KOKOMO, Ind. — Several Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region faculty members have recently presented at national and statewide academic conferences. Three Ivy Tech Kokomo Region faculty presented at a national conference in Chattanooga, Tenn., including Criminal Justice Program Chair Michael Holsapple, Assistant Professor in the Early Childhood Education Program Jane Horner, and Julie Byrd, assistant professor and chair of the Computer Information Systems Program. Academic Skills Advancement (ASA) English Program Chair Gwenn Eldridge presented at two national conferences while she and several other faculty members also presented at the Ivy Tech Community College Adjunct Faculty Conference, a statewide conference that provides professional development for adjunct faculty.
Eldridge presented a paper entitled “Learning to Serve, Not a Basic Undertaking” at the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE) in Greensboro, N.C. She also presented a paper entitled “Embracing the Elephant in the Classroom: A Radical Approach to Basic Writers” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in San Francisco.
At the Ivy Tech Adjunct Faculty Conference this month, Eldridge, ASA Adjunct Instructor Bob Burkhalter, and General Studies Instructor Joyce Dahlhauser presented “Embracing the Elephant in the Classroom: A Connected Approach to Teaching.”
Michael Holsapple and Assistant Director of Student Support Cheryl Locke also presented at the adjunct faculty conference. Holsapple presented on the “Keys to Academic Excellence” while Locke, along with colleagues from other Ivy Tech campuses, presented on “Disabilities, Universal Design and How to Make Your Classroom ADA Compliant.”
Holsapple also gave a national presentation with fellow faculty member Jane Horner. Together, they gave a presentation entitled “Recruiting and Retaining Students through Career Exploration” at the American Technical Education Association’s (ATEA) 46th National Conference on Technical Education last month. Julie Byrd also presented at the same conference. Her presentation was entitled “No Money…No Project: But Wait....Faculty Funding to the Rescue!”.
For more information about these presentations or to hear more from these and other Ivy Tech faculty members with expertise in their fields, please contact David Gray, media relations coordinator for Ivy Tech Community College’s Kokomo Region, at (800) 459-0561, ext. 701, or e-mail him at dgray54@ivytech.edu.
Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest public post-secondary institution and the nation’s largest singly-accredited statewide community college system with more than 120,000 students enrolled annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state's engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association.
Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region serves Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Tipton and Wabash counties and includes campuses or instructional sites in the communities of Kokomo, Logansport, Peru, Rochester, Wabash and Winamac. To learn more about Ivy Tech, visit www.ivytech.edu.
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