Accreditation
and Student Learning Outcomes Committee
2009
P.O.W.E.R. AWARD RECIPIENTS Promising Outcomes Work and Exemplary Research
Awards
Janet Fulks, Executive Committee Member
This year at the Student Success Conference October
7 – 9, 2009, in San Francisco, several
faculty, researchers and college teams were recognized
for their work in student learning outcomes and
assessment. The awards were created and winners
determined by the Student Learning Outcomes and
Assessment Collaborative, a partnership between
the Senate and the Research and Planning group.
The awards ceremony included presentations by
some of the award winners addressing particular
issues important to the student learning outcomes
assessment processes occurring on campus. These
were creative winners who wrote songs, poems
and plays to express their thoughts – move
over Academy Awards. The Academic Senate congratulates
these winners who have done exemplary work for
their students and institutions. If you have
some questions, try emailing some of them. If
these winners are on your campus, be sure and
congratulate them.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
An SLO newbie who acts like a pro while completing
the first year in assessment.
Recipient: Geoff Dyer, Taft College
SLO MENTOR OF THE YEAR
One who has successfully mentored others; the
first person you think of to call, e-mail, or
twitter when you are stuck.
Recipients: Mark Ferrer, Santa Barbara City College
(The Field), Patricia Flores-Charter, Southwestern
College, and Shelley Miller, Feather River College
GE (SPECIFIC) OUTCOMES
One who has done exemplary work in general education
outcomes assessment.
Recipient: Joe Safdie, San Diego Mesa College
(Critical Thinking)
INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES
One who has done exemplary work in institutional
outcomes assessment.
Recipients: Robert Kennedy and Yolanda Bellisimo,
College of Marin
BEST FACULTY-RESEARCH COLLABORATION
The best connection between an instructor and
researcher to improve learning.
Recipient: Pathways Through Algebra, Ken Meehan,
Fullerton College and Hal Huntsman, City College
of San Francisco
COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
One who best communicates data.
Recipient: Greg Stoup, Canada College
BEST RESEARCHER-TEACHER
A researcher who has used great pedagogies to
deliver data and evidence.
Recipients: Darla Cooper (Work while at Santa
Barbara City College) and Rob Johnstone (Skyline
College, BSOC)
SLO ASSESSMENT CLIMATOLOGIST
One who has successfully developed a positive
climate using a culture of evidence.
Recipients: Cheryl O’Donnell, Hartnell
College and Lloyd Thomas, West Los Angeles College
COURSE OUTCOMES/FACULTY RESEARCHER
One who has done exemplary work in outcomes assessment,
course level.
Recipient: Stacy Jazan, Glendale Community College
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
One who has done exemplary work in outcomes assessment,
program level.
Recipients: Hoover Zariani, Glendale Community
College (Student Services) and Kathy McNeese,
Glendale Community College (Instructional)
BEST REINVENTION OF PROGRAM REVIEW
The college that has performed successful CPR
on a sick or lifeless program review and brought
it back to life.
Recipient: Chaffey College (Marie Boyd, Tom Vitzelio,
and Giovanni Sosa)
EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTING SLO ASSESSMENT
The best collection, publication and dissemination
of SLO assessment results to increase the dialogue
to improve student learning.
Recipient: Cypress College (Nancy Deutsch, Behzad
Izadi, Randy Martinez, Santanu Bandyopadhyay)
EXEMPLARY ASSESSMENT IN STUDENT SERVICES
The best example of excellent outcomes assessment
in student services.
Recipient: Chris Sugiyama, Counseling, Cerritos
College
EXEMPLARY ASSESSMENT IN NONCREDIT
The best example of excellent outcomes assessment
in the noncredit area.
Recipient: Marne Foster, San Diego Continuing
Education
EXEMPLARY ASSESSMENT IN ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
The best example of excellent outcomes assessment
on the administrative side.
Recipient: Chaffey College (Inge Pelzer, Jim
Fillpot, Keith Wurtz, Giovanni Sosa)
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
One who uses vision, creativity, and hard work
to create innovative methods to approach SLO
assessment and for whom ‘thinking outside
the box’ is a way of life.
Recipient: John Degallier, Ohlone College
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN SLO ASSESSMENT
An SLO Coordinator who has successfully developed
a sustainable faculty development process for
SLO assessment.
Recipient: Marybeth Buechner, Cosumnes River
College
EXCELLENCE IN PROMOTING CHANGE AS A RESULT OF
SLO ASSESSMENT
One who has successfully closed several loops
and documents change in particular areas.
Recipients: Judy Foster, Diablo Valley College
and Carol Enns, College of the Sequoias
INTEGRATOR OF THE YEAR
One who takes SLO assessment and integrates it
with other projects, initiatives and directives
(such as Credit &Noncredit, SLOs, BSI) to
effect positive change.
Recipients: Alice Mecom, Glendale Community College,
Noncredit and Daryl Kinney, Los Angeles City
College (SLOs and BSI)
SLO COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR
An SLO Coordinator who has modeled outcomes assessment
at the home college, peer institution and statewide
level – a leader of leaders.
Recipient: Karen Wong, Skyline College
