Mason QEP News from Fall 2008

Update from November 7, 2008

Thank you to those of you who took the time to submit QEP topic proposals! We received a total of EIGHT new proposals and would like to know what you think!  We invite you to review the abstracts or the full text of the proposals below.

Please submit your feedback by sending an email to qep@gmu.edu or by visiting our blog at the QEP Cafe. There you can read abstracts of each of our twelve proposals, leave general feedback about the QEP process at Mason, comment on individual topic proposals, and see what other members of the Mason community are saying about the QEP! As you are reading the proposals, please keep in mind the QEP Planning Committee's topic evaluation criteria.

Feedback on all proposals is due no later than Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

When leaving feedback, we are particularly interested in your thoughts on the following questions:

• What excites you about this topic/proposal? Could you see yourself getting involved?
• How could your department or academic unit be involved in this?
• How do you see this topic enhancing student learning?
• Do you see this topic proposal as a way to push Mason forward? In what way(s)?
• What else would you like to share with the committee about this topic?

Preliminary Proposals

Update from October 3, 2008

1. The QEP Planning Committee has written four example QEP topic proposals and would like to know what you think! We are particularly interested in your thoughts on the following questions:

• What excites you about this topic/proposal? Could you see yourself getting involved?
• How could your department or academic unit be involved in this
• How do you see this topic enhancing student learning?
• Do you see this topic proposal as a way to push Mason forward? In what way(s)?
• What else would you like to share with the committee about this topic?

We invite you to visit the QEP Café, our new blog! The QEP Planning Committee will begin reviewing feedback on all proposals on Tuesday, November 25, 2008.
 

2.   We also welcome new proposals from you and your colleagues to be shared with the Mason community. Please refer to the Proposal Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria as you are writing your topic proposals. We ask that you use the committee’s proposals as models and our downloadable proposal template as a starting place.

Please send your new topic proposals to qep@gmu.edu no later than Friday, November 7, 2008. Your proposals will join the committee’s existing proposals for feedback from the Mason community.

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