Dr. Latricia Scriven leads workshop on Math Contextual Learning Communities

Rust College Faculty Focuses on Year One of the QEP

Holly Springs, MS (Nov. 11, 2014)--Addressing the QEP topic, "Building Communities Academically for Total Student Sucess (BCATS2): Improving First-Year Student Math Skills," the Rust College faculty held the first of several professional development workshops scheduled for the first year of the five-year Quality Enhancement Plan. Under the leadership of Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Sandra Vaughn and QEP Director Dr. Kenneth E. Jones,  representatives from each of the five academic divisions (and some staff) assembled in the Heard Auditorium of the Business and Computer Science Building to focus on "Math in the Real World." The invited consultant was Dr. Latricia Scriven, visiting professor of Mathematics at Florida A&M University. Dr. Scriven's unfettered enthusiasm for Math was infectious and clearly inspired the members of the faculty to get engaged in the activities of the QEP.