NISOD Member Colleges Celebrate National Community College Month Every year, April is a time to shine a spotlight on community colleges and all they do to serve their students and their communities. The past two years have seen dramatic shifts in how education is delivered, but one thing has remained constant: Community colleges [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 8 | April 28, 2022 “And Scene!” Using Best Practices From Institutional Assessment Processes to Enhance Virtual Learning Experiences In 2019, more than 170 faculty and staff gathered at a design thinking session at Tallahassee Community College (TCC) to answer the following question: How might TCC redesign its [...]
Building Instructional Immediacy in the Online Classroom As colleges rapidly deployed online instruction in the wake of the pandemic, instructors struggled to connect meaningfully with students. Traditional methods of instruction, we learned, are not always transferable to the online classroom. Immediacy, however, is one approach that works well in-person and online. Immediacy is [...]
Positive Impacts of Bridge, Dual Enrollment, and Support Programs for All Students: Foundations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion In the face of the pandemic and a decline in college enrollment numbers, it is now more important than ever to build bridges and create support systems for students. This webinar focuses on identifying the [...]
Plan for the Future: How an Estate Plan Puts You in Control This session focuses on strategies you can use to care for the people and things you love and how to leave a lasting and meaningful legacy. Glenn Kent works as a financial advisor with Ameriprise. He earned an associate degree while [...]
PRESS RELEASE: 2022 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2022 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners Austin, Texas – April 19, 2022 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is proud to announce the winners of its 2022 Scott Wright Student Essay [...]
PRESS RELEASE: NISOD Announces 2022 Student Graphic Design Winner For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2022 Student Graphic Design Winner Austin, Texas, April 19, 2022 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announced that Javier Zamarripa, a student at Wake Technical Community College (NC), is the winner of the 2022 Student [...]
The NISOD Papers Issue No. 24 • April 2022 In “Creating Certificates to Advance the Liberal Arts,” Terry O’Banion, Senior Professor of Practice, Kansas State University, and President Emeritus, League for Innovation in the Community College, explores the importance of credentials in liberal arts programs at community colleges. Download the article below: [...]
Volume XLIV, No. 7 | April 14, 2022 Incorporating DEI Into Visual Arts Arts and humanities textbooks contain beautiful images, but the art canon taught in community and technical colleges remains mostly Western. This poses a challenge to instructors who wish to teach courses from a non-Western or global perspective, and [...]
Career and College Promise: Helping Students Be All They Can Be! This webinar describes the Career and College Promise (CCP) Team and its impact on student success. By offering support before, during, and after enrollment, the CCP team holistically serves each student and develops a symbiotic relationship with local high schools. Nash Community [...]