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There were a number of significant changes to the academic structures at IU Kokomo


during 2011-2012. The effect on the students will be minimal but the behind the scenes
processing was immense.
Arts and Sciences split into two schools: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
and School of Sciences

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SPEA split with Criminal Justice joining the School of Humanities and Public
Administration and Health Management joining the Division of Allied Health
Continuing Studies will no longer be a seperate department effective July 1, 2012.
The General Studies Degree will be housed in the School of Sciences
Accreditation
Radiography underwent a successful re-accreditation from JCERT (and was given
five years (the maximum allowed).
Advising
Unofficially opened the Student Success Center in the library. This Center pulls
together the Writing Center, ESL, Academic Coaching, and other resources to help
students success in college. A grand opening will be held in fall 2012.
Developed a new probation class (PASS)
Articulation and Transfer
Initiated the Ivy Tech Partnership with a transfer coordinator, IU Kokomo classes on
the Logansport campus and advisors on site at various Ivy Tech locations
Developed a 2 + 2 model for student transfers from Ivy Tech

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Ivy Tech General Education core passed through IU Kokomo Faculty Senate
IU Kokomo became a LEAP campus
Transfer fairs were held on several Ivy Tech campuses
Statewide, there are many changes proposed and under development for articulation
and transfer
Assessment
General Education assessment in Writing completed - follow-up survey conducted
in spring 2012
General Education assessment in Speech began in Spring 2012
Assessment Council was reconfigured and met several times during 2011-2012
Calendar Principles
Added language to comply with federal requirements
Degrees - New
Bachelors of Applied Science (BAS) Degree - this is a degree completion
program, tied to Ivy Tech's Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees. Articulation
agreements have been worked out with the most popular AAS degrees at the Kokomo
Ivy Tech campus. This degree is the first of its kind in the state.
B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Degree - this degree allows local students to
prepare to fulfill their career aspirations in the hotel, food, beverage and tourism
industries.
BS in History Degree - this degree will allow local students to pursue their interest
in history and will also allow secondary education majors prepare for teaching high
school history.
Certificate Programs
Graduate Certificate in Business Fundamentals this certificate will fill a
local need for business owners and other employees who lack formal business
training. The certificate also fulfills the prerequisites for the MBA program.
Gainful Employment language, to comply with federal regulations, was added to the
websites of all certificates that carry financial aid

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Minors
New minors in Environmental Science and Coaching were developed
Community Partnerships
Center for Educational Partnership (CEP) This consortium school corporations in
the IU Kokomo service area has expanded in include 20 school systems. The CEP, under
the sponsorship of IU Kokomo and the School of Education, is tasked with identifying P12 related issues and concerns and working together to provide professional resources and
expertise. It will work on assessing the needs of area superintendents, school systems and
teachers in the areas of professional development; designing and facilitating professional
development opportunities for area teachers to meet the pre-determined needs; facilitating
partnerships between IU Kokomo faculty research areas and the needs the area schools;
and assisting faculty in developing partnership projects including outside funding. The
following five areas were identified as having greatest currency across all 18 school
corporations:
1. Review achievement data Identify correlational trends. Which tests are the most
predictive?
2. Identify webcasts/podcasts and faculty expertise to assist teachers, principals,
superintendents (separate groups) to use data effectively.
3. Literacy (PL109) Elementary Reading Plan. Workshops and professional
development opportunities to assist teachers as they plan for scientifically-based reading
instruction in the K-6 program.
4. Equitably assessment of teachers especially in light of the imperative that teacher
effectiveness (student achievement) must be a factor in merit-based pay increases.
5. Curriculum development for 5-12 teachers the curriculum pedagogy/instruction
assessment loop.
Economic Impact of IU Kokomo Study This study was conducted by IU Bloomington faculty and their findings was launched at a
November meeting of area community leaders.

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International Experiences
In an effort to continue to internationalize the campus, IU Kokomo has worked on a
number of international initiatives. These have included:
Students from Korea (Jesus University and ShunShin University) attending classes
and activities on campus for two weeks. While students from Jesus University have
been visiting on campus for 10 plus years, this year the program was expanded to
include ShunShin University, extended from the usual 2 weeks to 4, and included
daily English as a Second Language courses.
Travel trips. While IU Kokomo has had a long history of sending student on
international study courses, this year we had the greatest number of trips ever. This
included trips to Guatemala and England. Additional trips were submitted and
approved for Spain and Turkey, however, they did not draw the needed number of
students. We expect to have even more trips and more student travel next year.
Faculty Development Activities. For the first time this year we offered two
faculty members, from Education and Nursing, the opportunity to travel to South
Korea for curriculum development activities. As part of this program, the faculty
members involved pledged to present to their unit and the campus as a whole on
their curriculum development efforts.
Hiring an International Coordinator that helps with ESL instruction

Intellectual Property and Grants


There are currently two faculty members working with the Indiana University Research and
Technology Corporation to patent and commercialize their inventions.
There was an increase in the number of grants submitted for the campus (from 9 - 18
applications)
Campus Compact Liaisons
Karl Besel and Melissa Grabner-Hagen were named as Campus Compact Liaisons
Early Warning
The Early Warning System was converted to the FLAGs system. Faculty and advisors were
trained on the new system. The system continues to be revised in order to better suit the
needs of faculty and advisors and to better retain students

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Enrollment Increases
Each academic area increased its involvement in recruitment through VIP days,
major days, calling of potential students, etc.
Each Advising Center also increased contacts with students (through email, visits,
phone calls, peer advisors, Student Success Plans for students in trouble, etc.)
Jimmy Carter trip
Todd Bradley and Melissa Grabner-Hagen were able to take 10 students to the Jimmy
Carter Center in Georgia in Fall 2011
Online Courses
Continued to grow the online programming with 38 courses offered in 2011-2012
Additional faculty participated in the CTLA online course development program
Student Research
IUURC was held on the Kokomo campus on November 21, 2011. Over 100
students participated from across the IU campuses, with a session with 50 poster
held in Alumni Hall.
In Spring 2012, an IU Kokomo research symposium was held in April and had over
50 student participants.
The IUURC event is an every 3 year event but the spring research symposium will
become an annual IU Kokomo event.
Strategic Plan and Blueprint Initiative
The Strategic Plan was initially developed by Cabinet but then circulated to a
number of groups and stakeholders. It then incorporated feedback from across the
campus and was completed in Spring 2012. A Strategic Planning Group was
formed to monitor its progress and implementation.
The Blueprint plan involved all the regional campuses and explored ways to partner
and expand cooperation of the regional campuses.
Unicom Phone System
Launched in fall 2011

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Web Pages
The entire campus web page migrated in summer 2011. Additional changes were made
throughout the 2011-2012 year. Each academic unit is adding more entertaining options
such as photos and short movies. Faculty web pages were also revised during the year to
include more content

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