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Updates:
• “E-Portfolio Passport to Global Citizenship: Folio Thinking for College Seniors.” 4th International ePortfolio Conference 2006. Sponsored by EIFEL. Oxford, England, October 9-11, 2006.
Lead author: Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick. Presenters: Dr. M. Leigh Funk and Ms. Bethanie Izar, Kennesaw State University.
Presentation Website:
http://www.joandominick.com/ePortfolio2006.html

•Session Title: “The Senior Experience: The First Class for the Rest of Your Life”
National Career Conference: Integrating a Career Culture in Your Institution
Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD April 6-7, 2006.
Concurrent Session: April 6, 2006.
Invited by: Ms. Ellen Yerman, Executive Director, Career Services and Cooperative Extension. Villa Julie College.
Presenters: Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick, Director of Portfolios for Student Success Programs & The Senior-Year Experience Program and Dr. Deborah N. Smith, Coordinator of the Senior-Year Experience

“The Senior Experience: The First Class of the Rest of Your Life”
Session Description: Drs. Leichter Dominick and Smith will give an overview of the institution-wide senior capstone course offered at Kennesaw State University. The course is designed to give seniors a chance to reflect on the meaning of their collegiate experience, develop career searching strategies and to acquire life skills necessary for becoming a productive citizen. The presenters will share strategies they use to assist students successfully transition to their post-university life.
Presentation Website:
http://www.eport2passport.com/villajulie/

•Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick’s KSU Oral History Project
KSU Oral History Project 2005: http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/teachrecipients.htm

In collaboration with CETL and the College of the Humanities & Social Sciences, the KSU Oral History Project is collecting Oral Histories from all past recipients of the KSU Distinguished Professor, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service Awards. Archived in the KSU Library, Cobb County Library, and on CETL Website.
Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick’s Oral Learning History:
http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/oralhistories/Joan%20Dominick.pdf

•Article on Dr. Joan Leichter Dominick published in the KSU Talon Fall 2005 issue.
Article
Website:
http://www.kennesaw.edu/clubs/talon/Talon.fall05.pdf

Presentations

IFYE Presentation

AAHE Presentation

SITE Presentation

International Presentations

Leichter Dominick, J. (2006, October) “E-Portfolio Passport to Global Citizenship: Folio Thinking for College Seniors.” 4th International ePortfolio Conference 2006. Oxford, England.
Presentation Website:
Website:
http://www.joandominick.com/ePortfolio2006.html

Leichter Dominick, J., Andrews, K., Matthews, K, Funk, L, Paracka, D. (July 2005). Folio Thinking from First-Year Success to Global Citizenship: Preparing for the 21st Century Workplace with Electronic College Portfolios as a Kaleidoscopic Learning Process Roundtable presentation at the 18th International First-Year Experience Conference. Southampton, England.

Mathews, K., Casey, R. Leichter Dominick, J., Cope, B., Leifheit, J. (June, 2004). Panel presentation at the 17th International First-Year Experience Conference. Maui, Hawaii.

Leichter Dominick, J., Paracka, D., Funk, M.L., Cope, B., Leifheit, J. (March, 2004). Symposium on Electronic Portfolios in Teacher Education. Panel Presentation at the International Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Funk, M. L., Leichter Dominick, J., Matthews, K., Inman, S. (October, 2003). Global Citizenship in the 21st Century: Weaving the Global Mindset Throughout the KSU Institutional Vision. Keynote Panel at the SINO-American Education Consortium International Symposium, Kennesaw, Georgia.

Siegel, B., Frank, M. L., Leichter Dominick, J., Matthews, K., Inman, S., Funk, M. L. (July, 2003). Learning Locally, but Acting Globally: Developing a Global Mindset in the First-Year Experience. Panel Presentation at the International First-Year Experience Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Leichter Dominick, J., Funk, M. L., Lawrence, D. (July 2003). Pixels, Portfolios, and First-Year Success: Networking Resource Roundtable. Roundtable Discussion at the International First-Year Experience Conference, Vancouver, BC.

National Presentations

High Stakes Communication Assessment: Introducing the Certification Board for Alzheimer’s Care.
National Communication Association Convention 2005
Boston , Massachusetts , USA .
Panelist:
Joan E. Dominick, Kennesaw State University: Researched Adult Education Theory & Practice on Learning & Testing Design for the early stages of creating Alzheimer's Certification Board Testing.

Leichter Dominick, J., Paraka, D., Funk, M. L., Cope, B., Leifheit, J. (March 2005). E-portfolio: Passport to global citizenship: Helping college students honor, understand, and connect their learning from self to global society. One step closer to a better world. Showcase Presentation at the American Association of Higher Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Pixels, Portfolios & Student Success: Networking Resources Roundtable
Eleventh National Conference on Students in Transition.
November 7-9, 2005. Nashville, Tennessee. USA
Joan Leichter Dominick, Director of Portfolio for Student Success Programs and the Senior-Year Experience. Showcasing electronic portfolio softwaretraining by Mr. Ben Cope and Ms. Jennifer Leifheit, Presentation Technology CenterSummary of this roundtable presentation is on page 18 of this PDF file on the following Website:
http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/archive/pdf/04SITSummaries.pdf

Seizing the Momentum to Make a Difference: Kennesaw State University’s Story of Student Success from First-Year to Global Citizenship: Institutional Panel
Eleventh National Conference on Students in Transition
November 7-9, 2005. Nashville, Tennessee. USA
Lead author: Dr. Joan E. Leichter Dominick. Panelists: President Betty Siegel, Dr. Mary Lou Frank, Dean of University College, Dr. Rebecca Casey, Chair of the Department of University Studies, Dr. Kathy Matthews, Director of the First-Year Experience Program, Dr. Ed Chan, Director of the Sophomore-Year Experience Program, and Dr. Keisha Hoerrner, Director of Director of the CLASS Program.
Summary of institutional panel presentation is on page 19 of PDF file on the following Website:
http://www.sc.edu/fye/events/archive/pdf/04SITSummaries.pdf

Slavery and Child Trafficking, Reparation and Rectification
Global Ethics: Crossing Borders, Joining Hands Conference.
Kennesaw State University.
October 25, 2004.
Chair & Discussant: Dr. Joan Dominic, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Portfolios for Student Success Programs & the Senior Year Experience. Presenters: Dr. Rodney C. Roberts, East Carolina University, Reparation, Reconciliation, and Rectification: Which Way to Global Justice; Ms. Adeyinka Ayobambo Bruce, Babcock University, Nigeria, Child Trafficking, Ethics of Economic Reforms & The Anatomy of Poverty; William Dennis Epps, Georgia Southern University, Unquestioned Power: Contemporary Slavery and Its Implications for Curriculum. Consult: http://www.kennesaw.edu/globalinstitute/geprogram.htm

Leichter Dominick, J., Funk, M. L., Brown, J., Surgess-Tatum, D., Bowers, J. & Harper, N. (November, 2003). Conversations on the Cross-Disciplinary Use of Portfolios in Higher Education: Communication as the Connective Link to Global Citizenship. Panel Presentation at the National Communication Association Conference, Miami, FL.

Leichter Dominick, J. & Funk, M. L. (2003, February). RACCE College Student Portfolio Process in the First-Year Seminar. Poster session accepted for the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA.

Leichter Dominick, J. & Funk, M. L. (2003, February). Conversations on Electronic Portfolios. Roundtable discussion accepted for the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA.

State & Local Presentations

Leichter Dominick, J. & Miller Schnur, L. (2006, October) “From Facebook to FolioThinking: Exploring the First-Year Cyberspace College Experience.” Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Savannah, GA.
Presentation Website:
http://www.joandominick.com/GAInfoLit2006.htm

Leichter Dominick, J., Cope, B., Leifheit, & Funk, M. L. (2004). Pixels, Portfolios, and Senior Success: Creating the Pocket E-Portfolio. Panel presentation at tehe 11th Annual Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, Kennesaw, GA.

Leichter Dominick, J. & Funk, M. L. (2003, February). RACCE College Student Portfolio for First-Year Seminar. Poster session presented at the 10th Annual Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, Kennesaw, GA.

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