Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

Higher Education 321

Higher Education Social Justice Faculty Disability Services 321

Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Winter Walkways for Neighbors Organize a group of students to shovel snow and clear walkways for elderly neighbors or community members with limited mobility. Through planning and organizing this service-learning project, students develop responsibility, compassion, and communication skills as they coordinate with residents and work in teams.

Marketing and Communication Services 98

Marketing and Communication Services Food Hospitality Development and Fund Raising 98

Experiential Learning Depot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

As I've said before, experiential learning activities are not exclusive to "team-building" nor "outdoor education", two common misconceptions. Experiential education is learning through experience, indoors or outdoors. Dinner Party on a Budget I have my students develop a dinner party plan on a budget before the holiday madness ensues.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Research Food IT 98

Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For me, an international student from Nigeria, building a sense of community was an important aspect of what I set out to do in the U.S., My first year was marked by my significant involvement in Hope’s Phelps Scholars Program, which is a first-year program that helps students develop the tools needed to navigate our multicultural world.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising First Year Programs Student Development Educational Programs 98

University Business

APRIL 24, 2023

With a smaller pool of available students due to demographic shifts, a growing wake of attention to mental health and a swelling public skepticism of higher education, these leaders from Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine are redefining their job to guide their schools in murky waters.

Marketing and Communication Services 105

Marketing and Communication Services Recruitment Higher Education Fundraising 105

Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 24, 2023

Plan a Dinner Party on a Budget This is a favorite life skills example project for my high school students. Students plan a hypothetical dinner party with the option of actually hosting this party. Students develop a menu for a 10-person dinner party under a set budget. The process of planning a fundraiser can be tricky.

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Marketing and Communication Services Fundraising Management Student Development 52

Experiential Learning Depot

MARCH 18, 2023

As a final product, I have had my students develop tools (charts, quizzes, mind maps, etc.) My students choose one invasive species in the community to focus on. They might look at policies, removal events, education programs, and more. You can see the dilemma, which makes this PBL driving question so fascinating.

Development and Fund Raising 98

Development and Fund Raising Fundraising Research IT 98