Rebecca Ertel, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, Department of Humanities and Director of Supplemental Instruction; David Shevin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English, Department of Humanities; Samuel Okunade, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Water Resource Management; Kwawisi Tekpetey, Associate Professor of English, Department of Humanities; Lois McGuire, Assistant Professor of Speech & Theater, Department of Humanities; Paul J. Cook, Assistant Professor of History, Department of Humanities and Director of Faculty Development

This Initiative was created to enhance faculty development and student retention through the development of a faculty learning community that focuses on the development of and the infusion of an intensive RWS ( Reading, Writing, Speaking) component in the general education curriculum of three (3) entering first-year learning community groups. RWS infusion is one of three components designed to enhance classroom teaching and learning. The other two components are Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning, and Research and Technology.