HLC Visit Agenda

Monday, Oct. 8, 2018

7:45 - 8:00 a.m.

Arrival and orientation to work room; preparation for sequence of meetings

Location: Mark Twain Room, Havener Center

8:00 - 8:50 a.m.

Welcome Institutional compliance with all 5 criteria for (re)accreditation

Location: Silver and Gold Room, Havener Center or Library Telepresence Room

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Overview of the writing process and highlights of the end-product

Location: Silver and Gold Room, Havener Center

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Open Forum - Institutional compliance with criteria 1 and 2 for accreditation

Location: St. Pat's A, Havener Center

  • Criterion 1: Mission
  • Criterion 2: Integrity - Ethical and Responsible Conduct

In addition to representatives from the following areas, any other campus constituents are welcome:

  • Student Affairs
  • Academic Affairs
  • Institutional Effectiveness
  • Public/Media Relations
  • Alumni Affairs
  • Institutional Governance
  • HLC team members

Note: Students and full-time faculty are strongly encouraged to attend this session

11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Open Forum - Institutional compliance with criteria 3 and 4 for accreditation

Location: St. Pat's A, Havener Center

  • Criterion 3: Teaching and Learning – Quality, resources, and support
  • Criterion 4: Teaching and Learning – Evaluation and improvement

In addition to representatives from the following areas, any other campus constituents are welcome:

  • Academic Affairs (inclusive of Faculty Affairs)
  • Library Services
  • Student Affairs (inclusive of Advising)
  • Undergraduate Programs (inclusive of General Education administration)
  • General Counsel
  • Institutional Effectiveness
  • Program Review
  • Institutional Research
  • HLC team members

Note: Students and faculty (both full-and part-time) are strongly encouraged to attend this session

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch with S&T Board of Trustees

Location: Silver and Gold, Havener Center

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Campus Tour

Overview of the physical plant and its capacity to meet the mission of the university

2:50 - 4 p.m.

Open Forum - Institutional compliance with criterion 5 for accreditation

Location: St. Pat's A, Havener Center

Criterion 5: Resources, planning, and institutional effectiveness

In addition to representatives from the following areas, any other campus constituents are welcome:

  • Library Services
  • Student Affairs
  • Business Affairs (CFO)
  • Information technology (CIO)
  • Institutional Effectiveness
  • Institutional Research
  • Development
  • HLC team members

4:00 - 4:45 p.m.

Team work

Location: Mark Twain Room, Havener Center

4:45-5 p.m.

Checking in with the ALO

Location: Mark Twain Room, Havener Center

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Welcome and campus overview - Institutional compliance with all five criteria for accreditation

Location: Engineering Education Center, St. Louis, MO

11:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.

History, planning and oversight

Location: Engineering Education Center, St. Louis, MO

History, planning and oversight of:

  • Facilities and Technology
  • Human Resources

12:00 - 1 p.m.

Overview of resources, support, educational programs, instructional oversight, evaluation and assessment, and continous improvement

Overview of:

  • Student and faculty resources and support
  • Educational programs and instructional oversight
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Continuous improvement

Location: Engineering Education Center, St. Louis, MO

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Drop-in session 1 (if needed)

Location: Silver and Gold, Havener Center

9:40 - 10:40 a.m.

Drop-in session 2 (if needed)

Location: Silver and Gold, Havener Center

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Team work

Location: Mark Twain Room, Havener Center

11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Visit wrap-up

Location: Silver and Gold

Room information:

  • Mark Twain is a modest sized room with one large conference table that seats 12, 10 chairs along the wall and one side table.
  • The Silver and Gold conference room seats 26 at the conference table with nine seats along one wall. There is a built-in counter.
  • St. Pat's A is a section of the ballroom set off by a solid partition. The seating capacity if set up in 'theatre' style is 150 people.