Studio for Academic Creativity: Client Brief Pub 490

Client BriefDr. Russell G. Carpenter Director, Noel Studio

Audiences: DemographicsEKU and Region National and International

• G&U students• Faculty• Staff• Donors and potential

donors• Quality Enhancement

Program [QEP]• Community near EKU• Community in EKU’s 22-

county service region

• Regional organizations [SWCA]

• National organizations [IWCA, NCA]

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [SACS]

• Donors and potential donors

The Noel Studio will encompass approximately 10,000 sf. of the Crabbe Library.

The space will be open and airy to encourage collaboration.

Two levels: the ground floor/entrance and a loft area.

History

Key PeopleOnda Bennet, Dean of University ProgramsCarrie Cooper, Dean of LibrariesRenee Everett, Communication Department

ChairBetina Gardner, Associate University LibrarianShannon Garland, Writing Center DirectorJulie George, Associate University LibrarianSherry Robinson, Special Assistant to the

Provost for Academic AffairsJayne Violette, Associate Professor of

Communication

Existing Goals & Directions1) Facilitate the advancement of effective communication and literacy development2) Move students from a “getting help” and “needing correction” instructional

philosophy to a collaborative instructional philosophy3) Engage students in their own literacy processes4) Provide an environment in which all students can actively participate in discovery

and creation.5) Facilitate learning through critical and creative thinking 6) Engage students in team building and teach effective strategies for group work 7) Facilitate the development of effective oral communication skills 8) Reinforce the significant ways in which writing, speaking, and listening are

interconnected 9) Facilitate a greater understanding of information literacy10) Foster the effective reading strategies 11) Provide creative spaces that engage various learning styles 12) Invite prospective teachers to engage more fully in an active, process-oriented

literacy framework13) Invite creativity by providing resources for students to work alone or in groups 14) Acknowledge that learning outcomes, as defined by Battersby (2002), “are not

discrete skills or mere collections of knowledge but the integrated complexes of knowledge, abilities and attitudes” (as cited in Mark & Boruff-Jones, 2003, p. 482)

Refine:

1)Student Learning Outcomes2)Training methods3)Assessment procedures

Engage:

1)Creative environment2) Intellectual community

Financial Profile Operating Budget

▫ Day-to-day expenses▫ Marketing▫ Research and travel▫ Studio initiatives▫ Salaries

Coordinators (3) Consultants (hourly and

contract)

Funding and Advancement ▫ Ron and Sherrie Lou Noel

Donation▫ Supported by QEP / UP▫ State matching

Programming & Decision-making •Noel Studio Director

•Dean of Libraries

•Dean of University Programs

•Noel Studio Advisory Committee

Program Content• Integrated environment

▫ Writing▫ Research▫ Oral communication

• Facilitated by▫ Director▫ Advisory Committee▫ Coordinators▫ Consultants

CompetitionEKU National

• Other students, friends, significant others

• Parents• Paid tutors (non-Studio)• Another website (non-

Studio)

• Writing centers• Communication centers• Writing studios

Communication Constraints

•Multiple and different locations of many communicators

•Newness of the program

•New people, methods, channels, protocols

•Lack of a physical central point

Communication Facilitators

•Shared vision

•Energetic and interested people

•Private donation

•Technology

Construction $2.8 million

Furniture $100,000

Technology $100,000 + [future]

Awareness: External

•Questions▫Time line▫Operations▫Equipment▫Hiring

•Excitement ▫Culture▫Intellectual▫New and fresh

KnowledgeInternal External

• Academic• Plans for physical

structure• Intended outcomes

• Change• Campus-wide focus on

critical and creative thinking

• Part of bigger picture• In progress

PerceptionsEKU [internal] National [external]

• Exciting• New• Developing• Taking physical shape• Integrated• Collaborative

• Interesting • New approach• Not really “writing center”

and not really “communication center”

• Impressive • Untested

Virtual / Digital networks & Programs

Campus / EKU / Student / Faculty

Community / Residents

National / International

The Noel Studio for Academic Creativity serves the EKU community as a

collaborative, innovative learning experience dedicated to the improvement

of communication and research skills.

Noel Studio Links

Studio Home: http://www.studio.eku.edu/

Construction: http://noelstudio.wordpress.com/

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