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Given Name
Ronda
Family Name
Dorsey Neugebauer
Title
Academic Support Center Coordinator, Director of Transitional Studies, Instructor
Department/Program/Discipline
English Department
Organization
Chadron State College
Country
USA
City
Oral
Street Address

27578 S Buffalo Gap Rd

Phone Number
6058913868
State/Province
SD
Zip/Postal Code
57766
Website
https://sites.google.com/site/higheredopen/
Short Biography

For the last three years Ronda Dorsey Neugebauer has served Chadron State College, an open-enrollment institution located in the northwestern corner of Nebraska, as Academic Support Center Coordinator, Director of Transitional Studies, and Instructor in college success and literacy courses. The student population she works with are most at-risk; thus, one of her critical roles is bridging higher education academics with student services. Of Chadron's annual Entering Freshmen, over 40% are deficient in core subject areas of reading, writing, and/or math and over 67% are first-generation/low income status.

In May 2011, she was afforded the opportunity to participate in the Kaleidoscope Project, funded by a Next Generation Learning Challenges Wave One grant. This project's focus was developing a consortium of institutions to collaborate in designing general studies courses utilizing existing Open Education Resources (OER). The experience gained in this project dramatically affected the direction of Chadron's Transitional Studies Program embracing more consistent, creative, and dynamic courses without a dependency on expensive textbooks.

When she isn't "working at work," Ronda, her husband, Keith, and their two young children, Sheldon and Aubrey, are working on the family's Red Angus cattle ranch in Oral, South Dakota.

History

Member for
15 weeks 6 days