Jax MIX Assessment Spring 2026
Jax MIX: Advancing Quality Assessment is a professional development series designed to strengthen faculty understanding and practice of assessment within JSU’s General Education Signature Program. This training will focus on assessment in Jax MIX and general education courses while also connecting how those skills and outcomes extend into upper-level core courses.
Series Purpose:
- For faculty teaching general education courses, it provides practical strategies and insights for meaningful, efficient, and effective assessment in Jax MIX.
- For all participating faculty, the series highlights how Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and assessments in general education connect to and prepare students for success in upper-division coursework, ensuring a more cohesive and intentional learning experience across the curriculum.
Through workshops and collaborative activities, participants will gain valuable tools to enhance assessment practices that support both faculty teaching goals and student success across the curriculum.
- Equip faculty with strategies to design and implement meaningful, efficient, and effective assessments in Jax MIX and general education courses.
- Highlight how assessment in general education supports and aligns with upper-level core courses, creating a cohesive student learning journey.
- Make assessment processes more transparenta and approachable, helping faculty see assessment as a tool for improvement rather than compliance.
- Provide faculty with training and collaborative opportunities to share practices, refine assessment approaches, and align with institutional priorities.
- Offer essential preparation for faculty applying to the Provost’s Faculty Fellowship, ensuring participants have a strong foundation in quality assessment for student learning outcomes.
Meetings
Presentation: JaxMIX Lunch Mtg 1: Linking Jax MIX and the Majors: Skills as Shared Learning Outcomes
Date: February 16
Location: Gamecock Dining Room
Time: 12:00-12:30: Lunch in Caf Provided; 12:30-1:30 PM (Presentation)
Description: This session examines how the core skills of communication, critical thinking, and collaboration function as scaffolding that links Jax MIX, a shared student experience, to a diversity of majors. We will examine the rationale behind this approach, how it is currently implemented, and discuss opportunities to improve this system.
Presenter(s): Dr. Benjamin Gross (Associate Professor of Political Science) and Dr. Ross Martin (Assistant Professor of Geology)
Presentation: JaxMIX Mtg 2: Jax MIX Microcredentials in the Majors: What’s Working Across Campus
Date: March 3
Location: 208 Self Hall
Time: 2:30-3:30 PM (donuts & coffee)
Description: TBA
Presenter(s): Dr. Benjamin Gross (Associate Professor of Political Science) and Dr. Ross Martin (Assistant Professor of Geology)
Presentation: JaxMIX Meeting 3
Date: March 13
Location: 208 Self Hall
Time:12:00-12:30: Lunch; 12:30-1:30 PM (Presentation)
Description: What are Jax MIX microcredentials, and how do they fit within my department? This panel brings together early adopters to explain how Jax MIX microcredentials complement existing departmental goals by incorporating course assignments, department events, and other activities. In this way, Jax MIX microcredentials function as additive achievements that highlight the skills and knowledge developed within a major rather than as additional requirements.
Presenter(s): Dr. Benjamin Gross (Associate Professor of Political Science) and Dr. Ross Martin (Assistant Professor of Geology)
Presentation: JaxMIX Meeting 4
Date: April 3
Location: 208 Self Hall
Time: 12:00-12:30: Lunch; 12:30-1:30 PM (Presentation)
Description: TBA
Presenter(s): Dr. Benjamin Gross (Associate Professor of Political Science) and Dr. Ross Martin (Assistant Professor of Geology)
Registration
When you register for a workshop, you will receive a calendar invitation at your JSU Outlook email. Calendar invites are sent manually by Brandy Roberts, so please allow up to two business hours for delivery. Once you accept the invitation, the event will appear on your Outlook calendar. If you do not receive or cannot locate the invite, please contact Brandy Roberts at broberts@jsu.edu.
Registration is encouraged for all professional development sessions but is not required to attend. However, pre-registration is required for any session that includes lunch. Faculty are always welcome to attend without registering, but lunch is only provided for those who have pre-registered.