The academic units have submitted their self-evaluations and the Program Review Panel completed its review of the documents. They will be submitted to the Provost for review on April 1, 2013.

Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation

Current Activity

Diversity, Inclusion, Innovation

  • Coordinated and hosted an all-day SciGirls Workshop for 25 educators from seven counties and four universities across the state.
  • Represented KSU and delivered reports at the January and March Meetings of the Committee on Equal Opportunities (CEO) of CPE.
  • Served on the planning committee for the 2013 KSU Women's Conference.
  • In partnership with the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Dr. Holmes completed facilitator's training for the Start Smart Wage Equity Workshop.

Community Service

Dr. Holmes was reappointed by Governor Steve Beshear to the state's Environmental Quality Commission (EQC). She was also elected Chair of the state's Environmental Quality Commission at their February meeting.

Academics with Attitude (AWA)

Kentucky State University's SACS QEP continues to thrive and serve the students placed in the program. The program, directed by Mrs. Sandy Trammell, provides an academic platform for piloting AWA faculty-initiated changes to developmental education curricula while the living-learning community programming, coordinated by Mr. G. Maurice White, encourages students to change negative habits or unproductive attitudes about their academic abilities and about academics generally.

The following table reflects retention and persistence of the AWA cohorts; some AWA students will be graduating in 2013.

Retention and Persistence Chart for AWA

AWA Cohort Returned

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

Term N 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013

Summer

2009 55 53 49 30 32 32 30 27 24

96% 89% 55% 58% 58% 55% 49% 44%

Summer

2010 96 49 66 49 45 38 33

51% 69% 51% 47% 40% 34%

Summer

2011 101 95 83 53 48

94% 82% 52% 48%

Summer

2012 92 87 69

95% 75%

Data provided by Robin Geiger, Director of KSU Institutional Research