Navigate Summit Encourages Greater Platform Use

Dr. Rene Wright, Interim Dean of the School of Health Sciences, recently convened the , providing faculty with strategies for more effectively using the student success platform.

Although Navigate offers a range of tools to support student engagement and success, many faculty and staff use only a portion of its capabilities. To highlight its potential, seven faculty members were recognized as Navigate Champions for their extensive use of the platform within their departments.

The Champions -- Prof. Peninah Austrie, Clinical Laboratory Science; Dr. Jasmine Bratton-Robinson, Nursing; Dr. Andrew Criss, Biology; Dr. Matthew Garley, English; Prof. Chaitanand Radhamohan, Accounting and Finance; Dr. Aamir Rashid, Business and Economics; and Dr. Virginia Thomson, Mathematics and Computer Science -- shared practical examples of how they use Navigate to support students.

“There’s a lot of really cool stuff that faculty don’t use,” said Criss, Pre-Med advisor in the Biology department during the September 15 event.