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NC State University Current Event Facilitation

HED 663

Ashley George, Darian Rader, & Heaven Rogers

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THIS IS A LINK TO OUR CURRENT EVENT PRESENTATION→ (Click the link that is

highlighted).

https://spark.adobe.com/page/Fwl1pTzCvEhpT/

Current Event Article

● Grubb, T., Jackson et al.. (2020, August 25). Greek life is at the center of some of the

COVID clusters at UNC and NC State. Retrieved September 11, 2020, from

https://www.newsobserver.com/article245209100.html

Class Facilitation/Discussion Plan:

● 5-10 minute: Presentation of Spark Presentation

○ [Link to the Spark Presentation]

■ The Article

■ Key Points

● Greek life, COVID-19, Undergraduate, Three W’s, Mass

Gatherings

■ Institutional Response

■ NC State Program Plan

● We would create a 3-day virtual dialogue, Are you a Greek or

Going Greek?: A 3-day Virtual Dialogue, for new and current

Greek students to join to learn more about the Three W’s and what

they should know about COVID-19 and how students can help to

slow the spread of the virus. Day 1 consists of a discussion of

COVID-19 and how current and future Greek life members could

help in slowing the spread. We would cite the CDC guidelines

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when discussing slowing the spread. Day 2 consists of a

presentation of the University COVID-19 prevention policy and a

Presentation from Sorority and Fraternity Life on their COVID-19

prevention policy. Day 3 consists of a virtual celebration

welcoming new members and welcoming back current members

and kick starting the new year. Stakeholders/Sponsors of this

dialogue would be, The Division of Student Affairs, Sponsors for

each Sorority and Fraternity, Individual Chapter Council, Head of

Sorority and Fraternity Life on Campus, National Chapter

Presidents, Dean of Students, Emergency Response Team for the

University, Housing and Residence Life for Greek Village

(Specifically at NCSU), NC Health Department, Wake County

Health Department, and Student Health Services. In addition, a

budget of $10,000, we would buy PPE, face masks, and Custom T-

Shirts to be handed out to the first 280 students at specific

distribution locations on campus after the program. The program

goals and objectives for our program would be: Participants will

understand the danger of COVID-19. Participants will apply the

Three W's (Wear, Wash, Wait) in order to slow the spread.

Participants are expected to follow University and Chapter COVID

prevention policy in order to slow the spread of the virus.

Participants are expected to complete a contract agreement

adhering to University and Chapter COVID prevention policies

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upon completion dialogue series. Number of COVID related

Hazing incidents and positive cases in Chapters would decrease.

Participants will understand the resources available to them, such

as anonymous hazing reports and policy violation reporting via

Qualtrics. Evaluation will be a Qualtrics Survey to gauge

understanding and program effectiveness. Also, a random selection

of participants to engage in an open dialogue via Zoom or Google

Meets to assess implications of the program.

■ Caffarella et al., Ch 6 & Ch. 7 Correlation to the Program Plan

● Sources of Ideas and Needs for this dialogue will be from mainly

Communities and Society, seeing that the COVID-19 outbreaks

not only affects the NCSU campus community but also the Wake

County Community (Caffarela et al., 2013, Ch 6. p.4). Key

Techniques (Caffarella et al., p. 5-8) that we would potential use is

Questionnaire to send to students and faculty/staff and/or Informal

interactions with Colleagues, Friends, Family, and Acquaintances

to gauge what should the needs should be covered in this dialogue.

In order to prioritize the needs, as a committee we will use the

collaborative qualitative approach so that everyone's thoughts are

included and heard. As for discussing the program goals, we will

use the collaborative approach, as presented in the Contingency-

Based Program Planning (CBPP) model, to insure that everyone

has a say in the goals of the dialogue (Caffarella et al., Ch 7. p. 2).

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○ 15 minute: Breakout session by Institutional Groups

■ Each group to discuss and answer all 5 questions.

● Q1: Considering the events discussed in the article, what needs do

you think might exist among your institution’s community and

specifically, your institution’s Greek Life community?

● Q2: What are some strategies you can use to help identify those

needs?

● Q3: What kind of program(s) could be used to address them?

● Q4: Who might you need to involve in the planning and

coordination?

● Q5: How would you assess objectives and outcomes?

○ 5 minute: Discussion & Closing

■ Duke University & Davidson College Group to discuss what their answer

was for Question 1.

■ Meredith College group to discuss what was their answer for Question 2.

■ UNC Charlotte group to discuss what was their answer for Question 3.

■ NC A&T University group to discuss what was their answer for Question

4.

■ UNC Pembroke group to discuss what was their answer for Question 5.