Monday, June 17 2013 3:15 PM EDT2013-06-17 19:15:41 GMT
The program is composed of five courses that introduce students to social media and digital tools and teach them how to use those skills to promote a business or organization.
The program is composed of five courses that introduce students to social media and digital tools and teach them how to use those skills to promote a business or organization.
Monday, June 17 2013 12:27 PM EDT2013-06-17 16:27:27 GMT
Students will take five three-hour courses, including three new online social media courses. They are social media strategy, social media applications and social media campaigns.
Students will take five three-hour courses, including three new online social media courses. They are social media strategy, social media applications and social media campaigns.
Sunday, June 16 2013 6:30 PM EDT2013-06-16 22:30:12 GMT
Mayor George Karos and Shepherd President Susanne Shipley signed an agreement Friday that allows city workers to get the discounts for classes that benefit the city.
Mayor George Karos and Shepherd President Susanne Shipley signed an agreement Friday that allows city workers to get the discounts for classes that benefit the city.
Sunday, June 16 2013 4:15 PM EDT2013-06-16 20:15:04 GMT
The state Board of Education continues to pursue what are known as the Common Core State Standards, with a goal of phasing them in by the 2014-2015 school year.
The state Board of Education continues to pursue what are known as the Common Core State Standards, with a goal of phasing them in by the 2014-2015 school year.
Sunday, June 16 2013 12:15 PM EDT2013-06-16 16:15:00 GMT
Like WVU, the University of Virginia will expand its free online course offerings through Coursera.
Like WVU, the University of Virginia will expand its free online course offerings through Coursera.
West Virginia University
is reorganizing its support system for undergraduate students who have not yet
declared a major.
At the Board of Governors meeting on Nov. 16, Associate Provost for Undergraduate
Academic Affairs Elizabeth Dooley outlined WVU's newly proposed University College – a centralized support
system/program to assist students who don't have an academic major when they
start college.
University College will be an "academic home" for
pre-majors, general studies students and nontraditional students and will
launch in July 2013.
Currently,
some 6,000 students are serviced by the academic advising center, which will be
replaced with the University College, she said.
"It is our
hope that these students will receive structured and coordinated academic
services that will empower them to succeed and help them to make the transition
into a major program," Dooley said in a WVU news release.
Academic and career advising will remain central components of the new college,
but it will also encompass Blueprint for Student Success programs such as the First-year
Experience, Center for Civic Engagement, the Resident Faculty Leader program,
summer transition entry program, McNair Scholars program and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Academic
Affairs Elizabeth
Dooley outlined WVU's newly proposed University College – a
centralized support system/program to assist students who don't have an
academic major when they start college. This new unit will be an "academic
home" for pre-majors, general studies students and nontraditional students, she
said, and will be launched in July 2013.
Dooley will serve as dean of the University College.
Dooley said
WVU's retention rate of 77.2 percent and graduation rate of 57 percent are both
above national averages, but "we can do better."
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