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Community Service Education
The Outreach School
NEWSLETTER - Fall 2004 - (Volume 7 Issue 3) Professionalism At Work
As we assessed what we've been doing to get ready for another academic year, one primary initiative rose to the surface: professionalism!
We have spent time and energy to professionalize all of the services we offer. Pam Brekken, Marketing Coordinator, has gathered information to learn about trade show exhibitions by attending several conferences this year, including the Exhibitor Trade Show and the Meeting Planners International World Education Conference. Pam’s Marketing Assistant, Paul Kasper, will be attending a design workshop to help develop layout skills for web and print! Denise Marquiss, Events Planning Coordinator, attended the Event Solutions Expo in Washington, D.C. to learn about special events and to gain certification as an event association planner. I recently took the certification test to become a Certified Meeting Professional, one of the highest accreditations in the field. We want to be able to offer you the best in event coordination, in the latest special event practices, and the proof that we are professionals in the meeting planner field. Please call me at 6-5641 if we can be of any assistance in planning your next event! Sheila Atwood Couture Division Head |
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Conference Calendar of Events
September
October
Snowy Range Nonprofit Video Conferencing Workshops
http://outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences Education in Action
Community Service Education had a busy but rewarding year that illustrated the diversity of our services and staff.
The Office of Conferences and Institutes coordinated over 60 conferences across Wyoming, including the Shepard Symposium for Social Justice, Jackson Hole Writer's Conference, and the School Improvement conferences with the Wyoming Dept. of Education. Events Planning Office coordinated over a hundred campus activities, including the Women's Basketball Camp, Girls State and WY State Academic Decathlon. When combined, the Offices of Conferences and Institutes and Events Planning served over 16,000 attendees during the last twelve months. Community Enrichment Programs, offered 277 courses to residents of Albany County in subjects such as Fitness, Mind/Body./Soul, Just for Kids, Test Preparation, and Cooking. In the fiscal year of 2003-2004, UW Community Enrichment enrolled a total of 3093 students in Laramie classes, as well as in several trips and tours throughout Wyoming that helped celebrate our cultural and historical heritage. Finally, UW Community Service Education has increased the reach of its online noncredit courses in order to better serve Wyoming residents and help prepare them for the future! Look for more innovation and education in the coming year from us! For more information concerning any of these services and more,visit: http://outreach.uwyo.edu/service today! Helping with Substance Abuse Prevention
Community Service Education had a busy but rewarding year that illustrated the diversity of our services and staff.
The Office of Conferences and Institutes coordinated over 60 conferences across Wyoming, including the Shepard Symposium for Social Justice, Jackson Hole Writer's Conference, and the School Improvement conferences with the Wyoming Dept. of Education. Events Planning Office coordinated over a hundred campus activities, including the Women's Basketball Camp, Girls State and WY State Academic Decathlon. When combined, the Offices of Conferences and Institutes and Events Planning served over 16,000 attendees during the last twelve months. Community Enrichment Programs, offered 277 courses to residents of Albany County in subjects such as Fitness, Mind/Body./Soul, Just for Kids, Test Preparation, and Cooking. In the fiscal year of 2003-2004, UW Community Enrichment enrolled a total of 3093 students in Laramie classes, as well as in several trips and tours throughout Wyoming that helped celebrate our cultural and historical heritage. Finally, UW Community Service Education has increased the reach of its online noncredit courses in order to better serve Wyoming residents and help prepare them for the future! Look for more innovation and education in the coming year from us! For more information concerning any of these services and more,visit: http://outreach.uwyo.edu/service today! Connecting Wyoming
The Division of Community Service Education (CSE) has been busy working with businesses, nonprofits and other entities in Wyoming. We have implemented a number of initiatives that are steadily gaining momentum and creating better opportunities for education and communication in the state.
Snowy Range Nonprofit Institute Website
The Snowy Range Nonprofit Institute (SRNI) is an exciting grassroots organization that is tailored to bring new training and educational opportunities to nonprofits in the Rocky Mountain region. UW Community Service Education has partnered with the SRNI to help ensure that nonprofit organizations are aware of this new entity. Developments of the past year are described below. The SRNI website has been turned into a resource for nonprofits, and has an extensive links page to help with research in public relations, management, grant writing, advocacy, publications and board development. Just last month, we unveiled two online chapters focusing on collaboration and mission & vision building. The chapters, created by UW students, are extensive explorations of these issues and come complete with examples, links for further information, and even team building exercises! CSE, in partnership with UW College of Education and the SRNI, has also prepared and delivered a discussion page for nonprofits. Topics of discussion include boards, public relations, volunteer management and more. Interested parties can log on any time, 24 hours a day, and post their real-life experiences as well as view postings from others! CSE has developed a sister website and project called Wyoming Nonprofit Help. The site, located at outreach.uwyo.edu/conferences/nonprofit, provides information on our noncredit, skills-based online courses. For minimal costs, nonprofits can sign up for 6-week courses focusing on grant writing, nonprofit management, computer skills and many other important subjects. The Wyoming Nonprofit Help initiative also includes a list serv that provides monthly updates concerning training and educational opportunities in the state.For more information and to get involved in this exciting venture please visit http://outreach.uwyo.edu conferences/srni today! Wyoming Biz Help
Assessing Student Learning
As part of our support of the UW Academic Plan, Steve Aagard, assessment coordinator for UW’s Outreach School, is spearheading an initiative to assess student learning in the noncredit arena.
In the past, Community Service Education has administered evaluations that survey satisfaction of services. This new effort will use data from both learner and instructor responses. Conference and enrichment class participants are also learners. Student learning and effective teaching are the focus of assessment efforts in the noncredit arena. In addition to participants and instructors, conference sponsors have certain criteria upon which the success of the conference will be judged. These criteria include the learning objectives and the achievement of learning outcomes. It is called accountability! This same requirement for accountability applies to enrichment classes. Whether it’s a fitness class, a music lesson, or a historical tour, each instructor needs to be aware of the following: Does the description accurately portray course content? Are the learning objectives clearly defined? Did the learning take place? The assessment of student learning will be conducted at both mid-point of the learning experience and at the end. Steve will collaborate with CSE staff to create short assessment activities to be used at the midpoint of noncredit courses and as well as final evaluations that will address both participant and instructor satisfaction and learning. This effort will take place this academic year to create instruments and develop procedures for these assessment activities. Look for new evaluations for our classes and conferences. Featured Conferences
Grieving Children: September 21-22
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Institute: October 5-7
NAMI(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)Wyoming : October 16
Governor to Speak at UW Consumer Issues Conference
Community Enrichment Programs
As we start a new academic year and get caught up in the hustle and bustle, we need to remember to make time for ourselves. Community enrichment classes are a wonderful way for us to take an hour or two each week to learn a new skill, give our bodies a workout, meet new people, learn to relax or just to kick back and have fun! We are delighted with our fall line-up of programs and we hope that you take advantage of what we have to offer!
Community Enrichment is proud of the high standards that we have set for our classes which enable us to offer courses with instructors who have extensive training and expertise in their fields. Some of our participants' favorite classes this summer were fly fishing, gardening, and Chinese cooking. We are offering these classes again, plus over twenty new classes this fall! To check out our class offerings online go to outreach.uwyo.edu/enrichment or look for the catalog with the active people on the cover. Stop by the UW Beta House or give us a call at 766-6802 and we’ll be happy to register you for a class or answer any questions you may have. Community Scholarships for Kids
We have been so pleased with the amount of support that we have received from the community for our kid's scholarship program. We awarded ten scholarships this summer to kids who enjoyed swim lessons, horseback riding, and nature drawing. Kids ranged in age from 4 months to 16 years of age. We will continue the scholarships throughout the year and encourage people to participate. Ten $25 scholarships are available for each of the fall, spring and summer sessions.
Special thanks to these Laramie businesses for making this program possible:
Classes Available for Teacher's Credit
Community Enrichment Programs is providing several unique opportunities for teachers to earn PTSB credit this fall! For those who work with art we have a wonderful Waterbased Monotype Printmaking Class, September 11 and 12, taught by Toni Mosley. Participants will enjoy both the hands-on techniques and discussions on how to use monotype in a classroom. On the historical and cultural front, we have two unique classes taught by Asst. Professor William Bauer: American Indians and Academics on October 7 and Diversity in History: American Indian Ethnohistory, on October 14. Instructors Walt Reuland and Jennie Lawrence will give historical presentations on the Fort Laramie Excursion, on October 2, that will encompass the sites of Grattan Massacre, Register Cliff and the Oregon Trail ruts in Guernsey, WY.
We are committed to offer programs that help teachers! For more
information on these classes, please contact our office at 766-6802.
In The Spotlight: New Classes
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