Greetings from Oregon State!  I am a new blogger at Student Voice and want to give you a brief introduction.  As the Director of Student Affairs Research and Evaluation here I work with people in all of the Student Affairs units and departments on assessment plans, reports, and collaborative ventures as well as a variety of university level assessment projects.  I also am in the unique position of serving on several university-level committees with faculty who are committed to improving the student experience.  These opportunities allow me not only to contribute a student affairs voice to these conversations but also to better understand the viewpoints of faculty and how the academic and student affairs perspectives converge.

My greatest joy in my position is working with the Student Affairs Assessment Council.  In future blogs I’ll tell you about this group and the wonderful work that they do.  I also hope to talk with you about some of the things that are on my mind as I continue to think about our work and how we can better educate our students. 

Oh, I hope to also use this blog to solicit resources from readers and also to share some of the great resources that I have come across related to student learning and assessment.  So to start this resource sharing, I ran across a great SPSS tutorial on the web at:  http://calcnet.mth.cmich.edu/org/spss/toc.htm

Best,

Rebecca

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