What is LiveSafe?

LiveSafe is a nationally-recognized mobile app used at universities nationwide, designed to offer direct connectivity with emergency dispatchers from users’ cell phones. Just download “LiveSafe” for free to your iPhone or Android, sign up with your school email address, and connect the app with “College of Charleston.”

The app acts as a “mobile blue light,” integrating GPS location information when users contact the emergency dispatch center through the app. CougarAlert messages will be delivered in the LiveSafe app and through the existing CougarAlert text/call/email system. The app also features a function called “SafeWalk” that permits users to virtually share their location with friends as they walk to a destination. App users may also send tips regarding crimes in progress or potentially unsafe situations through the app, and can attach photo and video to provide emergency personnel with further information. Read more at https://today.cofc.edu/2019/08/22/cofc-adopts-livesafe-app-to-enhance-student-safety.

How Do I Download LiveSafe?

1. Download
   Search for and download “LiveSafe” from Apple or Google Play app stores.  Open LiveSafe on your device.
2. Sign Up and Verify Your Account
   Register using your mobile phone number or tap “use email” to sign up with your email instead.  Follow the verification instructions (either via SMS text if registering with your phone number or via email if using your email account).  Once verified, fill out your profile and create a password.  Tap “next.”
3. Select Your Organization
   Your organization should appear at the top of the list if it is nearby.  Otherwise, search for and select it.  You’ll know you are in the right place when you see your organization’s logo at the top.  When prompted, enable push notifications and location services to receive full benefits of the LiveSafe app.  You’re set!

Faculty are asked to submit proposals for 2020 Spring-break AND 2020 Summer abroad programs. 

Submit your Proposal Form by August 25, 2019. Please note that this is the deadline to submit completed proposals for 2020 Spring-break AND 2020 Summer abroad program proposals. Please review the Handbook for Program Directors before committing to direct a program broad.

If you need any further guidance in this process, please contact:

Dr. Andrew Sobiesuo, Ph.D.

SobiesuoA@cofc.edu
Associate Provost for International Education

Phone: (843) 953-5537

We’d like to officially welcome Akindi, the Scantron alternative, to the College of Charleston. What makes Akindi better than Scantron?

• It easily integrates with OAKS classlist and the OAKS grade book.
• You don’t need to buy Scantron sheets, you can print them yourself.
• You can scan the bubble sheets from any networked scanner on campus.
• It’s faster, easier, and more convenient than Scantron!

If you want to use it with OAKS – View the “Getting Started with Akindi through Brightspace – D2L” tutorials.

If you DO NOT want to use it with OAKS – View the “Using Akindi outside of OAKS” knowledge base article, then view the “Akindi” tutorials.

Within the next week, a diagram will be posted over many departmental printers/scanners that outlines how you can scan your bubble sheets to Akindi. If you don’t know how to use the Email feature on your printer you can contact the Helpdesk for assistance or put in a service ticket at https://cofc.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=14834.

If you have any questions or concerns about this project or product, please contact TLT directly at benignim@cofc.edu.

Stephanie Auwaerter, director of orientation for New Student Programs, received the most prestigious staff award: The $1,500 Outstanding Staff Member Presidential Service Award, which recognizes staff who support and engage other offices and organizations on campus, have furthered the College’s core values, have been instrumental contributors to the College community and consistently collaborate and partner with other offices and organizations in order to benefit the campus community.

Remy Starker ’14, academic coordinator for student-athlete academic services, also won $1,500 when she was named the 2019 Presidential Temporary Staff Employee of the Year. Two other temporary staff members were recognized and awarded $500 each: Percival Haas, administrative assistant in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and Alexandra Lile (not pictured), campus visit coordinator for the Office of Admissions.

The $1,500 Presidential Permanent Staff Employee of the Year award for 2019 went to Dave Aurich, associate dean of students in the Division of Student Affairs, and the following permanent staff members also were recognized with a $500 prize: Leya Nelson, investigator and Title IX coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs; Hayden Smith, student engagement coordinator in the School of Business; Kristin Wichmann, experiential learning coordinator in the Career Center; and Markus Williams (not pictured),  electrician for Facilities Management.

All awardees were selected by SAC and President Hsu, who closed the awards presentation by expressing his gratitude: “I want to thank the award winners for their dedication and hard work and all the staff members for your excellent work.”

Check out more at https://today.cofc.edu/2019/06/14/2019-staff-awards-celebration/ .

Due to the threat of severe weather forecasted to affect the region later this afternoon/early evening, the College of Charleston will close early at 4:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, following a closure notice from the Charleston County government. This affects all classes, library hours and all campus activities after 4:00 p.m.

Residence halls and dining services will remain open.

College officials will continue to monitor weather conditions and will update the campus community, if necessary, via CougarAlert regarding any further changes to the College’s operations and work schedule.

The College will resume its normal operating schedule on Thursday, June 13, 2019.

Please check local media and National Weather Service bulletins for the latest updates per the CofC Emergency Management Team.

Applications are invited from the tenured faculty of the College of Charleston for the position of Associate Provost for Curriculum and Academic Administration. This is a 12-month, academic administrative appointment with a start date is no later than August 1 and preferably July 1, 2019. Please send a CV and letter of interest to Dr. Fran Welch (welchf@cofc.edu) and copy to Michelle McGrew (mmcgrew@cofc.edu).  Applications will be considered by a committee who will conduct interviews of top candidates and make a recommendation to the Interim Provost.

The Associate Provost is primarily responsible for providing leadership and support in the area of curriculum development and review, assessment, and academic policy. Working directly with faculty and program leaders to conceptualize curricular proposals, conducting regular reviews of curriculum submitted in Curriculog, providing assistance to the undergraduate Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Education Committee, and assuring responses to budgetary requests embedded in curricular proposals constitute a substantial portion of the position. In partnership with the Registrar, the Associate Provost also enforces academic regulations and policy and manages petitions for exception to policy, including curricular exception management.  In partnership with the Registrar and the leadership of Teaching, Learning, and Technology, the Associate Provost ensures that use of our academic learning management system is consistent with our academic policies and best practices for academic record-keeping.  Under the support of the Provost, the Associate Provost will also coordinate the development of online education offerings and will coordinate and facilitate the incorporation of diversity into our curriculum. In the area of assessment, the Associate Provost will work with the Provost to review academic program assessment plans and facilitate compliance with institutional policies, accreditation agency guidelines, state laws and policies, and federal regulations.

The Associate Provost will work closely with deans, faculty, and relevant committees to identify issues that can be resolved by adopting new academic policy or by revising existing policies and will typically lead the effort to enact appropriate solutions.  On behalf of the Provost, the Associate Provost ensures compliance with attendance verification, midterm and final grade submission, and other critical institutional processes. Associate Provost duties associated with academic policy and administration also include the academic calendar, academic catalogs, dual enrollment, and assistance with commencement functions. The Associate Provost reviews, responds to, and makes recommendations to the Provost regarding student issues and complaints and also serves as the Provost’s designee on multiple College and Senate committees and as the primary liaison to the Commission on Higher Education (CHE).

Applicants must hold a tenured faculty appointment as an Associate Professor or Professor at the College of Charleston. Previous experience with curricular development and management is strongly preferred, whether as an Associate Dean, Department Chair, Associate Chair, Program Director, or member of a College committee with responsibilities for curricular review. The successful candidate will have demonstrated success in working with varied groups as both a facilitator and a leader. The ability to work at both the conceptual and detailed level, to respond quickly to situations as they arise, and to be self-directed are important. A willingness to manage multiple sensitive, high-priority, and stressful tasks is essential to the success of the Associate Provost, as are strong writing skills and a willingness to work closely and collaboratively with the myriad constituents of the Office of the Provost.

This position requires some travel for professional development and for the management of our regulatory and accreditation compliance. Occasional travel to meetings of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education is necessary.

Please send a CV and letter of interest to Interim Provost Fran Welch (welchf@cofc.edu) by June 21, 2019.  Applications will be considered by a committee who will conduct interviews of top candidates and make a recommendation to the Provost.  The start date for this position is negotiable, but service in the position is expected to begin no later than August 1, 2019, and preferably by July 1.

The College of Charleston is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group of the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability.

We are pleased to Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science has agreed to serve as Interim Dean for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Hollis France, Associate Professor of Political Science has agreed to serve as Interim Chair for Political Science.  Please join us in congratulating and thanking Gibbs and Hollis for their service.  Both will begin their new roles on June 1, 2019.

The College will conduct a national search for the next provost starting in fall 2019. In the meantime, President Hsu has named Fran Welch, dean of the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance (EHHP), as the interim provost.

Dr. Fran Welch has led EHHP since 2001 and is knowledgeable about academic affairs and the College’s academic mission. Dean Welch will become interim provost on May 16. Provost McGee will serve in a senior advisor capacity starting May 16.