Friday Memo: March 9, 2018
Course Evaluations
If you taught a class during the first 8 weeks of this spring semester, your course evaluations are available for you to view. I expect all faculty to read your evaluations as we can often times learn and grow from student feedback. You can access your evaluations from the myMBU link on the MBU website. Go to the bottom right side and click on the circle labeled Campus Lab Resources. Choose Course Evaluations-Faculty.
Teach for America
We are so proud of our student, Kathryn Hinrichs, for being selected to participate this summer in Teach for America. Kathryn has the distinct honor of receiving one of the 1,000 grants out of 5,000 submissions at Teach for America nation-wide. She progressed through the rigorous procedure of submitting three essays and was interviewed one-on-one and by a group. Kathryn is excited about this opportunity and says that she has been called to work in this field. She will be a wonderful asset to her students. Thanks to those of you who have poured into the life of this special student of ours who has been called by God to work with inner-city children.
Help the Library
The library staff members are in the process of downsizing the print collection by 70%. They need our help. This is your opportunity to have a voice in the print materials that will remain in the library.
Follow Jeanna’s directions below and go to the google sheet if you would like to provide input.
Collection Assessment Project
The Library has been tasked with downsizing its print collection by approximately 70% in preparation of the upcoming renovation project. In order to accomplish this goal, the Library has been assessing its collection and has found that:
• Approximately 36,204 volumes in the primary circulating collections (stacks and oversize) have never circulated. This collection makes up a total of 51,348 volumes.
• The average age of the primary circulating collection (stacks and oversize) is 1973.
• In the juvenile literature collection, 2,061 of the 3,045 volumes have never circulated.
• The Curriculum Collection (ED LAB) shows that 677 of the 1,043 items have not circulated.
MASTER LIST: STACKS A-Z (Zero Checkouts)
This list, available via google sheets, is the Library’s primary weeding list. It is focusing on those volumes that have never circulated (zero checkouts). The Library is requesting that the faculty review the lists and note any items that should be kept. There is a column for “Keep/Withdraw,” your name, and your division. As well as a place to make any comments on that item.
The Library has consolidated any and all feedback provided to date from the original lists that Rebekah circulated last Fall. There is no need to duplicate any work – the Library will transcribe any notes if you are still working with the original lists. The MASTER LIST was created for two purposes: to highlight those items that have never circulated and to consolidate any and all notes into one document.
The Library will continue working with the Education Division in its review of the Juvenile Collection and Curriculum Collection (ED LAB).
Faculty feedback is requested no later than Friday, May 4th. The Library will begin processing materials for withdraw the following week.
If you have any questions regarding this project, please reach out to Jeanna Ryner, Rebekah McKinney or Jessica Omalla-Cowley.
Dr. Patrick Cleveland's Crisis Intervention Course
Students in the Graduate Program in Counselor Education learn to address crises through experiential learning. In the Crisis Intervention course, students are learning to work as a Crisis Intervention Team. Students were assigned roles as Incident Commander, Media Liaison, Security Liaison, Resource Facilities Coordinator, Family Liaison, Medical Personnel, Victim/Client, and Mental Health Counselors. Role playing the responsibilities of various team members helps them understand an integrated approach to crisis management. Students will explore different crises for seven different environments throughout the course. The first crisis was a tornado at “Midvale” where the elementary building has been partially destroyed and a local manufacturing plant was demolished. Intensive and extensive role play prepares mental health workers to develop skills to calm, defuse, manage, and motivate victims in extreme trauma. The students also had an opportunity to impromptu interview Sgt. Jason Randall, Missouri Baptist University security guard and 30-year police veteran regarding his participation in crisis intervention training and experiences during disasters. Sgt. Randall explained that during a crisis, a police officer may fulfill various roles, from Incident Commander, to babysitter, to Transportation Liaison. Future crises will include a fire, hurricane, school shooting, flood, plane crash, and a blizzard.
We encourage you to send us articles, pictures, and events. Please submit pictures for the blog by Thursday. We love to share your good news. Email to melanie.bishop@mobap.edu or nancy.sickler@mobap.edu
Upcoming Meetings
March 12-16: Spring Break
March 19: Guest Speaker for Student Organization Meeting
March 20: Education Faculty Meeting at 10:15 a.m. in FLD 115 (Counselor Ed Faculty Excused)
March 23-26: ASCD Conference in Boston
March 26-27: MACTE
Closing Thoughts
If you have never read the book "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, I encourage you to check it out at your local library or order one on Amazon. It is a relatively short book - quick and easy read.
This book is based on a true story about a dying professor and his weekly meetings with one of his former students during the last few months of his life. There are so many beautiful life lessons that Morrie shares with his former student about death, the world, self-pity, regrets, family, money, emotions, and the fear of dying. Morrie had an incredible way of dying gracefully and talking openly and honestly about many topics from the perspective of a dying man.
This morning I read two things that reminded me of you, of us, of our MBU community:
When discussing culture, Morrie said, "Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you... In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right? But here's the secret: in between, we need others as well." And when Morrie was asked by interviewer Ted Koppel if there was anything he wanted to say to the millions of people he had touched, he whispered, "Be compassionate and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."
As you take some time to rest and relax over the next few days, contemplate how you can continue investing in not only our little community of those students and staff you love and who love you, but also your community of friends and loved ones outside of MBU. Christ calls us to be compassionate and Morrie reminded Mitch that if we show compassion and take responsibility for each other we could make the world a better place.
If you taught a class during the first 8 weeks of this spring semester, your course evaluations are available for you to view. I expect all faculty to read your evaluations as we can often times learn and grow from student feedback. You can access your evaluations from the myMBU link on the MBU website. Go to the bottom right side and click on the circle labeled Campus Lab Resources. Choose Course Evaluations-Faculty.
Teach for America
We are so proud of our student, Kathryn Hinrichs, for being selected to participate this summer in Teach for America. Kathryn has the distinct honor of receiving one of the 1,000 grants out of 5,000 submissions at Teach for America nation-wide. She progressed through the rigorous procedure of submitting three essays and was interviewed one-on-one and by a group. Kathryn is excited about this opportunity and says that she has been called to work in this field. She will be a wonderful asset to her students. Thanks to those of you who have poured into the life of this special student of ours who has been called by God to work with inner-city children.
Help the Library
Follow Jeanna’s directions below and go to the google sheet if you would like to provide input.
The Library has been tasked with downsizing its print collection by approximately 70% in preparation of the upcoming renovation project. In order to accomplish this goal, the Library has been assessing its collection and has found that:
• Approximately 36,204 volumes in the primary circulating collections (stacks and oversize) have never circulated. This collection makes up a total of 51,348 volumes.
• The average age of the primary circulating collection (stacks and oversize) is 1973.
• In the juvenile literature collection, 2,061 of the 3,045 volumes have never circulated.
• The Curriculum Collection (ED LAB) shows that 677 of the 1,043 items have not circulated.
MASTER LIST: STACKS A-Z (Zero Checkouts)
This list, available via google sheets, is the Library’s primary weeding list. It is focusing on those volumes that have never circulated (zero checkouts). The Library is requesting that the faculty review the lists and note any items that should be kept. There is a column for “Keep/Withdraw,” your name, and your division. As well as a place to make any comments on that item.
The Library has consolidated any and all feedback provided to date from the original lists that Rebekah circulated last Fall. There is no need to duplicate any work – the Library will transcribe any notes if you are still working with the original lists. The MASTER LIST was created for two purposes: to highlight those items that have never circulated and to consolidate any and all notes into one document.
The Library will continue working with the Education Division in its review of the Juvenile Collection and Curriculum Collection (ED LAB).
Faculty feedback is requested no later than Friday, May 4th. The Library will begin processing materials for withdraw the following week.
If you have any questions regarding this project, please reach out to Jeanna Ryner, Rebekah McKinney or Jessica Omalla-Cowley.
Dr. Patrick Cleveland's Crisis Intervention Course
Students in the Graduate Program in Counselor Education learn to address crises through experiential learning. In the Crisis Intervention course, students are learning to work as a Crisis Intervention Team. Students were assigned roles as Incident Commander, Media Liaison, Security Liaison, Resource Facilities Coordinator, Family Liaison, Medical Personnel, Victim/Client, and Mental Health Counselors. Role playing the responsibilities of various team members helps them understand an integrated approach to crisis management. Students will explore different crises for seven different environments throughout the course. The first crisis was a tornado at “Midvale” where the elementary building has been partially destroyed and a local manufacturing plant was demolished. Intensive and extensive role play prepares mental health workers to develop skills to calm, defuse, manage, and motivate victims in extreme trauma. The students also had an opportunity to impromptu interview Sgt. Jason Randall, Missouri Baptist University security guard and 30-year police veteran regarding his participation in crisis intervention training and experiences during disasters. Sgt. Randall explained that during a crisis, a police officer may fulfill various roles, from Incident Commander, to babysitter, to Transportation Liaison. Future crises will include a fire, hurricane, school shooting, flood, plane crash, and a blizzard.
We encourage you to send us articles, pictures, and events. Please submit pictures for the blog by Thursday. We love to share your good news. Email to melanie.bishop@mobap.edu or nancy.sickler@mobap.edu
March 12-16: Spring Break
March 19: Guest Speaker for Student Organization Meeting
March 20: Education Faculty Meeting at 10:15 a.m. in FLD 115 (Counselor Ed Faculty Excused)
March 23-26: ASCD Conference in Boston
March 26-27: MACTE
Closing Thoughts
If you have never read the book "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, I encourage you to check it out at your local library or order one on Amazon. It is a relatively short book - quick and easy read.
This book is based on a true story about a dying professor and his weekly meetings with one of his former students during the last few months of his life. There are so many beautiful life lessons that Morrie shares with his former student about death, the world, self-pity, regrets, family, money, emotions, and the fear of dying. Morrie had an incredible way of dying gracefully and talking openly and honestly about many topics from the perspective of a dying man.
This morning I read two things that reminded me of you, of us, of our MBU community:
When discussing culture, Morrie said, "Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you... In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right? But here's the secret: in between, we need others as well." And when Morrie was asked by interviewer Ted Koppel if there was anything he wanted to say to the millions of people he had touched, he whispered, "Be compassionate and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place."
As you take some time to rest and relax over the next few days, contemplate how you can continue investing in not only our little community of those students and staff you love and who love you, but also your community of friends and loved ones outside of MBU. Christ calls us to be compassionate and Morrie reminded Mitch that if we show compassion and take responsibility for each other we could make the world a better place.
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