2012 Desire2Excel Impact & Collaboration Winners
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) won two awards, the Desire2EXCEL Impact award and the Desire2EXCEL Collaboration award, at the Desire2Learn’s Annual International Users Conference (Fusion 2012) in San Diego, California.
The MnSCU system won the Desire2EXCEL Impact award. The Desire2EXCEL award recognizes organizations and institutions that have an extraordinary impact on teaching and learning service to students, leadership, and institutional effectiveness.
MnSCU demonstrated impact of MnSCU’s common LMS in the following five categories:
1. Impact of System-Level Planning and Common LMS
2. Impact of MnSCU’s Centralized Hosting Environment and Support
3. Impact of Campus Expertise, Innovation, and Sharing
4. Impact of Collaborative Programming, Shared Course Offerings, and System-Wide Training
5. Impact of External Partnerships
For more information check out MnSCU’s Desire2Excel Showcase site at
www.desire2excel.project.mnscu.edu.
The conference wasa strong show of system solidarity with over 24 MnSCU-led workshops, 75 MnSCU attendees, two award winners, and a sea of aqua polo shirts.