competent and skilled at teaching in any cross-cultural or multicultural setting and who contribute to the workforce needs of Kentucky.
2.cc Design processes to promote the Whitney Young Center for Global Leadership program.
The Whitney Young Center for Global Leadership is being reimagined as an honors program of excellence and relevance through curriculum redesign and programming. This also includes reestablishing membership in the National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP); students and faculty recently attended the 25th Anniversary conference in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Tennessee State University. The curriculum redesign seeks to recruit highly academically talented students to Kentucky State University and the Whitney Young Honors Program.
As part of the transformation, Whitney Young is also revitalizing Kentucky State University’s Study Abroad program. Kentucky State University has reestablished its partnership with the Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS) and have developed policies and protocols for students and faculty interested in study abroad opportunities.
2.hh. Launch the processes necessary to ensure an exemplary SACSCOC Reaffirmation Process
The SACSCOC Liaison, Dr. Deneia Thomas, is leading the SACSCOC Reaffirmation Process. Committees have been established to prepare for the SACSCOC Compliance Audit to be submitted in 2018. Kentucky State University is conducting an internal audit to assess its compliance of the SACSCOC Standards.
Language Initiatives
Kentucky State University has submitted applications to the Alliance for Language Learning and Education Exchange (ALLEX) Foundation’s Teaching Associate Program. The ALLEX Teacher Training Consortium (Cornell University, Ohio State University, Portland State University, and Washington University in St. Louis) recruits, screens, and trains instructors in an intense, rigorous training program on language pedagogy. Fellows will also develop cultural programming. The host institution allows ALLEX Fellows to enroll in two courses toward a second bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree as well as provide room and board. Kentucky State University has applied for language instructors in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Placement decisions will be made between February and March.
A Memorandum of Understanding is also being developed with Georgetown College to share a French professor for the Fall 2017-2018 academic year.
This will increase our foreign languages offerings from one (Spanish) to a possible five languages.
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