Tom oversees the university’s distance learning strategy, policies and practices, including program and course design, development, and assessment. In his career, Tom has administered e-learning development for both academic (public and private) and industrial (Fortune 500, government/military) audiences. A regular presenter at academic and industry conferences, he is an award-winning instructional designer, program manager, faculty member, and administrator. Tom and his team recently underwent an LMS review and selection process, including external consultations, vendor demos, comparative feature checklists, pricing, etc. Tom will provide practical advice on process, context, and structure, and lessons learned for an LMS review and selection in this webcast.
With colleagues from the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Michael founded the open access journal Collaborative Librarianship, and he serves as co-editor for scholarly articles. He has been a chair or member of many committees within the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), and he has served on a variety of national and international publisher and vendor library advisory boards. Michael is currently serving as the co-chair of a NISO working group to develop recommended practices for Demand Driven Acquisition of Monographs and as the co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 4th edition. He writes and speaks regularly on strategies for improving academic library collection development practices, including the use of e-books in academic libraries and the development of demand-driven acquisition models.
In Annie’s role, she provides executive leadership and oversight for information resources development and retention as well as for information services, instruction, and liaison services. She has been deeply engaged in moving the library’s collections into a Collection Lifecycle Management Framework and a stronger culture of collection assessment. Annie has worked in a variety of backgrounds, including academic libraries, public libraries, and multinational corporations. Her areas of responsibility have included information architecture, assessment, staff development, license negotiation, and prior art preservation. Annie is also part of the current cohort of the Association for Research Libraries Leadership Fellows program.
Jayne oversees retention programs at ECU, a public institution with over 21,000 undergraduate students. In this role, Jayne coordinates the advising collaborative with over 50 professional advisors, oversees student support programs, and identifies new initiatives to improve retention and graduation rates. Jayne co-chairs a faculty/staff research group at ECU which studies the impact of their Early Alert and Connect process and has presented these findings at regional and national conferences. Jayne has over twenty-five years’ experience in higher education in teaching, advising and administrative roles.
Dr. Elizabeth Coghill is responsible for the establishment and development of the university learning center, including scope of services, new academic support initiatives, program evaluation and assessment, training, national certification, and accreditation. Dr. Coghill currently serves as the President of the National College Learning Center Association’s regional affiliate, the Southeastern College Learning Center Association. Dr. Coghill’s research interests include academic success and advising, retention, persistence, and graduation of special populations including students of color, first generation, economically disadvantaged, and military affiliated students. In addition, Dr. Coghill has been an advocate for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in higher education environments. She has had over twenty-five years’ experience in higher education, business, and job training, serving at Purdue University and Valdosta State University in healthcare marketing and as a Vice President of a Georgia-based service provider of the JTPA job training program. Dr. Coghill holds a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from East Carolina University, Masters in Public Administration from Ball State University, and two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Public Relations from Purdue University.
In his role, John coordinates with ITCS staff for technical support, trains faculty and staff regarding navigating the system, develops informational manuals, responds to faculty and staff questions, and troubleshoots. A critical role for John is working with the Pirate Tutoring Center to encouraging students to seek academic assistance. This is no small task as over 120,000 early alert notifications have been raised by faculty since fall 2011. John has over ten years’ experience in higher education in advising and student support programs. He earned his Master of Science degree in Student Personnel Administration from SUNY at Buffalo State and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Medaille College in Mental Health and Human Services.
Abeer Mustafa manages all aspects of the Department of Housing and Residence Life with the number one goal of student success in mind. She is actively developing thematic housing, living learning communities, and a faculty-in-residence program along with needed facilities improvements and new construction. Abeer previously worked as Assistant Director at the University of Houston for three years. Prior to that she was at Rice University as a General Manager for over six years. Her career in multi-family housing started in 1994 and lead into multi-family development construction. Abeer has 19 years of experience in student housing, property management, strategic planning, facilities, new construction, budget management, and team development solution-oriented change agent for department, division and institutional reorganization. She played a vital role new construction of LEED certified residence hall at University of Houston and Rice University. Other AI Contributions: Podcast: How One Institution is Forecasting Housing Needs and Costs
In her current position, Cindy provides strategic vision, leadership, and direction for all aspects of summer sessions, Joyner Visitor Center, new student orientation, and parents and families services. Under her leadership the university’s summer sessions have undergone a transformation to a student-centered, college-led model that continuously examines how student success might be enhanced by strategically building summer into the university’s overall approach to academics. Over the course of her career, Cindy has been an officer in the state, regional, and national summer sessions organizations. She is currently the immediate past president of the North American Association of Summer Sessions. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from East Carolina University.
Ken was named the university’s vice provost in January of 2013. As vice provost, he provides institutional leadership on issues related to strategic planning and institutional effectiveness and the accomplishment of goals through academic budgets, space plans, and instructional space renovation and improvement. He also oversees the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, the Office of Assessment and Evaluation and the Center for Survey Research. Ken has served Virginia Tech as a university budget manager, finance officer for the provost, and associate provost. Ken has both chaired and staffed multiple committees charged with overall improvement of special sessions operations at Virginia Tech. He holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from Virginia Tech. Other AI contributions: Podcast – Conversations That Matter: Approaching the Academic Calendar More Creatively
Scott L. Warner is a partner in the Higher Education and Labor & Employment Practice Groups and a member of the Executive Committee at Franczek Radelet P.C. Scott focuses his practice on representing both private and public institutions of higher education in a wide range of governance, faculty, student, and general employment matters. He has extensive experience counseling and representing clients in a broad range of compliance and litigation matters, with a particular emphasis on issues arising under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, state and federal privacy and confidentiality laws, and various constitutional provisions. Scott also assists clients with various risk management and compliance issues by assisting with threat assessment teams, reviewing and revising internal procedures and handbooks, and providing educational programming regarding key legal issues facing college and university administrators. Prior to joining Franczek Radelet, Scott was a partner at Babbitt, Land & Warner LLP, a Chicago firm that concentrated in representing colleges, universities, seminaries, graduate schools, and academic medical centers. After starting his legal career as an associate at Sidley & Austin, […]
