Date/Semester
Spring Semester 2018
Learning Domains Addressed
o Leadership
o Education
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to serve in a ceremonial setting, and gain event experience by contributing to the logistical success of the event via student lead planning.
Students will be to actively network with current and future alumni and faculty, and will grow existing and new professional relationships.
Students will be able to identify the meaning and process of the Rights of Passage ceremony, so that they can integrate the experience into their future learning outcomes, navigate their final year accordingly, and provide insight to the cohort that will succeed their class.
Assessment Rubric
Advanced:
Seek out and speak with 5 alumni who are now working professionals.
Perform 3 or more hours of logistical service assigned by student lead volunteers.
Actively recognize 5 themes of event-orientated procedures that can be improved for the following year.
Competent:
Seek out and speak with 3 alumni who are now working professionals.
Perform 2 hours of logistical service assigned by student lead volunteers.
Actively recognize 3 themes of event orientated procedures that can be improved for the following year.
Basic:
Seek out and speak with 2 alumni who are now working professionals.
Perform 1 hour of logistical service assigned by student lead volunteers.
Actively recognize 2 themes of event-orientated procedures that can be improved for the following year.
Poor:
Spoke to only 1 or less alumni who are now working professionals.
Did not complete more than 1 hour of logistical service assigned by student lead volunteers.
Failed to recognize more than 1 theme of event orientated procedures that can be improved for the following year.
Evidence
Reflection
Rites of passage was a perfect culmination of the first year of the MSHE program. The first year from my perspective has been filled with irreplaceable moments of education, unison and laughter, but has also had its share of frustration, burn out and challenges. Looking forward to recognition of these moments provides incentive and reassurance of what the cohort signed up to accomplish. The event was ultimately an opportunity for students to express their appreciation towards the faculty, but also a chance for faculty to show their pride in their students. Set up in a well lit, beautifully decorated, and lively TSU Pavilion, the event produced just the type of climate it aimed for.
Outside of the classroom, there are a variety of factors and people who contribute to a student's success, and ultimately, the program's success. This was an opportunity for the two worlds to intersect and be introduced to one another. Each time a student would walk in, they would bring several members of their family or friends to see in tangible ways what the student had been immersed in for two years. Many of these family members or friends were proud, and some surely saw the event as aspirational. The faculty also was able to meet the family, and have a better frame on the students make up and motivation.
Finally, the ability to serve in a logistical capacity was gratifying. Others volunteered more of their time than me, and even though the duties consisted mainly of clean up or greetings for many of the students, seeing an entire cohort work as a team to develop a presence at the event was a clearly a significant moment. There was a feeling amongst my cohort of incentive and camaraderie, which translated into motivation for a tough upcoming summer semester. Overall the experience of Rites of Passage was just that, an experience. Moving forward many of us may try to share these feelings with the cohort that comes after us. This can provide a better focus for those students and help them navigate their program.
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