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Spring Common Academic Program Events to Promote Learning

The CAP Office has been busy with a variety of events for students, faculty, and staff to help promote learning on our campus.  Recently, a PATH-credit event for students was held, along with professional development events for faculty and staff.  

The Common Academic Program (CAP) is the common learning experience all of our undergraduate students share, yet many students do not understand its purpose and methods. This is precisely why the CAP Office took on a new challenge: creating a PATH-credit event to increase understanding. In partnership with the Student Government Association, the CAP Office hosted a one-time session February 27 to convey the importance of CAP and to hear directly from students. With close to 50 students in attendance, the event was a huge success. Attendees provided thoughtful and provocative questions as well as written feedback (some of which was used to create the accompanying word cloud). This information has given the CAP Office good insights and the determination to create more events for students next academic year.

CAP recognizes and embraces the need for meaningful dialogue, and this is why all students take CMM 100, Principles of Oral Communication, as part of the common learning experience. To help faculty in other courses build on the foundation of CMM 100, Dr. Jason Combs, Coordinator of CMM 100 in the Communication Department, facilitated a workshop for faculty called “Dialogue in the Classroom.” This two-hour session explored techniques for discussion in an educational setting to promote mutual respect and understanding. In this particularly contentious time in our society, CAP and Communication saw a need to address the ability to share ideas in a way that benefits everyone. Faculty who participated in the spring workshop will work over the summer to incorporate techniques into one or more of their classes and reconvene in the fall to discuss progress.

As another 4-Year Review cycle winds down from the current academic year, the CAP Office and CAP Committee (CAPC) are already gearing up for the fall (see https://udayton.edu/blogs/ltc/18-10-11-4-year-review-matters.php). Accordingly, the CAP Office continues to offer support for departments and faculty as they navigate this continual improvement process.  A 4-Year Review workshop was held in early April for faculty who have courses going through the assessment process during the 2019-20 academic year.  Participants heard from Dr. Lee Dixon (Psychology), Dr. Stephanie Litka (Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work) and Dr. Shuang-Ye Wu (Geology) about their past experiences and success with 4-Year Review.  Because this process is so essential to CAP and its mission to educate the whole person, more 4-Year Review workshops will take place during the next academic year. Any faculty members with questions or concerns should reach out to the CAP Office via the CAP Mailbox at cap@udayton.edu.

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