ALF Successful Outcomes

Examples of Successful Outcomes:

Impact on Student Success              

ALF participants offer feedback after each session through their responses to two questions: What stood out for you in today's session? and What would you potentially do differently as a result of today's program?  The intent of the questions is to bring to each participant's awareness the specific learning that is occurring through ALF and how they can use the information within their current role.  The majority of participants "take away" key information that is immediately useful to them. 

In addition, ALF participants are able to clearly show how the leadership development program has influenced their implementation of their role as related to student success.  Several have offered their own personal testimony in the letters (copies to be provided later).  In addition the listing below illustrates how ALF, at least in part, may have been a key factor that led participants to take advantage of other leadership opportunities. 

Bob Kropff, Director of Internal Communications, participated in the ALF class of 2006-07.  Bob affects students every day through his work on the UA web site, as well as the communications that he is responsible for sending to students and the University community.  He is also working to develop a method by which parents of traditional-aged students can register on a secure UA site, providing contact information which can be used by University administrators in an emergency.

David Licate, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, participated in the ALF class of 2007-08.  David is a very effective teacher and provides a positive role model for his students.  This year Dr. Karla Mugler recommended him for the OBOR Criminal Justice Transfer Assurance Guide (TAG) faculty panel.  David attended a meeting in Columbus, and reported that he had been selected to serve on the Writing Panel which will have responsibility for developing the learning outcomes for each criminal justice course in the TAG and securing state-wide agreements on courses and the outcomes for these courses.  This will have a profound impact on students throughout Ohio.

Dr. Young Lin, Associate Professor of Communication, participated in the 2006-07 ALF class.  Since that time Young's interest in Intercultural Communications has benefited students in the School of Communications as well as students fulfilling their General Education requirements.  His interest in the University's critical language offerings brought him to the attention of administrators who named him the Director of the Confucius Institute this spring. He was a member of the University's delegation to China to meet with officials from UA's partner institution, and greeted dignitaries who visited our campus earlier this year. 

Dr. William Lyons, Interim Chair, Department of Political Science, also serves as the Director of the Center for Conflict Resolution.  Upon completing his ALF experience during the 2006-07 academic year, Bill was recommended by the Provost for the state-level leadership program; he participated in the program offered through Ohio Leadership Academy during 2007-08.   Bill has presented topics relating to conflict resolution to ALF classes, and serves as co-chair of the Diversity Hiring Committee.  Bill mediated the Spirit Rock dispute and has provided leadership at a forum for the UAPD.  He was a valuable member of the Student Success & Retention Committee.

Dr. Juanita Martin, Director of the Counseling, Testing and Career Center, was a member of the 2006-07 ALF class.  Since that time she has served as secretary of the Association of Black Psychologists' Greater Cleveland Akron Chapter, been a member of the Lifetime Achievement Awards Committee of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD), served on the Planning Committee of the Association of Black Psychologists' National Conference which was held in Cleveland, and was a member of both the Minority Mentors and Multicultural Scholarship Committees of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors (AUCCCD).

Fedearia Nicholson, Director of Multicultural Development, participated in the 2007-08 ALF class.  She has been responsible for many campus programs such as Revisiting Race: Black, White, and Beyond, and the Black Male Summit which impact thousands of students each year.  In addition, Fedearia works one-on-one with students to assist them to reach their full potential.  She had the opportunity to rebuild the staff in the Office of Multicultural Development and has made wonderful hires which will impact the University for years to come.

Nancy Roadruck, Director of the Academic Advisement Center, participated in the 2007-08 class of ALF.  Through her leadership and that of her staff, training materials for advisers campus-wide have been developed, advising workshops have been offered through UA's Institute for Teaching & Learning for those with advising responsibilities across campus, and an advising audit has been conducted.  The impact advisers have on UA students is substantial, as they help students in many transitions that they must make at the college level.

Chris Tankersley, Director of New Student Orientation, is a member of the current ALF class.  Chris impacts more than 5,000 students and the parents of traditional-aged students each year through the many NSO programs which are offered.  The knowledge he is gaining through participation in ALF will impact his program.  Many of the points stressed in the ALF sessions can also be used by Chris in his capacity as chapter adviser to the young men of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.

Dr. Bonnie Williams, Associate Dean of University College, participated in the initial ALF class.  She is responsible for our Learning Communities program which impacts more than 750 students each year.  The LC Institute which she has organized each year helps faculty who are teaching in an LC during the next year become familiar with their faculty team; this collaboration is evident in the thematic LCs which these faculty develop.

Dr. Sheldon Wrice, Chair of the Department of Associate Studies in Summit College, is a member of the current ALF class.  Sheldon is a newer Department Chair and many of the individuals with whom he is interacting in ALF will be good contacts for Sheldon as he serves in this leadership role.  He serves as a member of the committee developing a LC for Black males and will teach a course in that LC in 2009-10.