Volume XLI, No. 13 | April 11, 2019 Mentoring Millennial Masterpieces: Creating a Class on Heroes Over the years, I have seen social media jade many of my students, so much so that I began to ask them questions about their online interactions and how they affected them. Almost without fail, my [...]
Change Is Coming to the NISOD Excellence Awards Dinner and Celebration Each year, NISOD Excellence Award recipients are recognized during the Excellence Awards Dinner and Celebration at our International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence. The celebration is a night centered on honoring faculty, administrators, and staff for the [...]
#NISODProfiles - Tom Grady “Every day that I come to work, I am provided with an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of others, to be an agent of change, and to help open the doors of opportunity for learners. This is what drives me each [...]
Volume XLI, No. 12 | April 4, 2019 Help Me! Connecting Students to College Resources In my eight-week courses, students are assigned a final reflection essay. In it, they are asked to respond to the following questions: Evaluate the choices (personal or academic) you made before this course. What were some of [...]
Volume XLI, No. 11 | March 28, 2019 Beyond the Digital Roster: Ten Ways to Promote Multicultural Education in the Online Technical and Community College Classroom Over the past decade, online programs have become an increasingly common method of learning for an increasingly diverse student population (Allen and Seaman). A recent study [...]
PRESS RELEASE: 2019 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2019 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners Winners will be recognized at NISOD’s annual conference. Austin, Texas – March 21, 2019 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is proud to announce [...]
#NISODProfiles - Lizz Gardner "I’m inspired, daily, by the grit and persistence my students display." #NISODProfiles | March 21, 2019 Connect With Lizz on LinkedIn How long have you been a college advisor? I have been in my [...]
Volume XLI, No. 10 | March 21, 2019 Why Ask “Why?”: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines Introduction Critical thinking is valuable when preparing students for academic and economic advancement. Critical thinking is also valuable for intrinsic reasons as part of living a good life. Despite the fact that we are faculty members [...]
Raise the Awareness: Community College Month April is Community College Month, a time to recognize and spread awareness of the hard work and achievement happening every day on community college campuses. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, there are more than 12 million students [...]
Member Spotlight - Edmonds Community College Edmonds Community College is committed to inspiring excellence every day, and our faculty and staff are at the heart of our students’ success. Investing in professional development opportunities for our employees is a priority and partnering with NISOD has given us access to resources [...]