Mardell Wilson, University Assessment Office; Patrick O’Sullivan, CTLT; Danielle Lindsey, Office of the Provost; Jodi Hallsten, Communication; Gary Bachman, Agriculture; Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, Educational Administration & Foundations
FOCUS: Faculty Opportunities for Creating Civic & Community Understanding Among Students (PowerPoint)
The FOCUS Initiative is a faculty development program designed to enhance faculty responsiveness to the value of civic and community engagement at Illinois State University. FOCUS is complementary to other specific efforts on campus such as the First Year Initiative, the Political Engagement Project, the American Democracy Project, General Education, and Partnership for Student Learning. During Summer 2006, three ISU faculty (Bachman, Hallsten, and McClusky-Titus) were selected as FOCUS fellows and developed three online instructional-based modules which address the following areas of civic and community engagement:
The modules were designed as a way to encourage and support the incorporation of civic and community engagement opportunities for students into classes and curricula. Participants in this session will learn more about the FOCUS Initiative, interact with the Summer 2006 FOCUS Fellows to learn more about their experiences, and explore the content of the FOCUS Modules.
