LSCHE Archive

To suggest information related to learning assistance or learning centers to be housed in the LSCHE digital archive, contact Alan Craig by clicking on the Webmaster link at the bottom of any page in LSCHE.

John Champaign Memorial Awards from NARDSPE/NADE/NOSS

(No longer awarded)

"Recognizes excellence in a Developmental Education program or one of its components"

For the complete list of awardees, access this NOSS website page and scroll down to the John Champaign Memorial Award list. Of the eighteen John Champaign Memorial Awards (1983-2009), only those awarded to learning center programs and services are listed below.

1983 Learning Assistance Support System, CSU Long Beach, CA
1989 Learning Assistance Center/Appalachian State University, NC
1996 Tutor Learning Center, University of Texas at El Paso
2000 Susanne Adams Director/Academic Support Services/Sandhills Community College, NC
2007 Stephen F. Austin State University, Academic Assistance and Resource Center, Nacogdoches, TX

Engineerica Learning Center Person of the Month

Introduction. The Learning Center Newsletter was a free online newsletter edited and published by Mon Nassar of Engineerica Systems, Inc., a software company specializing in learning center software. The Newsletter ran from 2000 to 2007. It featured practitioner-written book reviews, SI and disability articles, internet resources for learning centers, learning assistance news items, regular columns on management strategies & tips, online learning, student study skills tips, and person of the month citations, along with a conference schedule, selected publications list, MS Word tips, Windows Software picks, jokes, and quotations by the editor.

Person of the Month Roster
February 2000: Muriel Harris, Director Writing Lab, Purdue University, IN
March 2000: Karen G. Smith, Director LRC, Rutgers University, NJ
April 2000: Marie Elaine Burns, Skyline College (currently at Foothills College, CA)
May 2000: Frank L. Christ, Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona
June 2000: Sandra M. Ayaz, Manager College Survival, Houghton Mifflin
September 2000: Martha Maxwell, Emeritus UC Berkeley, CA
October 2000: Gene Kerstiens, Androgogy Associates, CA
November 2000: Gen Ramirez, Director LAC, CSU Long Beach, CA
December 2000: Michael O’Hear, Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN
March 2001: Jennifer L. Hurd, Harding University, AR
April 2001: Linda Thompson, Harding University, AR
June 2001: Lucy Tribble MacDonald, Chemeketa College, OR
September 2002: Rick Sheets, Director Computer Commons, Paradise Valley College, AZ

Syllabus for Teaching a Course on Learning Support Centers

Learning Support Centers Online Course Syllabus
Note: This course was last taught using this syllabus in 2005.
An AERA-J * ASHE Higher Education Syllabi Online course description of a graduate level course designed for personnel interested in administering a learning support center.

Syllabus for an online course on LSCs (previously used at Grambling State University for DEED 607) Includes rationale, student objectives (competencies), course content, learning activities, special course requirements, evaluation procedure, and references.

LSCHE & LRNASST Bookmarks

LSCHE and LRNASST were both developed for the Winter Institutes in the late 1990s. Hence, the bookmark that feature LSCHE on one side and LRNASST on the other.

Bookmarks for LSCHE & LRNASST Bookmark Templates in PDF and Word formats:

Instructions for using below templates for bookmarks:

Copy on cardstock (light pastel colors work best)
Suggest making one bookmark first to be sure both sides are lined up correctly
Can be copied on one color or mulitple colors to give a choice
Copy LSCHE on one side and LRNASST on the other side (they make 4 bookmarks per page), being sure both sides line up well to cut the bookmarks
Cut the bookmarks
Share the bookmarks, inviting colleagues to more than one and suggest they can used in each reference book in their professional library

Bookmarks LSCHE & LRNASST Bookmark Templates in PDF and Word formats

Side 1 – LSCHE Bookmark in PDF format – has 4 bookmarks to a page – use colored card-stock
Side 2 – LRNASST Bookmark in PDF format – has 4 bookmarks to a page – use colored card-stock

Side 1 – LSCHE Bookmark in MSWord format (if changes are desired) – has 4 bookmarks to a page, use colored card-stock
Side 2 – LRNASST Bookmark in MSWord format (if changes are desired) – has 4 bookmarks to a page, use colored card-stock

Proceedings of the National Conferences on College Learning Centers (1983-1989)

These conference proceedings are collections of presentations given at the annual conferences along with other learning center material that the editorial board deemed appropriate to the issue. Conferences were sponsored by Long Island University and directed by Lester Wilson. The first volume was published in 1983. All volumes are available from Library Learning Center of Long Island University, The Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY 11201. The first six volumes are also available through HathiTrust.org for those with and institutional membership. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009820104

Volume I: Selections from the 5th National Conference
Volume II: Selections from the 6th National Conference
Volume III: Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel
Volume IV: Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel
Volume V: Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel
Volume VI: SPECIAL ISSUE: Articles for LD Program Service Providers
Volume VII: Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel
Volume VIII Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel (Jan 89)
Volume IX: Articles of Interest to Learning Center Personnel (June 89)

MCLCA Annual Conferences (1986-2000)

Begining in 1986, the Midwest College Learning Center Association held annual conferences and published some of the presentations in its conference proceedings that are listed below.

Casazza, M. and others (1987). ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEARNING CENTER BY INTEGRATING IT WITH THE INSTITUTION. Chicago, Midwest College Learning Center Association.

Anderson, M., Eckermann, C. and others. (1988). ISSUES IN FACILITATING LEARNING: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR CHANGING TIMES. Chicago, Midwest College Learning Center Association.

Eckermann, C. (ed.). (1990). PROCEEDINGS FROM THE FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. PATHWAYS TO EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING. Chicago, Midwest College Learning Center Association.

Dvorak, J. (ed.). (1991). PROCEEDINGS FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: BREAKING BARRIERS TO LEARNING. Chicago, Midwest College Learning Center Association.

Dvorak, J. (ed.). (1992). ABSTRACT. SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: DISCOVERING NEW DIRECTIONS: CONNECTING THEORY AND PRACTICE. Bettendorf, IA: Midwest College Learning Center Association.

Dvorak, J. (ed.). (1994). PROCEEDINGS FROM THE EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE: MOTIVATING AND ENHANCING COLLEGE LEARNING. Chicago, Midwest College Learning Center Association.

MCLCA Professional Development Committee. (1992). QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN COLLEGE LEARNING CENTERS. Bettendorf, IA: Midwest College Learning Center Association.

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