Memorandum

February 11, 2000

To:        Oakland University Faculty

From:    Louis Esposito
              Provost

Re:        Institute for Teaching and Learning Task Force

Once in a while an opportunity comes along to enhance the educational experience for both faculty and students. the consideration of an Institute for Teaching and Learning at Oakland University is such an opportunity. I am please that so many dedicated faculty and staff volunteered to participate on the ITL Task Force. although it was not possible to include everyone who volunteered on the committee, your ideas and input are still highly valued and the committee will be an interactive vehicle for discussion of the feasibility and desirability of creating an ITL at Oakland.

The Task Force will be charged with exploring models of teaching and learning centers currently operating at other universities, identifying the most important functions that such a center can and should serve at Oakland University, considering the feasibility of establishing an ITL at OU, and if such a center appears feasible, developing a plan for its establishment. I am asking Joel Russell, Professor of Chemistry and Susan Awbrey, Vice Provost, to co-chair the ITL Task Force.

Membership includes:

Sheldon Appleton, Professor of Political Science
Susan Awbrey, Vice Provost
Niels Herold, Associate Professor of English
Robert Kushler, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Frank Lepkowski, Interim Associate Dean of the Library
Shannan McNair, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Child Studies
Kay Palmer, Research Associate, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
Joel Russell, Professor of Chemistry
Chaunda Scott, Special Lecturer, Human Resource Development,
Chris Stiller Sermo, Special Instructor, Physical Therapy
Margaret Willard Traub, Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
Jeff Vande Zande, Tutor Coordinator, Academic Skills Center
Floyd Willoughby, Associate Professor of Management
Students, to be named