Many of us teach non-traditional students-students defined as over the age of 25, and having one or more of the following qualities: college enrollment delay (not directly out of high school), works and is financially independent, has dependents, is a single parent, or does not have a high school diploma (Melkun, 2012; "Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance," 2012). In addition, nontraditional students generally enter college with job and life experience and a diverse range of…

Campus is Alive

If you're an online adjunct, you might sometimes feel distant from the campus. I was there for a meeting this past week, and it was neat to see so many excited freshmen (and their nervous parents) moving onto campus. I have cousin from California who will be a sophomore and several friends whose kids will be freshmen. One of the things I enjoy about online teaching is that I've had a few community college students in past classes who have transferred to GCU and just moved onto…

Welcome to a new fall semester! I'd like to highlight a few areas that might be of interest to you as you begin the new semester:

CIRT CENTER

*CIRT is now officially a "Center" on campus. Stop in to visit the new center!

FALL FACULTY CONFERENCE

*The fall faculty conference will be held the week of August 11. Faculty development will be holding workshops, such as faculty orientation, LoudCloud campus training, and using technology in the classroom. There will be several activities going on…

The American Association of Adjunct Education has a call for papers for their journal: http://adjuncteducation.weebly.com/journal.html and also for their November 2014 conference: http://adjuncteducation.weebly.com/

This new adjunct page is to provide resources for GCU adjuncts and to engage adjuncts in discussions. If you have ideas for topics you'd like to see covered on this page, please let me know.

Sandi