Faculty & Staff

We are a college-level transdisciplinary team that is part of a strategic effort to refresh and “elevate” undergraduate curriculum in our college.

Each COH program is represented by an Elevation Team member by course designator (H, HDFS, KIN & NUTR). If you are interested in contributing to curriculum development or have Core Ed questions that are program specific, please reach out!

Key responsibilities include

• Coordination with faculty to both identify existing courses and conceptualize new gateway offerings intended for the university’s new Core Education curriculum (2025 launch).
• Foster the development of “gateway” courses to enhance our lower-division course offerings with broad appeal and stimulating engagement to draw students to our programs.
• Support and enhance teaching practices across our college, in partnership with OSU’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Multiple team members hold CTL Fellowships for this academic year and will be collaborating to offer a variety of professional development opportunities related to high quality teaching practices.
• Establish a more robust COH presence in the Honors College with the long-term goal of offering the necessary coursework for COH students to earn jointly awarded Honors College and COH degrees.

Who we are

• Laurel Kincl (ADAFA, Team Lead)
• Mendy Gayler (ADAFA Support Staff)
• Annie Hommel (H Rep, Team Co-Lead)
• Tasha Galardi (HDFS Rep, Transitions Taskforce Leader & COH CTL Fellow)
• Cathy Crowell (KIN Co-Rep, COH CTL Fellow)
• Kim Hannigan-Downs (KIN Co-Rep)
• Neilann Horner (NUTR Co-Rep)
• Michelle Bump (NUTR Co-Rep, COH CTL Fellow)

Core Ed

Below you can find links with detailed information about Core Ed, our team’s work to prepare for the 2025 launch of the new Core Ed curriculum, and faculty involvement in the process.

Fall '23 report

COH Elevation Team College-wide Fall 23 Report (pdf)

Guidance & Expectations

COH Core Ed Guidance & CADI Expectations

• CADI training expectations (pdf)
• Core Ed course design map template (pdf)
• Core Ed Ecampus guidance (pdf)
• Core Ed workload guidance (pdf)

University-level Core Ed information

• Faculty Senate Adopted Core Ed Report (v6) & Core Ed Category Cheat Sheet (links to PDFs)
• Core Education homepage
• Core Ed Installation FAQ and timeline information
• Implementation Governance & Curricular Overview information
• Pedagogical Support & Development Required Training Description & FAQ
• Core Education Course Proposal Status Report courses are listed in order of when they were declared in the Statement of Intent and organized in the table by course number, name, college and unit of origin, location/modality of course, and status of course within the process

Gateway course activities

Some of the lower-level Core Ed courses that will be proposed may be good gateway courses, but we are still exploring opportunities.

Let us know if you have an idea for a course concept you are passionate about and that would be creative.

COH CTL fellow activities

The CTL Fellows Program partners with colleges to be catalysts for positive change, elevating our teaching faculty and providing them pedagogical resources.

Honors College engagement activities

The Honors College gives you the opportunity to teach a different kind of class – small, full of highly-motivated students who are intrigued by holistic approaches to problem solving.

Consider using the honors colloquia (1 or 2 credit seminar class) to try our a new course idea.