Developing Excellence
Senator Timothy Evans-Bossert's vision for Evans-Bossert University was that it would become the premier social and political preparation institution in the United States by drawing students who were passionate, integritous, and intellectually gifted leaders. Since 1881, Evans-Bossert University has continued to provide an education that is holistically focused on student development, recognizing the significance of both in-class and out-of-classroom experiences.
Mission of Evans-Bossert University
Evans-Bossert University is focused and committed to educating the social and political leaders of the future. This is accomplished through community development, the promotion of active citizenship, the encouragement of learning and intellectual development, and emphasizing cognitive development amongst all students. By incorporating these objectives holistically and liberally throughout the many facets of the institution, Evans-Bossert University students develop lasting social bonds, are informed and responsbile citizens, discover and practice systems of meaning making and reflection, and employ refined critical thinking abilities. Evans-Bossert University, through the intentional integration of academic affairs, student life, and leadership development, prepares its students to be catalysts of leadership and change locally, nationally, and globally.
Outcomes and Assessment of an Evans-Bossert University Education
The mission of Evans-Bossert University is broken into four values: Community development, promoting active citizenship, learning and intellectual development, and cognitive development. Those four values influence the educational outcomes of the Evans-Bossert experience:
Mission of Evans-Bossert University
Evans-Bossert University is focused and committed to educating the social and political leaders of the future. This is accomplished through community development, the promotion of active citizenship, the encouragement of learning and intellectual development, and emphasizing cognitive development amongst all students. By incorporating these objectives holistically and liberally throughout the many facets of the institution, Evans-Bossert University students develop lasting social bonds, are informed and responsbile citizens, discover and practice systems of meaning making and reflection, and employ refined critical thinking abilities. Evans-Bossert University, through the intentional integration of academic affairs, student life, and leadership development, prepares its students to be catalysts of leadership and change locally, nationally, and globally.
Outcomes and Assessment of an Evans-Bossert University Education
The mission of Evans-Bossert University is broken into four values: Community development, promoting active citizenship, learning and intellectual development, and cognitive development. Those four values influence the educational outcomes of the Evans-Bossert experience:
Students will become part of a community, learn how to foster community, and know the best practices to maintain healthy and diverse communities
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Students will be passionate and engaged citizens who desire to remain informed, involved leaders in their local, national, and global communities
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Students will know the best personal practices for engaging in learning, retaining information, and employing information
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Students will engage in critical self-reflection as they make meaning of their experiences
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Assessment [1]
In order to ensure the completion of the above outcomes, students at Evans-Bossert University are required to complete a senior thesis as part of the completion of their major program, as well as submit a comprehensive portfolio during their final semester of EBUS. We believe that it is essential for leaders in civic and social positions to be able to make logical, clear, empirically supported arguments. Over time we've found that the best means of assessing the retention of information and student academic growth is by having a unified culminating experience for all graduates.
We encourage our students to address issues of equality, freedom, education, human rights, and political and social reform in contemporary society through their theses. The objective is for our students to become passionate in a real issue facing the world, and upon graduation, have the language and resources to begin addressing those issues. We encourage our students to push the boundaries of what they know, and in turn push the boundaries of what has been done before in addressing their issue. [7] The goal, then, is for students to grow and develop through self-directed research under the guidance of a faculty adviser.
Additionally, we require students to compile a comprehensive portfolio chronicling their holistic growth and development at Evans-Bossert University. The portfolio is broken into five sections, in which students must demonstrate that they have achieved the four educational outcomes at EBU (listed above), and a fifth section that documents their growth and development throughout their four years at EBU. The final semester of the Evans-Bossert University Seminar (EBUS) is solely dedicated to guiding students in compiling their portfolio, with the exercises of the course focused on demonstrating integration and development in a community, the engagement as an active citizen, the ability to display intellectual growth, all under the pretexts of making meaning of the outcomes and experiences at EBU. Students compile assignments, papers, narratives, and artifacts from their academic and extracurricular careers at EBU. One of the key outcomes of the portfolio project is to provide the opportunity for students to critically reflect on and write a comprehensive evaluation of their academic success and holistic development as undergraduate students at Evans-Bossert University. [8]
Requirements for graduation are met if students meet the curriculum requirements, complete their senior thesis, submit their portfolio, have a 2.75 cumulative GPA, and are in good standing with the institution.
We encourage our students to address issues of equality, freedom, education, human rights, and political and social reform in contemporary society through their theses. The objective is for our students to become passionate in a real issue facing the world, and upon graduation, have the language and resources to begin addressing those issues. We encourage our students to push the boundaries of what they know, and in turn push the boundaries of what has been done before in addressing their issue. [7] The goal, then, is for students to grow and develop through self-directed research under the guidance of a faculty adviser.
Additionally, we require students to compile a comprehensive portfolio chronicling their holistic growth and development at Evans-Bossert University. The portfolio is broken into five sections, in which students must demonstrate that they have achieved the four educational outcomes at EBU (listed above), and a fifth section that documents their growth and development throughout their four years at EBU. The final semester of the Evans-Bossert University Seminar (EBUS) is solely dedicated to guiding students in compiling their portfolio, with the exercises of the course focused on demonstrating integration and development in a community, the engagement as an active citizen, the ability to display intellectual growth, all under the pretexts of making meaning of the outcomes and experiences at EBU. Students compile assignments, papers, narratives, and artifacts from their academic and extracurricular careers at EBU. One of the key outcomes of the portfolio project is to provide the opportunity for students to critically reflect on and write a comprehensive evaluation of their academic success and holistic development as undergraduate students at Evans-Bossert University. [8]
Requirements for graduation are met if students meet the curriculum requirements, complete their senior thesis, submit their portfolio, have a 2.75 cumulative GPA, and are in good standing with the institution.