Western Michigan University offers grants to faculty and staff to help support outcomes assessment efforts within their departments, units and programs. In particular, the grants are intended to promote improvements in teaching, learning, as well as curricular and co-curricular program delivery and enhancements. They provide directed support for initiatives that promote and are informed by student learning and development, for the purpose of continuous improvement and success. Recipients are asked to present their project findings in a public presentation, which normally takes place each spring
Presentations from 2023
Aligning Course Learning Objectives and Program Learning Outcomes with Data Visualization, Jessica Cataldo
Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Climate Change FacultyLearning Community: From Course Redesign to Implementation, Elise DeCamp
Take a Bite Out of Health Disparities, Betty D. Dennis
Exit Survey Development, Melinda Koelling, Cynthia Klekar, Todd Kuchta, Heather Petcovic, and Linda Borish
Fulbright Foreign Student Program at WMU Assessment of Student Needs & Support, Michelle Metro-Rolland
Assessing Inspera Assessment, Matthew Ross
Presentations from 2022
CELCIS Assessment Plan/Process Revision, Eva Copija
Creating a Culture of Assessment: Building a Sustainable Model for Communicating Results to Guide Change, Amy Heath and Carrie Barrett
Identifying and Negotiating Learning Needs of Tutors and Tutees from the Lens of Socially Just Literacy Teaching, Elizabeth Isidro
ITLC Lilly Online Conference, Veronica Rice McCray
Establishing Content Validity for WMU’s Special Education Key Assessments, Rena VanDerwall and Kate LaLonde
Understanding Student Perspective’s around Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the School of Social Work, Anna Yelick and Dee Sherwood
Curriculum Re-mapping for Fashion Merchandising Program, Zee-Sun Yun, Kelly Weathers, and Chitra Singh
Creation and Assessment of Inclusive Pedagogical Materials in the Spanish Program, Germán Zárate-Sández
Presentations from 2021
Student Needs Assessment Tool, Kourtney Bakalyar and Katie Easley
Closing the Text Equity Gap: Using the Writing PACE Meeting to Increase Writing Practice and Performance, Brian Gogan
Curriculum Mapping for B.S. in Healthcare Services and Sciences, Janet Hahn
Aligning Dance Student Learning Outcomes within a Vibrant Curriculum through Curriculum Mapping, Megan Slayter and Jeremy Blair
Presentations from 2020
Plan It 4-Ward: Assessment of Student Awareness and Engagement, Andrea E. Bau, Steve Booher, and Fanny Hernandez De Alvarez
Assessing Student Needs to Clear Obstacles for Retention and Persistence, Josh Conley and Kelly Reed
Engagement Through WMU Signature: The Student Perspective, Allison Grime and Evan Heiser
Health Mentors Program, Yvonne Jackson and Debra Lindstrom
Assessing Student Employees' Career Readiness, Ewa Urban and Wayne Bond
Students Learn About Trauma and Black Adolescents: Integrating Evidence-Based Instruction, Bridget Weller and Winifred Wilson
Presentations from 2019
Assessing Creative Growth in the Frostic School of Art, William Charland
CliftonStrengths for Students: Developing Engaged and Thriving Students through Strengths Awareness and Development, Adrienne Fraaza and Ewa Urban
Collaborative Learning for High Voltage Engineering Education, Pablo Gomez and Edmund Tsang
Graduate Student Success: Developing a Holistic Assessment Process for the Electronic Portfolio Using the ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas, Ramona B. Lewis and Casey Dornhecker
A Rather Different ‘Operating System’ for Courses, Learning and Assessments — a Formative, Objectives-Mastery, Modular System (FOMMS), David Schuster
Assessing the Assessors: Potential Barriers to Engaged Writing Assignments, Lisa Singleterry and Susan L. Caulfield
Presentations from 2018
Examination of Student Outcomes in HSV 3650: Information Literacy, Betty D. Dennis and Debra K. Lindstrom
Does the Past Predict the Future? A Retrospective Statistical Analysis of Lower Level Course Grades and Program Outcomes at Graduation, Peter A. Gustafson
Assessing In-Course Projects and Students' Interest in Science, Heather Kasper, Mary Anne Sydlik, and Susan R. Stapleton
Measuring Intercultural Competency of WMU Study Abroad Students, Lee Penyak and Ryan Rounds
Presentations from 2017
Examining Changes in Students' Intercultural Development in Student Affairs Professional Preparation, D. Eric Archer
Topic Generation and Development in the Freshman Research Paper, Edward J. Eckel
Pre-Service Teachers Establishing Professional Identities in the 21st Century, Hsiao-Chin Kuo and Susan Piazza
BBA Quantitative Skills: Assessing the Prerequisites, Matthew Ross and A. Michelle Wright
Assessing Inter-Professional Teamwork Through Low-Fidelity Simulation, Lisa Singleterry, Sally Vliem, Kristine Gibson, and Scott Gaynor
Presentations from 2016
Assessing Students Rule-Bound Writing Development, Kim Ballard
Student Learning Outcomes of Involvement, Kate Bates
Assessment at the College Level: Core Comptencies, Sue Caulfield
The Effects of Strengths-Based Curriculum on First-Year Students, Melissa Holman
Evaluation of the Master of Arts Hybrid Program in Psychology, Denise Ross and Cynthia Pietras
Presentations from 2015
Goal Attainment Scaling: An Interprofessional Assessment of Student Learning, Ann M. Chapleau, Jennifer Harrison, Kathryn Hillenbrand, Edward Roth, and Kimberly Searing
Using LASSI to Assess Peer Academic Success Coaching, Katie Easley
Effect of Information Literacy Instruction on Students in the Revamped PHYS 3100 Course, Carrie C. Leatherman and Christopher Hoffmann
Investigation of a Career Exploration Course's Impact on Student Career Development, Mark St. Martin, Adam Osborne, Shaakira Jones, and Michael Bobbitt
Presentations from 2014
Goal Attainment Scaling: Measurement of Student Learning and Teaching Clinic Outcomes: Program Evaluation in Progress, Ann M. Chapleau
Examining and Testing the Use of an Online Orientation, Betty D. Dennis
Understanding students' ability to communicate mathematics in developmental mathematics courses, Kirsty Eisenhart and Amy Galick
The Phoenix Project: An Intrusive Retention Initiative for At-Risk Students, Geralyn Heystek, Betsy Drummer, and Chris Robinson
Standardized Tests and Assessment in the Business School: A Pilot Study, Devrim Yaman
Presentations from 2013
Charting Their Course: Allowing First Year Students to Take Charge of Their Academic Success, Laura Ciccantell and Sarah C. Stangl
Developing Rubrics for Assessment in Non-Degree Granting Academic Programs, Marilyn Duke and Steven Miller
Intensive Follow-Up of WMU Probation Students to Increase Retention and Academic Success, Bette Ludwig and Patricia Hinckley
Department of Dance Student Investment Project Assessment, Megan Slayter
Presentations from 2012
Developing Portfolio-Based Assessment for History Students: Phase I, James Cousins and Ed Martini
Characteristics, Involvement and Behaviors of Academically Successful, Engaged and Satisfied Western Michigan University Undergraduates, Anne E. Lundquist
Assessment of Two Online Tutorials: Student Leraning, Student Preferences, Dianna E. Sachs, Kathleen Langan, and Carrie C. Leatherman
Air Traffic Selection & Training (AT-SAT) Test Success Predictability and Preparation, Gil Sinclair and Ryan Seiler
Presentations from 2011
Efficacy of the CELCIS Intensive English Program, Robert J. Dlouhy and Jason T. Burkhardt
Presentations from 2009
Design and Initial Evaluation of a Competency-Based Curriculum for the Occupational Therapy Program, Carla Chase
Evaluating Professional Preparation in Professional Practice, Marcia Fetters and Cathe Springsteen
An Assessment of the Evaluation Process for Teacher Education Students at Western Michigan University, Lynn Nations-Johnson
Presentations from 2007
ETS Major Field Test in Business, Robert Balik and Judy Swisher
The Sales & Business Marketing Program: Should Anyone Buy What We Are Selling?, James Eckert and Steve Newell
Developing Social Work’s Self-efficacy Model of Student Assessment, Yvonne Unrau and Melinda McCormick
Presentations from 2006
Assessing Cultural Competence in HPER: What Do We Say We do?, Jody Brylinsky
University Assessment Grant Fellows 2005-06 - Public Presentation Agenda, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Gender Differences in the Aviation Flight Science Program: A Study of Performance, Lisa Whittaker
UCTC Computer Screener: Assessing Needs of Diverse Students, Evelyn B. Winfield and Elaine L. Phillips
Presentations from 2005
Assessment System Development, Patrick Benton
Assessment of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Learning Outcomes, Maira Bundza and Barbara J. Cockrell
Using Portfolios as Evidence of Candidate Growth & Program Impact, Cynthia Carver, Paul Vellom, and Katharine Cummings
MIS Startup for the Sociology Departmental Assessment Plan, Susan L. Caulfield
Assessing Student Learning in the CECP Training Programs, Kelly McDonnell
University Assessment Grant Fellows 2004-05 - Public Presentation Agenda, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Presentations from 2004
2003 University Assessment Fellows Public Seminar, Office of the Provost