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Spring 2025 Training Opportunities for Faculty, Administrative Unit Assessment Coordinators, and Educational Program Coordinators 

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Undergraduate Education & Faculty Affairs are delivering several training opportunities for faculty and program coordinators over the next several months. These training sessions address assessment reporting, the implementation of the new Blue platform for student evaluation of teaching, and Watermark Faculty Success.  

Assessment Trainings 
Do you have a responsibility to write an end of year assessment report for a credentialed program or administrative unit?  If so, please consider joining one of these training sessions. In each, we will review reporting expectations, navigating within Planning & Self Study, as well as providing individual work time. Please save the date for the following opportunities: 

• CSB
• Assessment Training – September Date is forthcoming
• CHSSA
• Assessment Drop In, April 23, 2025, Noon – 3:00 PM, Bear Hall 161
• Assessment Drop In, May 7, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Bear Hall 161
• CSE
• Assessment Drop In, April 24, 2025, 9:00 AM – Noon, Friday Hall 1009
• CHHS
• Assessment Days
• April 30—School of Social Work: 1PM - 3PM (VH 3504) *Bring your own laptop
• May 20—SHAHS: 10AM - 12PM (VH 1514) *Bring your own laptop
• May 27—CHHS All Schools Drop-in Session: 1PM - 3PM (VH 1514) *Bring your own laptop
• May 29—CHHS All Schools Drop-in Session: 9AM - 12PM (VH 1514) *Bring your own laptop
• May 14-CHHS School of Nursing: 9AM - 12PM (MC 2061) 
  WCE 
• Assessment Day, May 15, 2025, 8:30 AM - 12:30PM, Education Building 162
  
  
• Administrative Units Coordinators’ PSS Training
• “Planning & Self Study with Pizza” – May 22, 2025, 1:00PM -3:00PM, Hoggard 252

Critical Friends Assessment Academy will not be offered this summer.  We are evaluating this program for future consideration. 

Blue – Student Evaluation of Teaching 
Are you teaching this summer and want to get acquainted with Blue course evaluations and preparing your evaluations for administration? These sessions will showcase the solution and interface, show how faculty can review and update their course evaluation, and provide resources for student communications.  Please save these dates and Zoom links to your calendar Course Evaluation Training Sessions via Zoom, click on each section for the link. 

• Summer 1, IMBA1/OAP 5 Training, May 27, 2025, 10:00 am
• Summer 1 IMBA 1/OAP 5 Training, May 28, 2025, 2:00 pm
• Summer Full Term, June 16, 2025, 1:00 pm
• Summer Full Term, June 17, 2025, 11:00 am 
• Summer 2 Training, June 23, 2025, 10:00 am
• Summer 2 Training June 24, 2025 2:00 pm
• Full Summer Training, July 7, 2025, 10:00 am 
• Full Summer Training, July 8, 2025, 2:00 pm 
• IMBA 2/OAP 6 Training, July 14, 2025, 10:00 am
• IMBA 2/OAP 6 Training, July 15, 2025, 2:00 pm

Watermark Faculty Success 

Do you need additional guidance on Watermark Faculty Success?  These sessions will demonstrate how to populate and edit activities in WFS screens, run reports, and other tips for using the platform.  

• April 3, 2025 from 12:30-2:30 pm in King Hall Room 210 
• April 23, 2025 from 2:00-4:00 pm in King Hall Room 210 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at ie@uncw.edu.

UNCW students have a new course evaluation solution launching this summer! The Institutional Effectiveness Office has worked collaboratively with the Facutly Senate Evaluation Committee to prepare for the launch of the Blue Course Evaluation solution. This transition began in 2023 with a review of the current solution that included stakeholder feedback, a request for proposal process, and the adoption and pilot of the new Blue Course Evaluation solution.  

The official launch date of the new solution is Saturday, June 14, 2025! Faculty members will be provided directions and more information by email on Monday, May 19, 2025. There will also be several “training” dates announced for the spring semester. 

For more detailed information on the Blue course evaluation system, we have created two internal SharePoint sites.  One SharePoint site was created for instructors, sharing information on how to prepare course evaluations for students.  A second SharePoint site was created for the student audience, so faculty can share information on the new course evaluation solution with them. 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to CourseEvals@uncw.edu 

Please join me in welcoming our new assessment team supporting academic and administrative unit assessment, program review, and accreditation. 

• Kris Byrd for College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts (CHSSA) and College of Science and Engineering (CSE)

Kris Byrd comes to us from UNC Charlotte serving as the director of assessment, planning and accreditation, in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences for 3+ years. She has previously worked at Savannah College or Art and Design as a senior assessment and curriculum specialist, and at Virginia Commonwealth University as an assistant professor and assessment coordinator.  Kris currently holds a master’s degree in history from the University of South Florida. 

• Joyce Bahhouth for Watson College of Education (WCE) and Cameron School of Business (CSB)

Dr. Bahhouth comes to us from Bladen Community College (BCC) as an associate vice present for college assessment and accreditation, serving in this position for 2+ years and at BCC for 15+ years. Also at Bladen Community College, she has served as associate vice president for instructional operations and as dean of arts and sciences and developmental students. She has also served in the roles of faculty member and department chair. Dr. Bahhouth holds a PhD in English as a Second Language from the University of Holy Spirit and a master’s in education from American University.

• Jennifer McBride Koch for College of Health and Human Services (CHHS)

Dr. McBride Koch comes to us from Brunswick Community College, previously serving as Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Initiatives. She has also served as Assistant Vice President of Instructional Operations at Cape Fear Community College and has also taught English at Cape Fear Community College and NC Wesleyan University. Dr. McBride Koch holds a PhD in Rhetoric and Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in English from UNCW. 

We are also very excited to welcome Terrell Bryant, who is transitioning to Assessment Systems Reporting Manager in Institutional Research & Planning. He will be supporting curriculum management for the College of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts and College of Science & Engineering while moving into the role of system administrator for the university’s assessment technologies and continue to provide assessment coordination support.

Please extend a warm UNCW welcome to our new assessment team!

The Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Office is excited to announce the implementation of a new course evaluation platform, Blue by Explorance, which will be rolled out in the Summer of 2025. The new platform will replace UNCW’s current solution, IDEA Course Evaluation, which was implemented in the fall of 2013. Based on a motion from the Faculty Senate and with nominations from Faculty Senate and the Provost, a committee was created and charged to develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) to seek a new course evaluation solution. Chaired by Kimberly Miller, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, faculty feedback was gained about critical course evaluation needs, and this information informed the selection process to identify prospective vendors.  Please thank the following members and volunteers for their time, input, and support:

• Robert Bisanar, Purchasing
• Jennifer Erpelding, Institutional Research & Planning
• Stacey Kolomer, School of Social Work
• Zerek Olson, Information Technology Services
• Allison Toney, Mathematics & Statistics
• Volunteer Satlaj Dighe, Educational Leadership
• Volunteer Jeffery Toth, Psychology

The transition aimed at increasing our use of technology to collect meaningful student feedback that will allow our faculty to reflect on their teaching effectiveness, quality of course delivery, and overall student learning experience. This advanced solution is designed to enhance and streamline the course evaluation process, making it more efficient and impactful for both faculty and students. Blue is a powerful survey tool with the ability to gather a variety of data that provides multi-level insights.  

Examples of features of Blue by Explorance:

1. Real-time Tracking Interface: Blue provides instructors and course coordinators with access to monitor the progress and response rate throughout the course evaluation process. Its subject management functionality also offers expanded permissions for faculty to manage evaluations more effectively.
2. Customizable Questionnaire instruments: The system enables personalized questions based on specific criteria, using triggers and branching mechanisms. This customization is designed to improve response rates and provide more accurate assessments of teaching effectiveness.

Currently, the project is in its initial stages of implementation. The IE Office is working with Explorance to design and build this solution for the university.  In conjunction with this work, the IE Office is supporting the Faculty Senate Evaluation Committee to communicate the new functionality of the software and to provide information for the committee to develop a new university course evaluation. A fall 2024 pilot is planned for November 27 to December 12, 2024. For more information on the pilot, please contact ie@uncw.edu.

In the spring of 2025, adjustments will be made based on pilot feedback and training sessions for faculty and administrators will be available to ensure a smooth transition to this new technology. The IE Office looks forward to the enhanced efficiencies that Blue by Explorance will bring to course evaluations and the positive impact it will have on teaching and learning outcomes across campus.

Following UNC System guidance, the expectation is that all full-time faculty should submit their faculty workplan through Watermark Faculty Success by August 31, 2024.  Broady, a faculty workplan should address department, college, and university goals in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service, including meeting instructional needs.  A workplan should also address professional development and any activities a faculty member is expected to complete within an academic year. Located within the Watermark Faculty Success (WFS) Activities tab, the Faculty Workload Plan Submission screen captures these anticipated goals and intended activities for the upcoming academic year.

In filling out your plan, please refer to the UNCW Faculty Differentiated Worland Guidance Document, which offers guidance related to workload as it relates to the landscape of diverse approaches across disciplines. If you have any questions regarding policy or calculation of workload, please contact your Department Chair/School Director. They may refer you to the or the Office of Institutional Effectiveness for more information.

If you have technical questions regarding Watermark Faculty Success, please email ie@uncw.edu or if you have feedback on the process please fill out the WFS Faculty Workload Plan Process Feedback Form.

The university process timeline is presented below and followed by additional resource links.

Resource SharePoint Site Links:

Watermark Faculty Success Resources SharePoint Site Link

Watermark Faculty Work Plan Resources SharePoint Site Link

The Institutional Effectiveness (IE) Office is implementing enhanced assessment technologies to streamline reporting processes for continuous improvement and to maintain critical compliance standards.  There are two new technologies that have been or are being rolled out, both Watermark solutions: Planning & Self Study and Student Learning in Licensure

Planning & Self Study is a streamlined system designed to gather, analyze, and act on assessment data. Watermark is sunsetting the Taskstream Accountability and Management System (AMS), and UNCW determined that this was the best time in our institutional accreditation process to upgrade our current product. Program Coordinators will have access to Taskstream AMS until June 30, 2025.

Planning & Self Study offers:

1. Centralized and Streamlined Processes: centralizes program planning, effectiveness, and accreditation reporting. It directly connects planning and assessment data, making it easier to track progress.
2. Integration with Other Data Sources: integrates seamlessly with other campus data sources (i.e., Canvas, Banner). It can be used for accreditation preparation, annual outcomes assessment, and program review.
3. Impactful Pairing with Watermark Student Learning & Licensure: Faculty can streamline grading and assessment efforts, making data organization more efficient.

Planning & Self Study is still in the validation phase, the last of development, and has been rolled out to early adopters who attended Critical Friends Assessment Academy (CFAA).  Early feedback from CFAA participants has been positive. The IE Office will be rolling out training in the fall to help program coordinators and administrative unit coordinators set up their AY 2024-2025 assessment plans. 

Student Learning & Licensure (SLL) is an assessment and ePortfolio software that captures the full student pathway through a program.  This software was piloted in July 2024, and faculty are being trained to launch this fall for the Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) Program led by Dr. Eric Richardson. For the MHA program, this will replace Watermark’s Taskstream Learning Achievement Tool (LAT) because of the following enhanced functionalities:

1. Assess Learning and Progress: The SLL platform will let the program guide students through program requirements, grade and assess classroom learning to field experiences in one location, coordinate practicum placements, and track progress toward customized program requirements.
2. ePortfolios and Rubrics: The program and students will be able to use ePortfolios to highlight students’ learning. SLL allows the program to embed standardized and customized grading and assessment rubrics to more consistently measure progress on program and course learning outcomes and program competencies all while providing more precise feedback to students.
3. Integration and Insights: SLL seamlessly connects with existing Turnitin integrations and major LMS (Learning Management System) platforms, like Canvas, and assists in gaining better insights through standards-based reporting.

More information on these tools is available at the following SharePoint link: University Assessment Resources. The IE Office will contact program coordinators with more information on training opportunities.

If your faculty role requires you to manage your educational program’s assessment process and you have not experienced this Academy, please consider joining the Critical Friends Assessment Academy (CFAA). This annual event, hosted by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, is scheduled for July 31^st and August 1^st from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm both days in The Education Building, Room 162. Critical Friends Assessment Academy is a professional learning community that provides a common knowledge base for assessment and continuous improvement to strengthen and improve academic programs and student learning. All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.

 For those faculty or staff who provide assessment support for an administrative unit, please know that administrative unit training opportunities will be held throughout the upcoming academic year that will address activities for program/unit outcome assessment and when applicable, co-curricular student learning outcomes assessment.

The Academy will be led by Kimberly Miller (Director of Institutional Effectiveness) and Dr. Jennifer Erpelding (Assistant Director of Institutional Effectiveness), with best practice presentations from UNCW colleagues. Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and apply strategies to increase the quality of your assessment report. In addition to learning strategies on assessment reporting, you will also hear from Dr. Eric Richardson, Director of the Master of Healthcare Administration program, who will present on his experience using Watermark Student Learning & Licensure, a cloud-based software program designed to guide students through their program requirements. More specifically, this software will:

• Assess fieldwork and coursework for a full view of progress.
• Coordinate placements and track progress toward licensure.
• Use ePortfolios to showcase the entire learning journey.

Dr. Richardson is using this software to streamline reporting for the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).

 If you attend, we ask that you serve as a liaison and resource during the annual assessment process in your college. The CFAA emphasizes the importance of assessment work while providing a respectful atmosphere where collaboration and constructive feedback across educational programs is encouraged. The CFAA is a wonderful way for you to hone your assessment knowledge and gain critical skills that will advance your program’s effectiveness.

Faculty participants, who are off contract, will receive an $800 stipend ($400 per day) as compensation for the time spent at the Academy. Lunch will be provided each day. The number of participants is limited to 40 spaces for academic program faculty, so please plan to attend both days. Spaces are filled on a “first come, first reserved” basis.

To register, please click on the link and fill out the CFA Registration Form. If you have any questions, please email ie@uncw.edu.

This academy fills up fast, so please do not hesitate to register!

As a reminder, UNCW is partnering with a national program, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), to participate in an important survey focused on faculty job satisfaction. Please check your inbox for a link to the survey – we need your feedback! Your views are especially important as we strive to increase the satisfaction of all faculty and to continue to make UNCW an even greater place to work. 

To support and encourage your participation, the Office of the Provost and the Faculty Senate Welfare Committee will be offering a lunch break for the college with the highest participation rate. Your support by completing the survey will allow us to ensure that your voices are heard. 

The COACHE survey launched the first week in February for faculty who have worked at UNCW for more than 1 year and will close on April 5, 2024. 

Click here for more information on COACHE at UNCW.

National Survey of Student Engagement: We need your help to recruit students!

As faculty and staff at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, we are always seeking ways to improve the student experience. To assist us with our efforts, we need to hear from our students. The Office of Institutional Research and Planning is administering the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to ALL first-year students and Seniors from March 11 to May 13, and we need your help to encourage participation.

What is NSSE? 

NSSE is a trusted instrument used across the nation for assessing the quality of undergraduate education and student engagement. When students complete a survey, this information provides diagnostic and actionable information that will foster and catalyze evidence-based improvement efforts. The results of this survey will help us gain an in-depth look at the student experience to better facilitate unique learning opportunities, gain insight on opportunities and threats to student retention and completion, understand how engagement has changed and how students have adapted since the previous administration, and so much more!

 How can you help? 

We are asking faculty and staff who engage with first-year and seniors students to encourage them to check their e-mails for the NSSE survey link and to complete the survey. Please let them know that we carefully review and consider all feedback received through this survey.

You can also help us advertise our incentives! Students who complete the survey by Friday, April 26^th will be automatically entered in a random drawing to win:

• Beats Studio Buds worth $150 (4 chances to win),
• UNCW Branded Woodland Cooler Backpacks worth $70 (25 chances to win),
• UNCW Branded Baskets with items such as a hat, lanyard, keychain, etc. worth $75 (8 chances to win)

In addition, fifty of the first first-year and Seniors who complete the survey will receive $5 in UNCW Seahawks Bucks. The chances of winning depend on how many students complete the survey; the last time we administered the survey about 22% or 1,548 students responded.

We hope to improve upon our 2022 overall response rates and hear from more students about their student experience. Our goal is 30%. Your help in getting students to provide feedback through this survey today will empower the students of tomorrow.

This spring, UNCW has is partnering with a national program, the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), to participate in an important survey focused on faculty job satisfaction. Please check your inbox for a link to the survey – we need your feedback! Your views are especially important as we strive to increase the satisfaction of all faculty and to make UNCW a great place to work. To support and encourage your participation, the Office of the Provost and the Faculty Senate Welfare Committee will be offering a lunch break for the college with the highest participation rate. Your support by completing the survey will allow us to ensure that your voices are heard. 

The COACHE survey will launch the first week in February for faculty who have worked at UNCW for more than 1 year. It will close on April 10, 2024. (Note: All new faculty hired within the last year will also receive a separate survey administered through the Institutional Research and Planning office.) 

 COACHE, which has been operating from the Harvard Graduate school of Education since 2003, provides campuses with valuable insights on the faculty experience, identifies drivers of faculty success and retention, and provides a comparison of peer groups and national data benchmarks. Gaining your feedback is key as we continue to focus on implementation of the new strategic plan, attracting and retaining the best and brightest faculty and scholars, increasing the work satisfaction of all faculty, and making UNCW a great place to work! 

 We welcome this opportunity to learn from an independent, research-driven, comparative study. We believe that UNCW can be one of the best places for scholars to work, and with your help we can learn how best to support that goal. However, data from the COACHE study will be meaningful only if we have broad participation. Don't forget – the college with the highest participation rate will receive a lunch break.   

Your participation and feedback is important to ensuring that campus leaders have a sense of the overall campus climate. Several important surveys are coming this spring to either your or your students’ email collecting perceptions and input to promote institutional effectiveness and improve the campus environment.

Please make time in your busy spring schedule to provide us your thoughts. If you have questions or concerns about the surveys, please contact us at ie@uncw.edu.

See the schedule of upcoming surveys

As we near the end of the Spring semester, many faculty and staff are completing Administrative Unit and Educational Program AY 2022-2023 Assessment Reports in UNCW’s Taskstream Accountability Management System (AMS) with many activities occurring before or during the upcoming fall term.  The timeline of assessment activities, presented below, varies depending on the type of assessment reports faculty and staff are submitting. As you close out the end of the year, it is important to ensure that you and your units are completing the various assessment, reporting, and planning activities.

Administrative Units

Assessment Activity by Month

July (Last business day – July 31, 2023)     
Administrative Units Assessment Reports Completed for the Previous Year (AY 2022-23)

August
Administrative Unit Assessment Planning

September (Last Business Day – September 29, 2023)
Administrative Unit Assessment Plans Developed for the Current Year (AY 2023-24)

Educational Programs

August                           
Program Assessment Planning

October (1^st Business Day – October 2, 2023)        
Academic Programs’ Outcomes (PO) and Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)
Assessment Reports Completed for the Previous Year (AY 2022-23)

PO & SLO Assessment Plans Developed for the Current Year (AY 2023-24)

Notes for faculty and staff who have a role in assessment planning or reporting.

• Administrative units, academic degree programs, and certificate programs are assessed and reported on annually in Taskstream AMS. For a report to be complete, all program and student learning outcomes in your assessment plan must have measures with findings posted and if appropriate, action plans to improve performance.
• For action plans, review to ensure that you provide status updates. This is an essential step to determining priorities for the upcoming academic year.
• If you have any updates to your workspace in Taskstream AMS, please reach out to Kimberly Miller at millerka@uncw.edu.

Critical Friends Assessment Academy for Academic Program Coordinators is being offered again this June with a new track for administrative units.

If your role requires you to manage your program or unit’s assessment process, please consider joining the Critical Friends Assessment Academy (CFAA) being hosted by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning June 20 and 21. Critical Friends Assessment Academy is a professional learning community that provides a common knowledge base for engaging in assessment and continuous improvement of assessment practices with the goal of contributing to strengthening and improving programs and student learning. All skill levels are welcome and encouraged to attend.

If you attend, we ask you to serve as a resource during the annual assessment process in your college or unit. The CFAA emphasizes the importance of assessment work while providing a respectful atmosphere where collaboration across academic programs and administrative units and constructive feedback is encouraged. Participants will have the opportunity to apply strategies and knowledge gained while working on their program or unit assessment reports.

The Academy will be led by Jaci Webb-Dempsey, Director of Program Assessment, Accreditation, and Development for the CSB, CHHS, and WCE; Diana Ashe, Director for Center for Faculty Leadership; and Kimberly Miller, Director of Institutional Effectiveness. As part of a one-day administrative unit training track, staff participants will receive assessment training and lunch on June 20. Staff participants must first gain approval to attend training from their reporting supervisor. As part of a two-day educational program assessment training track, faculty participants will receive an $800 stipend ($400 per day) and lunch will be provided each day on June 20 and 21. The number of participants is limited to 20 spaces for administrative units and 25 spaces for academic program faculty. Spaces are filled on a “first come, first reserved” basis.

If you are interested in participating in the two-day educational program track, please email Jaci Webb-Dempsey at dempseyj@uncw.edu or if you are interested in the one-day administrative unit track, please email Kimberly Miller at millerka@uncw.edu by Friday, May 26.

This academy fills up fast, so please do not hesitate to register!

Enhancing Reporting Ease with Watermark Faculty Success

If you are a faculty member, you may have spent too much time pulling all your information together for annual reports, RTP applications, and other reporting requests. We have heard from you.

The Institutional Effectiveness Office (IE) has been working with faculty representatives to make changes to the Watermark Faculty Success (WFS) platform to reduce the burden of faculty reporting. We found ways to connect technologies the university is already using to WFS to save you time, and we optimized our use of the WFS platform to make sure it will work for you. We look forward to saving you many hours in the years ahead!

In this article, we are excited to share how WFS can lighten your workload and offer new possibilities – both right now, and in the future.

The VITA Report

The VITA report is ready and available for your use in WFS! This feature can produce a report on all of your teaching, research, scholarship, and service that you have entered into WFS*, formatted into a curriculum vita (c.v.). Downloading the report into Microsoft Word allows you to edit the content as desired.

For annual reporting, the VITA report can be used to submit your information, or it can be pulled directly by department chairs. By using this WFS feature, you can keep your c.v. updated while you complete your annual reports, too – zero additional effort.

*Note: In order for this report to work properly, it requires you to upload your information on a regular basis. Need help or have questions? Email us at ie@uncw.edu

Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP)

In Fall 2022, the Center for Faculty Leadership’s Leadership UNCW faculty work group met to align the current RTP application with how information is collected through the WFS platform. The goal? To enable faculty members to generate their RTP applications within WFS. This work is ongoing with many stakeholder steps – check out the latest progress below.

The Leadership UNCW faculty working group and the IE team worked throughout the fall semester to align WFS with the RTP application, identifying many proposed changes. In January, the group began sharing its work with multiple stakeholder groups of faculty and staff from across the university to gather feedback and ensure that all disciplines would be able to use WFS to report their accomplishments. The proposed changes, with adjustments from the gathered feedback, were approved by the WFS Advisory Board. Next, the Faculty Leadership Work Team will bring the proposed changes to the Faculty Senate for review.

Student/Course Evaluation Data (IDEA)

The IE team is working with Information Technology Services (ITS) and data stewards to upload IDEA Course Evaluation scores used for RTP into WFS platform. These scores will be incorporated into the WFS RTP application (mentioned in the section above) to make your efforts in compiling this information cease to exist. No more need to create your own tables of IDEA scores! Our goal is to gain the required leadership approvals on an automated process this spring. If achieved, we can make changes within the platform and test over the summer months.

Stay tuned . . . This new feature could be available in your WFS account’s reporting menu as early as August 2023.

Collaborating with Scholars@UNCW

Have you visited Scholars@UNCW yet? Check out how it provides a digital search engine for our campus community to find and make connections with others who share the same research and scholarship interests. It’s also available to the general public, making it easy for anyone to find subject matter experts located right here at UNCW.

Take a moment to browse the system’s search feature to see who shares similar research interests about any topic. Questions? Email Associate Provost Lucy Holman, at holmanl@uncw.edu.

Additional Exploration for Enhanced Reporting Ease:

UNCW Library, the manager of Scholars@UNCW, is exploring ways to showcase faculty scholarship.

The IE team has reviewed all WFS reports and updated access requirements. This means your menu should be shorter, streamlined to provide relevant reports for your area.

Research and development: The IE team is exploring how to align WFS with OSPREY. More to come on this!

Annual reporting: the possibilities here are endless! Stay tuned for future updates as the IE team digs into more enhanced reporting ease with WFS.

Learn more about the enhanced WFS platform on the Watermark Faculty Success Resource SharePoint Site, or email us at ie@uncw.edu.

Please also join us in thanking the following faculty and staff who have been instrumental in providing their expertise and input to assist in streamlining core faculty reporting processes – and, overall, making our faculty reporting easier and more efficient for you!

Institutional Effectiveness Team

• David Roberts (WFS Brand Administrator)
• Casey Cascio (IDEA Brand Administrator)
• Kim Miller (Director of IE)

Leadership UNCW Faculty Work Group

• (sponsored by the Center for Faculty Leadership)
• April Matthias (CHHS)
• Indranil Ghosh (CSE)
• Florentina Andreescu (CHSSA)
• Tamatha Arms (CHHS)
• Aaron Wilcox (CHSSA)
• Stephen Hill (CSB)
• Diana Ashe (Director of CFL, CHSSA)

UNCW Library

• Lucy Holman
• Allison Kittinger
• Laura Wiegand McBrayer
• Garrett Armstrong

Information Technology Services

• Jarrett Piner
• Paul Qualle
• Jerry Martin
• John Luopa
• Colin Chapman
• Andrea Powell
• Kristin Chaffin

Academic Affairs Divisional Operations

• Deanna Tirrell (Personnel Administration)
• Megan Kauzlaric (Communications and Marketing)

Office of the Registrar

• Amanda Fleming
• Albie Lange