Quality Enhancement Plan Ethical Decision-Making (EDM) Weekly Progress Report: Tuesday 7 July 2020 Summer One Week five/finals week

For July 6: "It's good to have money and the things that will buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy." - George Horace Lorimer. Vincente Flores – Student

1867-99: born in Louisville, to the Rev. George C. Lorimer ; immigrant from Edinburgh Scotland, and Belle Burford; attends Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and ; begins career as a journalist.

1899-31 December 1936: editor-in-chief of the Saturday Evening Post, serves as vice president, president, and chairman of the Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of the Post.

Increases subscriptions from several thousand to over a million. Promotes or discovers many American authors, including .

Writes: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, basis for the 1922 film A Self-made Man starring William Russell, silent era actor, director, producer and screenwriter; Old Gordon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son; The False Gods.

Bequest: most of Lorimer Park, a 230-acre Montgomery County public park.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Horace_Lorimer ; http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4228

Faculty and Staff Professional Development: College Services Division, Thursday 25 June, 2 pm. Dr. Manzo, Liz Castillo, David Kisel. 35 participants.

Student engagement: What Would You Do scenarios. Dr. Angela McPherson Williams (Dr. Mac), Director of Student Success and the Department of Student Life.

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Assessment: Online QEP constituent survey created and implemented. Dr. Melissa Guerrero, Director of Institutional Research. 25 respondents.

Student engagement: Input into 2020 Fall Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl and Two-Year Ethics Bowl preparations, to be held via Zoom, either synchronously or asynchronously.

Assessment: SACSCOC Five-year QEP Impact report meeting, Monday 22 June, 1 pm, David Kisel, Dr. Manzo, Liz Castillo. https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/09/Process-review-of-QEP-Impact-Rpt.pdf

Upcoming Tasks, Events, and Initiatives

Assessment: SACSCOC Five-year QEP Impact report meeting, TBA. Dr. Melissa Guerrero, Director of Institutional Research; Jeffrey French, Project Manager; David Kisel; Dr. Manzo; Liz Castillo. https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/09/Process-review-of-QEP-Impact-Rpt.pdf

Faculty and Staff Professional Development: Ethics Bowl Summer Training, Friday and Saturday, 24 and 25 July. https://www.appe-ethics.org/summer-workshop

Faculty and Staff Professional Development: All-College Convocation, Saturday 15 August. Four case studies currently being reviewed.

Faculty and Staff Professional Development: New Faculty Training. TBD; usually Tuesday 20 August.

Archives for Weekly Progress; Mid-Year; and Annual Reports, 2016 January to Present https://www.alamo.edu/spc/about-spc/strategic-plan/quality-enhancement-plan-qep/about-qep/

SPC updates: https://www.alamo.edu/spc/ | QEP homepage: https://www.alamo.edu/spc/qep | All sessions conducted via Zoom

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