Cal State Fullerton has been recognized as the California State University Center of Excellence for Supplemental Instruction and will serve as a model for other CSU campuses, announced José L. Cruz, provost and vice president for academic affairs.
The campus has been appointed to work with the University of Missouri-Kansas City and will certify supplemental instruction trainers in the Missouri university’s method, as well as promote, initiate and enhance the use of 1 throughout the CSU system.
Philip Janowicz, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been appointed as interim director of the center, effective July 1. Janowicz, a key member of Cal State Fullerton’s SI team and SI chemistry faculty liaison, has been instrumental in leading CSU webinars and site visits hosted by the Chancellor’s Office, and piloting a SI course redesign project. Janowicz also has received a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the effects of SI, a peer-to-peer program that helps to improve student success.