1. Faculty Workshop
Spring 2017

3. To new instructors, WELCOME to OVU!
This PowerPoint presentation holds the topics we have addressed in this week’s Faculty/Staff Workshop and information needed by all instructors. Please contact your dean with any questions or needs.
Human Resources paperwork- Terri Butterfield, or
Introduction to academic policies, practices, and paperwork- see your college dean

4. Welcome to Spring 2017 Adjuncts, go to forms.ovu.edu. Find
Academic Information for Instructors
Check Items 2, 3, & 4 on that list and complete the tasks.
Print/Sign/Date the page and give it to Terri Butterfield
Contact Stan Inman ( ) for computer and Mylink logins or assistance

5. From Dr. Joy Jones, VPAA:
Guidelines for instructors: * Do not allow students to use phones as calculators. * Address your courses’ assigned learning outcomes and nothing else. * Check Sakai site-OVU Syllabi for updated templates. * Provide your OVU address to your students. * Send completed syllabus to your dean by for review. Your dean will upload it to the Sakai site. * Change your password for computer & MyLink logins. * Check your OVU .

6. Dr. Jones, cont. Review Days – April 27, 28, 2017
-Replaces Dead Week. Change entry in each syllabus to
the item provided in the message with this PPT.
Notify your dean on whether you will have a final exam or capstone project and if you plan to use your time slot in Final Exam Week.
Submit final grades in a secure manner
- Enter grades in MyLink, if possible
- Can use phone but not to submit grades
- Submit a class list with final grades and your
signature to the registrar’s office.

7. Professional Development
It is important to stay up-to-date in content and teaching strategies. See your dean for details about free resources.
Faculty Meetings, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month, 11:30am-1:00pm, Room 104. YOU are welcome.
College/program meetings- you are welcome.
Magna Commons
SmartBrief in your discipline
Faculty Focus, Eduwire, EducationDive, blogs, national associations’ online journals
Webinars- Academic Impressions and others

8. Classroom Courtesies
Please don’t allow anyone to sit on classroom tables.
If you use the screen, raise it before leaving.
Before leaving:
* Arrange the room in the original set-up.
* Erase the boards.
* Have everyone dispose of trash.
* Close the windows, even if another class is coming.
Would you adopt your classroom (TLC, report maintenance needed, etc.)? Tell Terri Butterfield.
Thank you.

9. Sakai
Every OVU course has a shell available automatically. Please consider using your Sakai site for your course(s).
Add basics to your course-syllabus, resources. Could use for communication, assignment submission, Lessons tool, calendar/schedule. Important for unavoidable absences and to ensure communication and availability of resources.
Tell your students that, in an emergency that requires cancellation of a class (your illness, weather), that you will place an assignment on the course site.
Green Tray Lunches in Room 142 on schedule to be determined. Training. Sharing. Reminder s will go out.
Sakai 11 installation is complete. Different look. Tools have some new features. Training available & nearly painless. G.K. Pennington, or see your dean.

10. Sakai 11 Update
Sakai 11 allows use on variety of devices with icons and/or text. Changes appearance and adds functionality.
You may need to clear the cache in your browser history
My Workspace became Home (upper left corner)
More Sites tab changed to a Sites icon on upper right
In each course, Overview is the homepage.
Allows movement back and forth across pages with additional flexibility. Continue to compose in Word.
Allows user to show or diminish toolbar on left
Requires fewer clicks in using some tools
In Home or course, click Help buttons for resources
Preferences process changed

11. Kathy Muller-Dean of Student Success
Seeing a student showing indicators of risk? Contact Kathy at or as soon as you see risk behaviors.
Literacy Initiative- need volunteers to read with elementary students
100/100 Challenge and Helping Hands
Don’t hesitate or wait long before contacting Kathy.

12. Move-In and Kickstart
Check messages from Reilly Turner. Help if you can. This builds priceless relationships.
Advisors will follow Reilly’s schedule to register new students on Friday, Jan. 6, and Monday, Jan. 9.
If you have students with any questions about advising, scheduling, or finances, encourage them to see their advisors, Registrar, or Financial Aid Office.

13. Discussion of New Strategic Plan
Faculty members met by college and in mixed groups in the Faculty Workshop on Thurs., Discussion led to great ideas and feedback.
See the following slides for a picture of the strategic plan. Add your thoughts to the discussion by talking with your dean.

14. Strategic Plan Overview
Jeff Dimick, EVP

15. PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
PURPOSE: OVU seeks to be an authentic Christian university that provides an environment based on an authentic Christian worldview where individuals have opportunities to develop the mind in order to gain the capacities they need to be the person God wants them to be and to accomplish the purpose for which God created them.
MISSION: At Ohio Valley University, we seek to transform lives in a Christ-centered academic community that integrates higher learning, biblical faith, and service to God and humanity.
VISION: Joined Jesus to fix a broken world.
DESTINATION
POINTS
Develop an Innovative Campus Culture
Create a Vibrant Student Experience
Model a Sustainable Dynamic Institution
OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY
Why
what
how
VALUES
Christ
Education that transforms
Community
Commitment to excellence
Faith manifested in service
THE
MANTRA
(Elevator)
Does it stimulate my intellect? We recognize God as the source of all knowledge and wisdom, cultivate a foundation of scholarship and competencies that lead to life-long learning.
Does it make a difference? We recognize Jesus’ model of service, provide opportunities for students, faculty and staff to serve the local, national, and global communities.
Is it responsible? We recognize God’s provision, guide OVU’s constituents to properly steward relationships, the environment, and resources.
Is it holy? We recognize God’s providence, emphasize spiritual growth in all curricular, co-curricular, and student life activities
Model
Now … not just then
Worldview
Holistic … not fragmented
Process
Journey … not just destination
Scope
Life … not just vocation
SERVICE
SCHOLARSHIP
SPIRITUALITY
STEWARDSHIP
C O R N E R S T O N E S
PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
Version 2.1

16. 1: Our Vision Joined Jesus in Fixing a Broken World
Turning broken into good
Making worthless into the blessed

17. Destination Points How do we bless our students?
How do we restore the good in the world?
How are we an authentic Christian university?

18. 3: Destination Points Create a Vibrant Student Experience
Develop an Innovative Campus Culture
Model a Sustainable Dynamic Institution

19. 4: Pillars Spirituality: Is it holy? Stewardship: Is it responsible?
Service: Does it make a difference?
Scholarship: Does it stimulate my intellect?

20. Academic Integrity
Instructors shared challenges and ideas for preventing integrity issues and addressing the occasional lapses in judgment. See your dean for information or to discuss any questions about student behaviors in your course(s).
When a student behaves without integrity in an assignment or assessment, complete the Academic Dishonesty Reporting Form available at forms.ovu.edu and send it to Terri Butterfield. Do not hesitate. Do it consistently. This is the only way we have to know if an occurrence is a first offense or one in a sequence. We’re here to transform lives.

21. Institutional Review Board and Federal Oversight
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
National Research Act of 1974 & the Belmont Report
"respect for persons" (right to autonomy)
"beneficence“ (benefits outweigh risks)
"justice“ (fairness, entitlement and equality)
Role of IRB
Ensuring that human subjects are protected
Participants understand that they are participating in a research study
That the individual is a willing participant
To determine if the risks outweigh the benefits.

22. What is Research? “Research” “Quality Improvement”
Investigations undertaken in order to add to the body of evidence regarding phenomena; data/findings will be shared outside the classroom and university
Must have approval before data collections begins
“Quality Improvement”
Investigations and analyses of identified problems
Enhancement of products or service
Data are not shared outside of the organization
“Learning activities”
Activities undertaken as part of the learning experience; data are not shared outside of the classroom/organization

23. Enrollment Status (Traditional Undergraduate Full-Time Headcount)
Spring 2017 (as of 1/3/17)
331 registered
30 to 35 returners not yet registered
15 new students
360 to 370 estimated enrollment
Fall 2017 Goals/Estimates
100 returning non-athletes
68 to 100 new non-athletes (incl. international)
276 athletes
440 to 476 potential range
Presidential Goal: 500 FTE

24. OVU-ACE Status (Alternative Clean Energy)
Note: These slides provide information about the ACE project. For further information, see your dean or Jeff Dimick.

25. ACE Technology Platform

26. ACE Site Location Wood County, WV

27. Proposed ACE Facility Layout

28. ACE Project Timeline Development Financing Construction Start-Up 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2020
Development
Financing
Construction
Start-Up

29. Clean Water Project (Katheros) Status
Note: These slides provide information about OVU’s Katheros Clean Water Project. For more information, see your dean or Dr. Stephen Opoku-Duah.

30. Clean Water – Industrial
Trailer being assembled in Colorado Springs, CO

31. Clean Water Lectro-CelleTM

32. Tested June 23, 2016
Littleton, CO
Treated
Frack Water
Pre-treated
Frack Water

33. Thank you for all your work!