Milestones

December 2011

• New CUE Toolkit launched, providing resources and support for the development and implementation of the Culminating Undergraduate Experiences (CUE).
• i2a executive director Dr. Patty Payette presents at the 2011 SACS-COC Annual Meeting.
• Call for Proposals launched for 2012 i2a Institute.

October 2011

• Ideas to Action co-sponsors student conference with UofL Bonner Scholars, called "How Shall We Lead?"
• Ideas to Action is part of a kick-off for the campus-wide planning committee focused on the 5- Year Interim Report to SACS, due in March 2013.

September 2011

• Dr. Tine Reimers conducts two workshops on the implementation of critical thinking into the classroom and receives glowing reviews from UofL faculty and staff.

August 2011

• Ideas to Action puts out the call for 2011 SUN Grant applications.
• A new i2a annual unit reporting form is distributed to units. The information is due to i2a on November 1, 2011.

July 2011

• Dr. Edna Ross and Dr. Patty Payette present their workshop sessions at the 31^st Annual Conference for Critical Thinking in Berkeley, California.
• Dr. Patty Payette presents a session on preparing for the 5-Year Interim Report at the SACS 2011 Institute on Quality Enhancement and Accreditation.

June 2011

• Ideas to action launches summer critical thinking poster pilot to assess effectiveness of new i2a classroom and campus posters to promote critical thinking.

May 2011

• 3rd Annual i2a Institute features new poster sessions, concurrent workshops and an advanced critical thinking session with Dr. Gerald Nosich.

April 2011

• Ideas to Action collaborates with the Delphi Center and the Digital Media Suite to host Lights, Camera, Ideas to Action!

February 2011

• Mark Taylor conducts two popular sessions concerning 'Teaching Generation NeXt'.
• Think. Decide. Succeed! pilot launches to help students apply critical thinking skills to decision making in college.

December 2010

• UofL faculty, staff, and students present QEP-related sessions at the SACS Annual Meeting held in Louisville.

November 2010

• Faculty and staff recipients of the 2010 SUN Grants are awarded.

October 2010

• The 2010-2011 Faculty Learning Community-Culminating Undergraduate Experience (FLC-CUE) begins meeting as a cohort.
• The Provost issues a revised i2a Task Group Charge [PDF].

September 2010

• The second cohort of the i2a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) begins with staff from divisions and programs across the campus.

August 2010

• Speed School faculty and staff collaborate to offer an i2a training workshop to Speed faculty.

July 2010

• An i2a faculty and staff team from UofL facilitates five sessions at the 30th Annual Conference on Critical Thinking.

May 2010

• The 2008-2010 cohort of the Collaborative Learning Community presents its showcase to share two years of permanent integration of i2a into student affairs, student services and co-curricular programs.
• The second annual i2a Institute: Developing Critical Thinkers brings together over 150 faculty and staff from UofL and higher education institutions in the region.
• The i2a staff team unveils its new video in which faculty, staff and students talk about the impact of i2a on their work at UofL.
• The second round of SUN Grants is announced.

April 2010

• i2a co-sponsors the Community Engagement Showcase to highlight the work of faculty and students involved pioneering our Culminating Undergraduate Experience.

March 2010

• The i2a executive director gives an i2a progress update [PDF] to President Ramsey and his leadership team.

February 2010

• Dr. Stephen Brookfield comes to campus to present two well-received critical thinking workshops for faculty and staff and delivers a keynote address at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning.

January 2010

• The i2a Task Group votes that Culminating Experience is to be changed to Culminating Undergraduate Experience, or CUE.
• The 2009-2010 Faculty Learning Community-Critical Thinking (FLC-CT) begins.
• Special assistant to the provost Harry Pickens joins the i2a team and brings his expertise in strategic planning and teaching and learning.
• The College of Business kicks off its critical thinking workshop series for its core curriculum faculty.

December 2009

• The first set of I2a implementation funds is distributed to academic units to support permanent infusion of i2a concepts into undergraduate curricula.
• The i2a team presents sessions about QEP implementation at SACS-COC annual meeting in Atlanta, GA.
• Faculty and staff recipients of the 2009 i2a SUN Grants are announced.

November 2009

• Dr. Nisha Gupta joins the i2a staff team as Specialist for Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE).

October 2009

• The first meeting of the i2a Student Interest Group (SIG) is held, bringing together undergraduate students to support i2a.
• i2a academic units submit 2009-2010 implementation plans for their respective departments and programs.
• 2009-2010 Faculty Learning Community-Culminating Undergraduate Experience begins.

September 2009

• The Academic Intervention Model (AIM) program begins, representing a multi-year collaboration between i2a and Undergraduate Advising Practice.
• The Faculty Learning Community on Critical Thinking expands to include two cohorts of faculty for the Fall, 2009 semester.

July 2009

• i2a participants present at the 29th Annual Critical Thinking Conference in Berkeley, CA.

June 2009

• The UofL 20/20 Scorecard is revised to reflect integration of i2a into existing university programs.
• The i2a Task Group approves the i2a Evaluation Protocol.

May 2009

• The Inaugural i2a Institute is held.
• The Faculty Learning Community (FLC) Reunion Dinner is held; Faculty Speak!, a video documenting the experience of faculty as they incorporate i2a concepts and vocabulary into their teaching activities, premieres.

April 2009

• Participants are selected for two concurrent Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) on Critical Thinking for Fall 2009.
• i2a Day features Lights, Camera... Ideas to Action.

March 2009

• The Culminating Undergraduate Experience Subcommittee drafts Culminating Undergraduate Experience defining features.
• i2a work is acknowledged in The Christian Science Monitor.

February 2009

• i2a's Unit Presentation for Faculty of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the College of Education and Human Development is conducted.
• The i2a Faculty Exemplars webpage begins development.

January 2009

• i2a Staff Retreat held to support strategic planning and team building activities.

December 2008

• The Culminating Undergraduate Experience Research & Development Project and the Faculty Learning Community on Experiential Learning begins.
• Lights, Camera…Ideas to Action is launched.

November 2008

• The first annual Supporting Undergraduate iNnovation (SUN) Grants awards are announced.

September 2008

• The Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) is established for student affairs and academic affairs staff.
• The Fall 2008 Faculty Learning Community-Critical Thinking (FLC-CT) is launched.

July 2008

• i2a hosts the first critical thinking higher education networking session held at the 28th Annual Critical Thinking Conference in Berkeley, CA.

June 2008

• The first i2a retreat brings together i2a staff for the formulation of the 2008-2009 Strategic Plan.

April 2008

• The Executive Director presents "The QEP: One-Year Later", a year-end review.

February 2008

• The i2a team staff kicks off a series of customized workshops and sessions for curricular & co-curricular units continuing throughout 2008.

January 2008

• The i2a Task Group members create i2a Subcommittees to move forward on key components of the initiative in spring semester.
• The new i2a website is launched.

December 2007

• The Spring 2008 Pilot Program is launched; a small group of faculty are "test driving" Paul-Elder model in their spring courses and assignments.
• The first i2a Program Assistant is hired.

November 2007

• The first "i2a and U" session is held to inform campus faculty about i2a and Paul-Elder model; additional sessions scheduled throughout academic year.

October 2007

• The Celebration of Teaching and Learning focuses on teaching critical thinking.
• A Critical Thinking needs assessment is conducted to ascertain the programs and support faculty need and want.

September 2007

• The i2a Task Group adopts the Richard Paul-Linda Elder critical thinking framework to guide i2a planning and implementation.

Summer 2007

• The i2a Task Group hires an i2a executive director, Delphi specialist for critical thinking and Delphi specialist for assessment as part of the i2a staff team.

April 2007

• The SACS team visits campus for re-accreditation and approves UofL's QEP plan.

January-March 2007

• The i2a Task Group, made up of i2a facilitators and other campus representatives, create a QEP proposal that lays out rationale, implementation and assessment for Ideas to Action.

May 2006

• Each dean of the academic unit appoints a pair of i2a facilitators to develop and lead the QEP implementation plan in their respective units.

Spring 2006

• Provost Willihnganz holds university-wide forums to discuss the proposed topic; the QEP is named Ideas to Action: Using Critical Thinking to Foster Student Learning and Community Engagement, or i2a.
• The Provost and SACS Leadership Team approve i2a proposal, and it is presented to the Board of Trustees.

September 2005

• The QEP Task Group recommends to the provost and the SACS Leadership Team that QEP focus on critical thinking and creating solutions to real-world problems.
• The Provost invites response to proposed QEP topic from the vice presidents, deans, the Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, and Student Government Association.

Summer 2005

• The data and input are analyzed by members of Quality Enhance Plan (QEP) Team and report and recommendations for QEP foci are made.

Spring 2005

• President Ramsey invites all members of the university community to submit potential QEP topic ideas. The QEP team gathers student opinions from across the university through focus groups.

January 2005

• Provost Willihnganz appoints campus QEP Team to make recommendations for the UofL Qality Enhancement Plan.