This is a comprehensive list of all presentations given on Day 1.

Below you will see the most up-to-date schedule for this conference. For each time slot, you will see the title of the session, along with the presenters and their institutions. In parentheses, you will find the appropriate audience level and relevance for higher education for this session. Lastly, you will find the room assigned to this session.

Audience: Beginner (BEG), Intermediate (INT), or Expert (EXP)
Level: Technical (Tech), General Education (GE), Undergraduate (UG), Graduate (G), ALL

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM
  Registration and Breakfast
• Room: BALLROOM




• 9:00 - 9:50 AM
  First Concurrent Session


• Topic: Administrative Buy-In: How to Help Administrative and Educational Support Units Develop and Lead Assessment Practices
  Speakers: Karol Batey and Vanessa Martinez, Texas A&M International University
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: A Picture's Worth 1,000 Words: Telling Your Assessment Story Through Data Visualizations
  Speaker: Carmen Allen, Galveston College
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (INT/ALL)



• Topic: Pushing Beyond Compliance - Seeking Meaningful Learning Improvement
  Speakers: Dan Stroud, Brooke DePue, and Jarvis Hampton, West Texas A&M University
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Integrating Outcomes Assessment With Programmatic And Institutional Accreditation: Aligning Institutional And Accreditor Expectations
  Speakers: Beth Wuest, Iza Martinez, and Lon Olson, Texas State University
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (INT/UG)



• Topic: Racing to Reaffirmation of Accreditation
  Speaker: Kasey Neece-Fielder, The University of Texas at San Antonio
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)




• 10:00 - 10:50 AM
  Second Concurrent Session


• Topic: Critical Steps to Create Data Informed Change and Rethink Institutional Assessment
  Speakers: Melissa Kibick, eLumen, Rosalind Ong and Francisco Solis, San Antonio College
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (INT/GE)



• Topic: Using Program Evaluation to Assess the Effectiveness of Basic Needs Initiatives on Student Success
  Speakers: Lisa K. Zottarelli and Thankam S. Sunil, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Xiaohe Xu, University Texas at San Antonio
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Measuring the VALUE-ADDed by General Education
  Speaker: Paul Turcotte, University of Houston
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (INT/GE)



• Topic: Revitalizing the "Crude" General Education Assessment Process at the University of Texas Permian Basin
  Speakers: Zachary Suarez and Steve Wilson, The University of Texas Permian Basin
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (BEG/GE)




• 11:00 - 11:50 AM
  Third Concurrent Session


• Topic: Texas and the QEP: A Longitudinal Look at Topic Selection and Results
  Speaker: David Allen, Texas Christian University
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (EXP/TECH)



• Topic: Newly Improved: Transitioning Assessment Reporting to the Nuventive Improvement Platform
  Speakers: Alison Soeder, Texas A&M University - Commerce and Scott Johnson, Nuventive
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (ALL)



• Topic: Playing the Long Game – Using Communication Skills and Strategies to Create a Culture Which Embraces and Celebrates Assessment
  Speakers: Ashley Vasquez and Sheri Barrett, Johnson County Community College
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Program-Level Improvement Reports Using Teams and Word
  Speaker: Paul Turcotte, University of Houston
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (INT/ALL)



• Topic: A Peer Review Model to Evaluate Institution-Wide Assessment Reports: A Step-by-Step Guide and Lesson Learned
  Speakers: Oliana Alikaj-Fierro and Christiane Herber-Valdez, Texas Tech Univeristy Health Sciences Center
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Friends of TxAHEA Private Recruitment Session
  Room: PAVO REAL ROOM
  Several institutions and organizations registered as “Friends of TxAHEA”, which gives them the opportunity to promote current and anticipated job openings within the field of higher education assessment. Please join us for this recruitment session, where you can share your resume with these folks and perhaps find a new opportunity! This is an unstructured session where you are welcome to come-and-go!




• 12:00 - 12:50 PM
  Lunch
• Room: BALLROOM




• 12:50 - 1:30 PM
  Break




• 1:30 - 2:30 PM
  Keynote Speaker


• Speaker: Jeanne Qvarnstrom
  Keynote: Centering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Assessment
  Room: BALLROOM




• 2:30 - 3:00 PM
  Snack/Vendor Time
• Room: BALLROOM




• 3:00 - 3:50 PM
  Fourth Concurrent Session


• Topic: What Students are Trying to Tell You: Using Student Complaint Data to Enhance Program Improvement Efforts
  Speaker: Jennifer Green, Galen College of Nursing
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Promoting Quality and Effective Assessment Practices Through Meta-Assessment
  Speakers: Brandi Jones and Tama Hamrick, Sam Houston State University
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (INT/ALL)



• Topic: Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment and Accreditation Focus Group
  Speaker: Amy Dykens, Weave Education
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (ALL)



• Topic: Gen Ed Speed Dating, What's That?
  Speakers: Justin Jutting and Tami Dewes, Western Dakota Tech
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (EXP/TECH)



• Topic: From the Ground Up: A Simple, Comprehensive Approach to Developing a Strategic Plan
  Speaker: Carlos Garanzuay, Del Mar College
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)




• 4:00 - 4:50 PM
  Fifth Concurrent Session


• Topic: Transforming The Assessment Process via Technology
  Speaker: Lauren Mauel, University of North Texas
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (INT/ALL)



• Topic: Formative Assessment in Online Coursework of Affective Learning Outcomes
  Speakers: J. Vincent “Vince” Nix and Lan “Misty” Song, Lamar University
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (INT/G)



• Topic: When Institutional Effectiveness, Tableau, and YouTube Collide: Creating Meaningful Data Visualization Instruction for Your Institution
  Speakers: Brooke DePue, Jarvis Hampton, and Dan Stroud, West Texas A&M University
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Assessment at Texas Southern University — Moving from ‘Word docs’ to Cross-Campus, Online Collaboration
  Speakers: Gloria Davis, Texas Southern University and Stephanie Allen, Xitracs
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (ALL)



• Topic: Competency-Based Programs: Addressing Your Assessment Needs from the Get-Go
  Speakers: Michelle Hernández-Pérez and Lea Campbell, University of Houston - Downtown
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (INT/ALL)




• 6:30 - 8:00 PM
  Networking Reception
• Room: COURTYARD

This is a comprehensive list of all presentations given on Day 2.

Below you will see the most up-to-date schedule for this conference. For each time slot, you will see the title of the session, along with the presenters and their institutions. In parentheses, you will find the appropriate audience level and relevance for higher education for this session. Lastly, you will find the room assigned to this session.

Audience: Beginner (BEG), Intermediate (INT), or Expert (EXP)
Level: Technical (Tech), General Education (GE), Undergraduate (UG), Graduate (G), All

• 8:00 - 8:50 AM
  Breakfast Buffet
• Room: BALLROOM




• 9:00 - 9:50 AM
  First Concurrent Session


• Topic: What is the Cost of Joy and Is It Worth The Price? Assessing the Social Contribution of Your University Library
  Speaker: Leslie Worrell Christianson, Marywood University
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Assessing Foundational Skills for Multiple Stakeholders
  Speakers: Gracie Williams, Tarrant County College District and Beth Ardner, NimblyWise
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Amplifying Student Voices During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis
  Speakers: Ana Guadalupe Vielma and Jennifer Nailos, The University of Texas at Austin
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/UG)



• Topic: Best Practice Guidelines for the Development of Instruments and Use of Student Evaluation of Teaching
  Speakers: Arthur E. Hernandez, University of the Incarnate Word
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (EXP/ALL)



• Topic: Curiouser and Curiouser: Using Alignment to Impact Program Outcomes
  Speakers: Laura Trujillo-Jenks and Rebecca R. Fredrickson, Texas Woman’s University
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)




• 10:00 - 10:50 AM
  Second Concurrent Session


• Topic: Designing and Aligning Signature Assignments to Improve Student Success on the THECB’s General Education Outcomes
  Speakers: Michelle Lynn Selk and Sheema Farah Nasir, San Jacinto College
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (BEG/GE)



• Topic: TxAHEA Planning Committee Annual Meeting
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM



• Topic: Assessing Efforts in Diversity & Inclusion: Data for Decision-Making
  Speaker: Kent L. Willis, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (EXP/ALL)



• Topic: A Description of What Graduates from High Quality Teacher Preparation Programs Believe, Know and Are Able to Do
  Speakers: Arthur E. Hernandez, University of the Incarnate Word
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: The Role of Assessment in DEI Efforts
  Speakers: Kara Larkan Skinner and Michelle Byrne, Trinity University
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (INT/ALL)




• 11:00 - 11:50 AM
  Third Concurrent Session


• Topic: Identifying Expected Outcomes: A Method for Writing Goals to Assess Administrative and Academic Student Support Services
  Speakers: Alison Soeder and Tracy Stewart, Texas A&M University - Commerce
  Room: MAJESTIC ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Beyond Counting: Developing Student-Centered Outcomes in Academic and Student Services Assessment
  Speaker: Lon Olson, Texas State University
  Room: CAVALIER ROOM
  (INT/UG)



• Topic: Leading the Unification of Assessment Efforts and Processes in a Diverse Environment
  Speakers: Jennifer Nailos and Will Grindle, The University of Texas at Austin
  Room: PEARL ROOM
  (BEG/ALL)



• Topic: Following Up on Assessing an Interdisciplinary Program using High Impact e-Portfolio Assignments
  Speaker: Marcus Tanner, Texas Tech University
  Room: YANA ROOM
  (INT/GE)



• Topic: Student Self-Assessment and its Effect on College Success
  Speaker: Paul Kailiponi, Alamo Colleges District
  Room: PASEO ROOM
  (INT/GE)




• 12:00 PM
  Conference Ends


• See you next year!

This is a list of all the fun workshops before the conference starts.

Pre-conference workshops will run during the following times:

9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Session break to pick up boxed lunch: 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
11:45 AM to 1:45 PM

• Dr. Michelle Selk from San Jacinto College
  
  Assessment Primer: An Introduction to the Types, Measures, and Processes of Assessment
  
  Audience Experience Level:
  Beginner – This workshop is geared toward assessment practitioners, faculty, or staff who are new to their careers.
  
  This workshop is designed for newcomers to assessment and will cover “the basics.” Topics include outcome creation and alignment, outcome measures/data indicators, annual assessment cycles, assessment and/or accreditation reporting (institutional effectiveness), and continuous improvement. There will also be a section on general education outcomes as specified by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Participants are encouraged to come with current projects and/or drafted materials for discussion and/or revision during the workshop.




• Dr. Lea Campbell from University of Houston – Downtown
  
  No More Bad Surveys
  
  Audience Experience Level:
  Beginner – This workshop is geared toward assessment practitioners, faculty, or staff who are new to their careers.
  Intermediate – This workshop is geared toward assessment practitioners, faculty, or staff who have approximately 2-5 years of professional experience working in higher education assessment.
  
  Discover techniques for designing surveys that allow you to gather the data needed to answer the questions you and your constituents have about your institutions. Learn to align items with research questions, write well-developed survey items, ensuring survey validity and reliability, and utilize best practices for administering your survey. This is a hands-on workshop that is platform agnostic and appropriate for individuals at the beginning as well as intermediate stages in their careers. Information is applicable for both community college as well as university practitioners.




• Beth Wuest, Ph.D. from Texas State University and J. Mark Knowles from Lamar State College Port Arthur
  
  Gearing Up for Accreditation: Strategies for Developing Compliance Certification and Fifth-Year Reports
  
  Audience Experience Level:
  Intermediate – This workshop is geared toward assessment practitioners, faculty, or staff who have approximately 2-5 years of professional experience working in higher education assessment.
  Advanced – This workshop is geared toward assessment practitioners, faculty, or staff who supervise an assessment office or IE office, or who have responsibility for overseeing accreditation compliance.
  
  Institutional accreditation indicates that the institution of higher education complies with a prescribed set of standards and provides the public with an assurance of the quality of education provided. Because a lot is at stake, the process of seeking and reaffirming accreditation requires careful planning, thoughtful deliberation, clear communication, and well-crafted reports. This hands-on workshop examines strategies for organizing, managing, and preparing reports and documentation for accreditation review. Participants will consider proven, basic means for 1) reviewing standards and interpreting key responsibilities; 2) proposing a workable organization and timeline appropriate in the context of their institution; and 3) addressing considerations to ease the process including writing style, documentation, and technology. Because colleges approach the accreditation process in different yet equally effective ways, this workshop illustrates how two, quite different, institutions approached recent reaffirmation reviews.

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• Date: January 2017
• Client: Lines
• Category: Branding

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• Date: January 2017
• Client: Southwest
• Category: Website Design

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• Date: January 2017
• Client: Window
• Category: Photography