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Thursday, May 9:
International Programs
in Agriculture (IPIA)
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Wednesday, May 15:
Educational Grant
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Monthly Update & College Happenings in the Office of Academic Programs S P R I N G
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College of Agriculture Spring Awards Banquet INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Spring Awards
Banquet
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Ag Council Moonlight
Pancake Breakfast
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Study Abroad
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Rose Award Recipient
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Dr. Allan Goecker’s
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Retirement Celebration
New Opportunity
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Educational Grant
Program
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Faculty Orientation
Seminar Series
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Faculty Orientation
Seminar Series
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Accessible Online
Documents
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The May Scoop
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Academic Calendar
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Instructor Resources
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On Monday, April 15 one hundred and seventy individuals packed the East & West Faculty Lounges of the Purdue Memorial Union to recognize the outstanding faculty, staff, and students at the 2013 College of Agriculture Awards Banquet. Agriculture Council and the Office of Academic Programs sponsored the event. Four student awards, four faculty awards, and one staff award were presented. Faculty awards included the Richard L. Kohls Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, the Richard L. Kohls Early Career Award, the David C. Pfendler Outstanding Counselor, and the Outstanding Graduate Educator. The staff award was for Outstanding Service to Students. The Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior nominees from each department were recognized and the college‐level award winner from each classifica on was announced. Gabriel Rangel from Biochemistry was selected as Outstanding Senior. Gradua ng seniors with a GPA of 4.0, those comple ng the Leadership Development Cer ficate Program, the Dean’s Scholars, Senior Agriculture Ambassadors, and winners from the Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium were also recognized. The format for the Awards Banquet was modified from previous year. Besides serving a meal this year, guests heard previous faculty and staff award winners share stories about teaching, mentoring, and advising students. In addi on, various students from the College shared their experiences about comple ng their freshman year, being a gradua ng senior, and what being on Ag Council meant to them. sociate Dean J If you have an article or photo, relating to our undergraduate/graduate programs, please feel free
to share; we will do our best to incorporate them in the newsletter. We do want to try and
keep it simple, yet informative. Please note the parameters: we will need any information that
you would like to see in this newsletter, one week prior to the first Monday of each month.
Please forward to Sayde Uerkwitz at [email protected].
Friendly reminder that this newsletter will be linked and archived to the OAP website.
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Study Abroad Do you know any undergraduate student traveling abroad this summer for work, volunteering, or to do research? Let us know! Are you interested in leading a study abroad course? Please contact our office. Contact Informa on: [email protected] – 765‐494‐8458 – AGAD 26 “My
study abroad maymester in
Trinidad and Tobago was one
the most transformative experiences in my time at Purdue. I met
interesting people from different
cultures, learned about the challenges that faces an island nation
as it transitions out of a fossil
fuel-based economy, and saw
fantastic wildlife representative
of one of the most biologically
diverse places on the planet.”
-Joe Morgan-
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“Studying abroad was such an exhilarating,
refreshing, and new life experience. Facing
new challenges, opportunities, and lessons
during my trip allowed me to become a more
open minded and independent person.”
-Elizabeth Loehmer-
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The Barbara Cook Chapter Mortar Board Rose Award The Office of Academic Programs would like to recognize our very own Carol Brock for receiving The Barbara Cook Mortar Board Rose Award on April 5th. College of Agriculture senior, Laura Donaldson, presented the award, which is given to clerical or service staff members who have posi vely affected those around them and gone above and beyond the call of duty. Congratula ons Carol! MUCH IN OAP
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Dr. Allan Goecker’s Re rement Celebra on Dr. Allan Goecker has been through more commencement ceremonies than most people would like to count. It is now his turn to take a final walk across the stage of Ellio Hall. If you hear him talk about his re rement, you will hear him say that a er 84 semesters, he is going to graduate. The College of Agriculture past and present faculty, staff and students were invited to his re rement celebra on this past month. He has served the College of Agriculture for over 40 years, 39 of them as coordinator of student counseling ac vi es, which includes managing all processes and procedures related to undergraduate students. In his role, he has touched an es mated 22,500 College of Agriculture students, more than half of the College’s total alumni. Dr. John Graveel, Director and Coordinator of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and former Interim Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs (OAP), spoke about what Allan has taught him throughout his career and me in OAP. He also presented a gi from OAP, a Purdue basketball jersey with his last name and number 13 on the back. Dr. Dale Whi aker, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs and former Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs, and Dr. Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, both spoke about the great work and fun mes they have had with Allan . The Dean presented a signed Purdue basketball and football, a gi from the Dean’s Office. MUCH IN OAP
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New Opportunity Effec ve May 13th, Sayde Uerkwitz will be star ng as the Communica on Specialist in the Agronomy Department. During her me in OAP, she assisted in the scholarship administra on and maintained three publica ons. We wish her well in this new and exci ng opportunity. Educa onal Grant Program Each year, the Teaching Academy offers an Educa onal Grant Program that is funded by the Office of the Provost to support educa onal ac vi es of members of the Teaching Academy. The maximum award for a single member of the Teaching Academy is $1500. Last year, we ins tuted a program of mul ‐disciplinary projects that involve more than one member of the Academy for a maximum of $3000. In the past, the Educa onal Grant Program has helped fund materials to be used in the classroom, to support travel to conferences to present a paper on the scholarship of teaching and learning, or to help members of the Academy a end workshops on teaching. If you want to apply for one of these Educa onal Grant Programs, please e‐mail [email protected] by May 15th. MUCH IN OAP
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Faculty Orienta on Seminar Series Schedule Spring 2013 MUCH IN OAP
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Faculty Orienta on Seminar Series Schedule Spring 2013 MUCH IN OAP
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents When a document you created is added into Blackboard or into a web page, that document must be accessible to people with disabili es. There are simple techniques you can use to improve the accessibility of your documents as you create them. This resource will provide you with ps and resources so you can learn to use these techniques. This guide offers ps for Microso Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF documents. Microso Word Use these best prac ces to greatly improve the accessibility of Word documents for individuals with disabili es. Another benefit is that accessibility improvements made in the Word document will remain when converted to PDF or HTML. Use Word 2010 Accessibility Checker Word 2010 has a built‐in tool that checks your document for accessibility problems. The Accessibility Checker makes it much easier to iden fy and repair accessibility issues. To use the tool, select File > Info > Check for Issues > Check Accessibility. Use Word 2010 Accessibility Checker (h p://webaim.org/techniques/word/#checker) Headings Use built‐in Styles to iden fy Heading 1, Heading 2, etc. This provides structure that is used to navigate through the document when using assis ve technology. Add Headings in Word (h p://webaim.org/techniques/word/) Lists Use built‐in features for crea ng bulleted and numbered lists. This provides naviga onal structure that is important to those using assis ve technology. Add Lists in Word (h p://webaccess.msu.edu/tutorials/accessible‐word‐
documents.html#lists) Images Add alt text to images. (In Office 2010 and 2011 use Descrip on field, not Title field. See Figure 1.) Add Alt Text to Images in Word (h p://webaim.org/techniques/word/#al ext) MUCH IN OAP
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents Data Tables Explicitly iden fy the header row. Go to Table Proper es > Row tab > select the checkbox “Repeat as header row at the top of each page”. (See Figure 2.) This pro‐
vides structure for naviga ng the table. Mark the Header Row in Word Tables (h p://webaim.org/
techniques/word/#tables) Charts and Graphs These o en require longer text descrip ons than simple images. Adding alt text to them in Word is not turned on by default. Add Alt Text to Charts and Graphs in Word (h p://
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents Convert Word to PDF To export from Word to tagged PDF, follow these steps: In Word 2010 (Windows), select “Save as PDF”. (NOTE: Word 2011 for Mac does not produce a tagged PDF, so the PDF is not accessible.) In Word 2003 and 2007 (Windows), use the Adobe PDFMaker Plugin (found in the Adobe menu or toolbar, if available. It ships with Adobe Acrobat). When saving, select Op ons and be sure that “Document structure tags for accessibility” is checked. (NOTE: This is checked by default, but will be unchecked if you select “Minimize size” and will need to be re‐checked.) Convert Word to PDF (h p://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/conver ng#word) Convert Word to HTML To export from Word to HTML, follow these steps: In Word 2007 and 2010 (Windows), select “Save as Web Page, Filtered”. The resul ng file will retain the accessible features entered into the Word document except for data tables. Convert Word to HTML (h p://webaim.org/techniques/word/#wordhtml) Cau ons on Conver ng Word to HTML: From the Penn State site: “Although Microso products include a func on to convert content to HTML, the implementa on is not regarded as standards‐compliant.” Cau ons on Conver ng Word to HTML (h p://accessibility.psu.edu/
microso office#wordhtml) One op on: Free Tool Converts Word to HTML (h p://word2cleanhtml.com/) From their site: “Word to clean HTML is a free converter tool for documents produced by Microso Word and similar office so ware. Word to clean HTML strips out invalid or proprietary tags, leaving clean HTML behind for use in web pages and ebooks.” Use built‐in slide layout templates. Using them correctly will ensure that the resul ng file will have proper structure for headings and lists, correct reading order, etc. o Use layout templates (h p://webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/#layouts) Include alt text for images unless they are decora ve. o Add Alt Text to PowerPoint Images (h p://webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents Microso PowerPoint When you create a presenta on for students to view online, whether you plan to post a PowerPoint file (.PPT or .PPTX) or another format such as PDF, there are steps you can take to make your PowerPoint file as accessible as possible (h p://webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/). Use PowerPoint 2010 Accessibility Checker. PowerPoint 2010 has a built‐in tool that checks your document for accessibility problems. The Accessibility Checker makes it much easier to iden fy and repair accessibility issues. To use the tool, select File > Info > Check for Issues > Check Accessibility. o Use PowerPoint 2010 Accessibility Checker (h p://webaim.org/techniques/
powerpoint/#checker) Microso Excel These files are generally accessible. Use the following best prac ces to improve the accessibility of Excel files for individuals with disabili es. Use clear and meaningful row and column headers. Provide descrip ons of charts and graphs in the comment area If using the Chart Wizard, create a variety of do ed lines in line charts to improve legi‐
bility for color blind users. Penn State University Excel Tips (h p://accessibility.psu.edu/excel) University of Minnesota Excel Tips (h p://accessibility.umn.edu/ms‐excel.html) MUCH IN OAP
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents PDF Accessibility can be added to exis ng PDF documents in Adobe Acrobat Pro. However, whenever possible, it is best to add accessibility within the original source document, such as a Word file. That way, if the document must be revised later, the accessibility improvements remain. That is not the case if you make accessibility changes only in the PDF. Check exis ng PDFs for accessibility o Print: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow print resource (h p://www.purdue.edu/
webaccessibility/documents/PDFAccessibilityTips.pdf) o Video: PDF Accessibility Repair Workflow video resource with closed cap ons (h p://
www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/documents/PDF_Docs/06PDFExample1.asx) Create accessible PDFs from other formats (h p://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/
conver ng) Create accessible PDFs from scanned documents (h p://wac.osu.edu/pdf/scan/
pdffromscan.html) Crea ng Accessible PDF Documents (h p://www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/
documents/Accessible_PDF_Documents.asx) (the complete recorded training with closed cap ons). Visit the Purdue Web Accessibility Commi ee Training page (h p://
www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/training/index.html) to view smaller segments of the training video on specific topics, or to view a transcript. Sources The Web Accessibility Commi ee expresses our gra tude to these authors whose work has been referenced in this document: Michigan State University (h p://webaccess.msu.edu/index.html) Ohio State University Web Accessibility Center (h p://wac.osu.edu/) Penn State University AccessAbility (h p://accessibility.psu.edu/) Purdue Web Accessibility Commi ee (h p://www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/) Terrill Thompson (h p://terrillthompson.com/blog/) WebAIM (h p://webaim.org/) MUCH IN OAP
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Tips for Crea ng Accessible Online Documents Addi onal Resources Word and PowerPoint The Microso Accessibility page (h p://www.microso .com/enable/default.aspx) offers accessibility guidance and informa on in rela on to their products. Tutorials are availa‐
ble. PDF documents Purdue University’s Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance has purchased several books wri en by Karen McCall, an expert in crea ng accessible PDFs, in order to assist the University community in crea ng such documents. These resource books, listed below, are available for a one‐week check out at the Hicks Undergraduate Library reference collec on area: 
Accessible and Usable PDF Documents: Techniques for Document Authors, Third Edi‐
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Logical Document Structure handbook: Microso Word 2010 and 2007 
Document Structure Handbook: PowerPoint 2010 and 2007 Her books on document structure explain why, and how, to include structure in files that will be converted to PDF documents. Structure is used by persons with disabili es to nav‐
igate documents. To find any of these books, library staff suggest searching under the author name, Karen McCall. To purchase any of these books or to view other PDF resources, visit Karen McCall’s web site (h p://www.karlencommunica ons.com/). Prepared by Purdue University Web Accessibility Commi ee (h p://www.purdue.edu/
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The May Scoop... Did you know? 1294 ‐ John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg 1494 ‐ Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago" 1631 ‐ John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachuse s 1652 ‐ Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1802 ‐ Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city 1861 ‐ Gen Winfield Sco presents his Anaconda Plan for the North against the South in US Civil War 1864 ‐ 3rd day in Ba le at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault 1955 ‐ Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Oklahoma 1961 ‐ JFK sets goal of pu ng a man on Moon before the end of decade 1986 ‐ 7,000,000 Americans form "Hands Across America" 2001 ‐ 32‐year‐old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 2011 ‐ Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show. MUCH IN OAP
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Purdue University Academic Calendar 2012‐13 West Lafaye e Campus 2012‐13 Academic Calendar h p://www.purdue.edu/registrar/Calendars/Academic%20Calendars/2012‐13.pdf MUCH IN OAP
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Instructor Resources Check out these websites for more informa on Technology in the Classroom
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/facilities/tic/
Technology in the classroom locations
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/facilities/tic/locations/
iClicker information
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/iclicker/
Reserving an Instructional Lab
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/facilities/instructionallabs/resources/request.cfm
Assistive Technology Center (ATC)
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/support/atc/
Instructional Labs
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/facilities/instructionallabs/
Office of Academic Programs It is the policy of Purdue University that all persons have equal opportunity and access to its educa onal programs, services, ac vi es, and facili es without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, na on‐
al origin or ancestry, marital status, parental status, sexual orienta on, disability or status as a veteran. Purdue University is an Affirma ve Ac on ins tu on. This material may be available in alterna ve formats. MUCH IN OAP
College of Agriculture 615 W. State Street West Lafaye e, IN 47907‐2053 Phone: 765‐494‐8472 Fax: 765‐494‐8477 www.agriculture.purdue.edu/oap 17