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ROCK REPORT Psychology Professor Named Carnegie ScholarRemember crammingfor tests in college?You probablyremember the late nights,but not much about thematerial you actually studied,right?Like most educators,Renee Michael, Ph.D.,associate professor of psychology,believes this techniqueis no substitute forreal learning. But as one of21 faculty members chosennationwide as CarnegieScholars by the CarnegieAcademy for the Scholarshipof Teaching andLearning this year, she’smade it her mission toexplore ways to help studentslearn material inmore meaningful andenduring ways.Renee Michael, Ph.D.“The Carnegie Foundationis interested in helpingstudents see how theirwhole college experience isconnected,” she said.Each semester, studentsin Michael’s researchmethods class engage in aservice project that callsfor collaborating with alocal nonprofit agency toconduct research that helpsthe organization better meetthe needs of its patrons.To do this, students needto draw on what they’velearned in other courses —communication, statisticsand psychology, for example— as well as their personalexperiences in communityservice and critical thinking.The result is an experiencethat engages studentsin pulling together all theirknowledge and availableresources to solve a problem.Michael believes theintegrative nature of thispractice teaches studentsnot only what to learn inthe short-term, but howto learn throughout theirlifetime and “be betterprepared to be educatedcitizens in the real world.”Michael is the secondRockhurst faculty memberto be named a CarnegieScholar. Anita Salem, professorof mathematics, wasselected in 1998. In 2003,the Carnegie Foundationdesignated Rockhurst asa national leadership sitefor the Scholarship ofTeaching and Learning— one of only a handfulof institutions to earnthis distinction.“This adds to Rockhurst’sreputation as being at theforefront of the Scholarshipof Teaching andLearning initiative,” saidMichael. “Ideally we’d likestudents to see the big picture,and how what they’relearning makes sense in aJesuit institution where wevalue the whole person.”Rockhurst Ranks AgainU.S. News & World Report has rankedRockhurst University No. 14 in theMidwest Best Universities — Master’scategory in its 2006 rankings. Therankings are part of the magazine’sannual “America’s Best Colleges” issueand accompanying guidebook.More than 175 public and private master’s institutionsare included in the Midwest region. Rockhurst consistentlyis ranked among the top 15.The magazine bases its rankings on a number of criteria,including peer assessments, freshman retention rate,graduation rate, faculty resources, class sizes, student/faculty ratio, student selectivity, acceptance rate, financialresources and alumni giving rate.“This ranking is onemore validation of theexceptional quality of theRockhurst experience,”said the Rev. EdwardKinerk, S.J., president ofRockhurst University.“We encourage students tolook at these rankings as part ofa holistic approach in their collegeselection. There are many aspects of a Rockhurst educationthat cannot be measured in these rankings, such asour distinctive mission, which calls on us to develop eachstudent as a whole person — intellectually and professionally,morally and spiritually,” said Fr. Kinerk.8 ROCKHURSTFALL 2005
W H E R EtheGirls AreRockhurst Goes CoedFor today’s students, it’s hard to believe.Before fall 1969, women could enroll in theEvening Division but weren’t admitted toRockhurst as full-time traditional undergraduates.Two alumni describe life before and after whatmay be the biggest change to hit this campus.ROCKHURSTFALL 2005 9
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