Last open forum:
Where: Art and Journalism building room 175
When: 1:30-2:30 p.m. March 29
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At some other institutions Paaige Turner has gone to, she said she acted as a firefighter, solving emergencies as soon as she came on board.
At Ball State’s College of Communication, Information and Media (CCIM), though, Turner said it’s different.
“I do not see anything on fire,” Turner said. “I think that the expectations have worked well for this community and these goals.”
Turner, as a dean candidate for CCIM, stressed at her open forum March 27 that CCIM has lots of good things going on — immersive learning and the breadth of concentrations in curricula, for example — that she, if she becomes dean, wants to let flourish on their own.
Right now, Turner consults for the National Communication Association and was the previous Executive Director. She also earned both her master’s and doctorate from Purdue University.
Opening her forum, Turner said she wanted to “hold the future lightly” by giving a frame for future projects, but leaving plans open to change the growing field of communications.
One plan Turner said she wants to focus on, however, is that of diversity and inclusion. During the forum, Kristen McCauliff, a communication studies professor, asked Turner how she would attract and retain a diverse student population.
Diversity, Turner said, is recognizing those who are different from you. Inclusion, on the other hand, is taking action to make diverse individuals feel comfortable.
“When I was pregnant, I couldn’t sit in this chair with the desk up,” Turner said. “My body did not fit. I was not included in that space. We have to think about, if we want that diverse faculty or that diverse student body, what are we doing to create inclusive practices that support them in that space?”
However, one thing Turner said didn’t need readjustment was CCIM’s immersive learning classes. The only thing that needed to be done, Turner said, was for the university to better spread the word about this kind of real-world learning.
“You guys are doing amazing immersive learning, and I don’t know that you realize how well you’re doing this,” Turner said. “You should be an example for every other university and college.”
The third and final dean candidate’s open forum will be March 29 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Art and Journalism building room 175. After that, the dean search committee will send a recommendation for two candidates to administration.
Contact Sara Barker with comments at slbarker3@bsu.edu or on Twitter at @sarabarker326.
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