How can we make KSC even better? Your voice is our future.

SpeakOut is a two-part open space conference designed to help members of the campus community identify shared priorities for the future. The open-space process allows large groups to come together to share their knowledge, insights and perspectives on topics of critical importance. Student SpeakOut was held in February and the All-Campus SpeakOut will be held in May. Use the sidebar on the left to learn more.

Context Setting for SpeakOut 2003

Speak Out is being organized by the Design Team.

SpeakOut Facilitators

Monica M. Manning, Ph.D., is co-founder and Executive Officer of NovaLearning, a fifteen-year-old education firm serving colleges and universities nationwide. Targeting project which address areas of emerging educational and economic importance, Nova is dedicated to the effective design of organizational strategies supporting college and community collaboration in order to ensure today's institutions prepare their students and serve their regions for tomorrow's world.

Skilled in the use of system-wide planning processes, Monica Manning is committed to helping to create the new kinds of educational organizations that meet societal needs and that provide people with the opportunity to develop and use their talents for productive, rewarding, professional, and personal lives. With the purpose of supporting innovation in higher education, Dr. Manning has worked with colleges and universities designing results-oriented, whole-system strategic planning processes that help institutions integrate classroom, work-world and on-line learning opportunities.

She began her career as a faculty member and later served as associate academic dean and dean of continuing education. Prior to creating NovaLearning, she was the founding executive director of the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Board. The Partnership has become the primary state strategy to fund collaborations between higher education and industry. Dr. Manning received Baccalaureate and Masters degrees from the University of Illinois in Rhetoric and Public Address, Her Ph.D. is from the University of Minnesota in Higher Education

Lynn Priddy Rozumalski, Ph.D., has served as a NovaLearning Associate for several years. She is the Director of Education and Training with The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Higher Learning Commission is one of the six regional accrediting agencies in the country committed to assuring and advancing the quality of higher learning in colleges and universities for the common good.

Prior to joining the Commission in 1999, Lynn served in institutions as Vice President of Institutional Planning, Effectiveness, and Advancement; Director of Research, Assessment, and Development; and English/Composition faculty. Committed to accreditation as catalyst and partner for learning and change in higher education, Lynn is passionate about helping institutions and peer reviewers discover ways of thinking and working together systemically and culturally across the organization to support the innovation, planning, and meaningful change that matters most, that furthers the mission and vision, and that has the potential to make a significant difference collectively.

Dr. Priddy Rozumalski began her education at Calvin College in Michigan, received her baccalaureate degree in English and Education from the State University of New York and her masters in Composition and Communication from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Her Ph.D. is in General Education/Higher Education from Capella University with a focus on organizational self-assessment, conversation, and innovation.