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Site Visit Information for Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Participants of the International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education who signed up to attend a site visit on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Berlin, Germany, can find their assignments below. If you need to make changes to your current choice, please contact planning@iu.edu. If you have not already signed up to participate in a site visit you can do so here. 

Berlin public transport tickets will be distributed to participants who signed up for a site visit on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, for use in journeying to site visits on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Participants are encouraged to go directly to the site visit location on Wednesday morning, planning to arrive by 9:30 a.m. If desired, participants may elect to meet in the lobby of The Westin Grand Berlin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning to journey with others to their respective site visit location. Specific directions and other logistics will be provided to participants in communications sent immediately prior to the conference; these details will also be conveyed in materials furnished at the conference. 

The site visits will take place from 9:30-11:30 a.m., after which participants are free to engage in their own independently-arranged cultural explorations around Berlin. The International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education officially ends with the conclusion of the site visits at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Directions to Site Visits

Site Visit Descriptions and Assignments:

Freie Universität Berlin (FU) 
The Freie (Free) Universität Berlin was founded in 1948 in the district of Dahlem, which was part of the American sector of West-Berlin at the time. (One of the co-founders of the FU was Herman B. Wells, the long-serving president of Indiana University.) The FU is a public research university with a large variety of undergraduate and graduate programs and about 33,300 students. The group will be welcomed by a representative from the International Office and by Anne Sedlmayer (FU’s head of quality management) and the site visit will include a campus tour. https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html.

Freie Universität Berlin (FU) Participants:

• Evelina Atanassova, University of Massachusetts Global
  (2 children, guests of Evelina Atanassova)
• Rachana Bhave, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Obed Boateng, Grand Valley State University
• Jeannette Bruno, Wilbur Wright College
• Katie Busby, University of Mississippi
• Lauren Carr, Northwestern University
• David Chase, Educational Consultant
  (Nichol Chase, guest of David Chase)
• Phillip Copley, Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Fashaad Crawford, NC State University
• Teresa Flateby, T.L. Flateby, PhD Higher Education and Assessment Consultant
  (Kevin Maronic, guest of Teresa Flateby)
• Keston Fulcher, James Madison University
  (Meghan Schenker-Fulcher, guest of Keston Fulcher)
  (Didi Schenker, guest of Keston Fulcher)
• Stephen P. Hundley, Indiana University Indianapolis
  (Mark Volpatti, guest of Stephen P. Hundley)
• Tatsuo Kawashima, Osaka University
• Jillian Kinzie, Indiana University-Center for Postsecondary Research
• Katherine McGuire, Emory University - Oxford College
• Bethany Miller, Macalester College
• Kaitlyn Mittan, NC State University
• Lori Montalbano, Indiana University Columbus
• Jeremy Penn, University of Iowa College of Education
• Kala Perkins-Holtsclaw, Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Swati Ramani, University of California Riverside
• Thomas Roche, Southern Cross University
• Tineka Scalzo, Wright College (City Colleges of Chicago)
  (Rebecca Gilbert, guest of Tineka Scalzo)
• Katja Schulze, Technical University of Dresden
• Elizabeth Sheaffer, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy

Technische Universität Berlin (TU) 
The Technische (Technical) Universität Berlin is the successor of the Königlich Technische Hochschule (Royal Technical University) which was founded in 1789. The TU was re-established after 1945 and is a public research university with undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on STEM and architecture. Ca. 35,000 students are currently enrolled. The group will be welcomed by Jan an Haak from the International Office and Dr. Patrick Thurian (Head of Quality Management). The tour will include a visit of a new lab/classroom space that is part of the Design and Computation program that the TU runs in cooperation with the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts). https://www.tu.berlin/en.

Technische Universität Berlin (TU) Participants: 

• Kathy Berlin, Indiana University Indianapolis
• Chris Blankenship, Salt Lake Community College
  (Anne Canavan, guest of Chris Blankenship)
• Nancy Bostrom, Macalester College
• Catherine Chan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• LaVar Charleston, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Laura Ciccantell, Western Michigan University
• Rebecca Croxton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  (Natalie Croxton, guest of Rebecca Croxton)
• Darrin D'Agostino, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  (Timmie D’Agostino, guest of Darrin D'Agostino)
• Lina Eskew, Northwestern University
• Beth Janetski, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Kathryn Kloepper, Mercer University
• Rebecca Lustfield, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
• Troy Nash, Mercer University
• Tim Novara, University of San Diego
• Mary Odden, University At Buffalo
• Mihwa Park, Texas Tech University
• Corinne Renguette, Purdue University in Indianapolis
• Martina Rosenberg, University of Connecticut
• Dania Salem, American University of Beirut
• Dana Scott, Thomas Jefferson University
• Jung Mi Scoulas, University of Illinois Chicago
  (Andrew Scoulas, guest of Jung Mi Scoulas)
• Sharon Stoerger, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Mary Thompson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Annabell Türk, Indiana University Europe Gateway, Berlin 
• Felix Wao, University of Oklahoma
• Fernanda Zapiain, Salt Lake Community College
• Aaron Zimmerman, University of Colorado Boulder

Indiana University Europe Gateway and CIEE Berlin 
This site visit combines two institutions (both located in the same building in Kreuzberg): Indiana University’s Europe Gateway and the Berlin campus of CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange.) IU’s Gateway office is one of six Indiana University locations that support IU’s international activities (such as faculty-led study abroad courses). The Gateway partners with CIEE Berlin on some activities and is co-located in a building that houses classrooms and dorm rooms for US students from a variety of universities. CIEE is a nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization that was founded in 1947. The group will be welcomed by Katrin Völkner (Director of the IU Europe Gateway), Andrea Adam Moore (Director of CIEE Berlin) and will have the chance to engage with Cary Nathenson (CIEE’s Vice President for Academic Affairs).
https://global.iu.edu/presence/gateways/europe/index.html and
https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/locations/europe/germany.

Indiana University Europe Gateway and CIEE Berlin Participants:

• Corinne Bosse, Athabasca University
• Danielle Buehrer, Indiana University
• Kris Byrd, UNC Charlotte
• Lilan Chen, Osaka University
• Julie Furst-Bowe, Arkansas Tech University
• Susan Lewis, Western University
• Celestino Valentin, Jacksonville State University
• Marie Valentin, Jacksonville State University
• Rose Vincenty, Ana G. Mendez University
• Heather Webb Springer, University of Wyoming
• Gina Wyant, University of Kansas