WINTER 2006
IAA NEWSLETTER---

FRONT PAGE HEADLINES
* Distance Education Award Validates the Importance of Building Alliances ....more
* 35 States and Counting...more

PROJECT HIGHLIGHT:
GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT

*Grassland mismanagement has a severe, long-term environmental and food production impact that is costly and difficult to correct. The multi-institution Grassland Management Master’s program will teach students…more

PRESENTATIONS:
PAST AND UPCOMING

*IAA Presentations from Washington D.C. to San Francisco...more

HOW CAN THE IAA HELP ME?
SURVEYS

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Surveys assist collaborative institutional partners in making decisions, and often help institutions understand their own inner workings and those of other institution...more

MEET THE STAFF:
VIRGINIA MOXLEY
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IAA Co-Director Dr. Virginia Moxley has been tapped to serve as Interim Dean of the K-State’s College of Human Ecology... more

Institute for Academic Alliances
128 Dole Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785.532.3111
Online: http://www.k-state.edu/iaa

Presentations: Past and Upcoming

From Washington D.C. to San Francisco, the IAA team has been presenting all over the nation. The following is a list of the more recent presentations. (Some contain links to the actual video or PowerPoint presentations.)

Higher Learning Commission
Lisle, Illinois
November 30- December 2, 2005
Best Practices in Partnering: Developmental Capacity
Facilitating Workshop: Virginia Moxley & Sue Maes
with Ann Hill Duin & Linda Baer
Handout: IAA Program Development Timeline

WCET 17th Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA
November 2-5, 2005
Searching for Funds: How to Land the Big Bucks -
Sue Maes
The Art of Playing Well Together - Panel Moderator: Sue Maes
Inter-Institutional Partnerships and Intra-Institutional Politics: A Practical Guide - Dawn Anderson

First Hispanic Virtual Congress
On-line Delivery - About this Event
October 19-31, 2005
Rapid-Response Inter-Institutional Academic Program Development and Implementation
Sue Maes, Dawn Anderson, & Dana Reinert
Presented to: Bi-Lingual Higher Education Professionals

2005 Mid-America and Great Plains Joint Regional UCEA
Conference

Chicago, Illinois
Date: September 22-24, 2005 (presented on the 23rd)
Fragile Partnership to Sustainable Alliance: Best Practices for Collaborative Program Development
Sue Maes & Dana Reinert

Kansas Early Childhood Education Educators Articulation Meeting
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
September 22, 2005
Transferability of Courses or Articulation of Programs
Nancy Rumley

Kan-ed 1st Annual Re-imagine Conference
Wichita, Kansas
June 15-17, 2005 (presented on the 16th)
Presentation Title: Fragile Partnership to Sustainable Alliance: Best Practices for Collaborative Program Development
Sue Maes & Dana Reinert

In 2006, Look for the IAA Staff in:

* Washington D.C., January 9-10, 2006 for the
FIPSE Director's Meeting

* Chicago, Illinois, March 31- April 4, 2006 for the
2006 Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting