track #2 )
Barbara Millis - Excellence in Teaching Program
University of Nevada, Reno
Using Curriculum Mapping to Re-Align the Curriculum (Track #3)
Karen Kopera-Frye, & Jeanne Hilton - Human Development and Family Studies
John Mahaffy - Office of University Assessment
University of Nevada, Reno
Using Internet Based Surveys to Conduct Assessment (Track #4)
George (Gus) Hill, Bill Thornton, Jane Usinger, Sandie Spoering, & Steve Cavanero - Educational Leadership
University of Nevada, Reno
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions - 1:45 to 2:45
Portfolios: Pitfalls and Possibilities ( Track #4)
Trudy Banta, Vice-Chancellor
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Building Assessment into Your Student Leadership Program: A Theory to Practice Approach ( Track #1 )
Claire Yurovchak & Robert Morin - Student Activities
Western Nevada Community College
Classroom Assessment in Mathematics
(Gail's Handout) (Track #2)
Gail Ferrell - Mathematics
Truckee Meadow Community College
Using Reflection as Strategies for Student Assessment & Program Evaluation ( Track #2 )
Deborah Loesech-Griffin - Center for Program Evaluation & Partnership Development
University of Nevada, Reno
Assessing General Education: An Institutional Dilemma and How It Is Being Handled (Track #4)
Jowel Laguerre, VP for Academic Affairs
Armida Fruzetti, Chair of Social Sciences
Truckee Meadows Community College
