GSC Faculty E-News for November 2019
T hank You for Your Dedication and Commitment to our Students!

For many of us, Thanksgiving Day is a time when we reflect on the past year and give thanks to those people or events that have helped us along the way. I would like to thank each and everyone one of you for your continued dedication and commitment to our students. It is your enthusiasm for learning that allows our students to gain the knowledge they need to persevere as students and respected members of our communities here in New Hampshire and beyond!

We have much to be thankful for here at GSC!

  • Thanks to the efforts of Teri Knight, Amy Thompson, Dr. Kathy Patenaude, Todd Slover, and all of our Nursing Faculty, our CCNE Nursing Accreditation site was very promising! The final notification will be provided at the Spring CCNE Board meeting. Thank you all for your hard work!

  • GSC’s School of Education recently received the WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Award that recognizes institutions or organizations that develop technology-based solutions to challenging educational needs. GSC was recognized for its flexible model of online and face-to-face course offerings that allow our students to obtain their teacher certifications in a flexible manner that fits their lives! Learn more online at the WCET's blog "Granite State College’s Approach to Distance-Based Teacher Preparation in New Hampshire" Congratulations to Dr. Nick Marks and his team for this outstanding award and recognition!

We continue to strive for quality, innovation, and collaboration. Each member of our GSC community brings forth passion and knowledge that help take us to the next level of online education for adult learners!

In this month’s newsletter, we will share some of the good work that is happening in Academic Affairs and provide updates on what’s to come. We will also share some of the faculty development opportunities that are coming up in the next few months. 

We encourage you to share some of the good things you are working on! If you have accomplishments or reasons to celebrate please share them online GSC faculty suggestion/idea survey.  

My sincere thanks for all you do for Granite State College and our students!
With regards,

Dr. Scott Stanley, Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
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New Video from the GSC's Community Knowledge Exchange!

Are you looking to find ways to open more time in your day? Check out this great video from Dr. Rita Kondrath, Full time Faculty and GSC’s Undergraduate Academic Center Director for Writing and Communication Programs. This video can be found in the Online Teaching and Learning Collaborative Promising Practices webpage .

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

COMING SOON:
GSC's Virtual Teaching and Learning Conference
February 14, 2020
Stay tuned for more information!
Julie Moser, Ed.D.
Associate Dean of Academic Engagement & Faculty Development
Shari Colby
Academic Engagement
Program Manager
What's New in the Center for Business Management & Finance?
Mercedes Hunt, Ph.D
Full time Faculty and Undergraduate Academic Center Director for Business Management & Finance Center


Our center is growing. We have a few new adjuncts coming onboard. With that, we will also be developing new courses and hope to be making a larger announcement regarding new curriculum developments soon.
 
One of the Business Management and Finance Program goals is to have all students develop a LinkedIn page at the beginning of their time at GSC and to build their network over their time with us.

To support this initiative, we have started a new LinkedIn Group that we invite all faculty to join. We hope all faculty will also encourage their students to join the group and create assignments that utilize LinkedIn.

The group also provides opportunities for faculty to post jobs, internships, networking opportunities, events, news, etc. with the community. We also encourage faculty to initiate lively, thought provoking discussions.

The group is called Granite State College Business Students, Faculty, Alumni, Partners and Friends the link to the group is: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12282006/
Welcome to GSC Lia Horton and Erin Ruckman!
Meet GSC's New Librarian, Lia Horton!

Lia comes to Granite State College with a wealth of experience serving adult students at a distance. She earned her MS in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. She also earned an MBA from Saint Joseph’s College.
Erin Ruckman joins Granite State College’s instructional design team from Cantonment, Florida.

She holds a Master of Education in Instructional Design with a concentration in Distance Learning from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.

The Library is currently under construction as we make improvements to better meet your needs! We want to hear your ideas! Please share them via our online survey
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