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Every year, as summer wanes and the fall semester approaches, I can feel the excitement grow as we prepare to welcome new and returning students to our campuses. While this has hardly been a typical spring and summer, and fall 2020 will look and feel different from years past, our commitment to you remains unc- hanged. I share your excitement as we look forward to the start of a new school year. Below you will find more details about learning, working and living at UIW, as well as information specific to students and parents, faculty, and staff. We will be mov- ing forward with an academic plan that will offer a hybrid approach, honoring the personal needs of our students while still offering a vibrant campus culture. Whet- her you take courses online, in-person, or a combination of both, you can still expect classes designed to challenge and enlighten, and a community ready to support your academic, spiritual and personal growth at every turn. UIW is made for times like these. We are experts in distance learning with a history of more than 20 years in online education. We are leaders in healthcare, having five health professions schools, as well as an epidemiologist and a public health expert on staff. We are committed to caring for one another and our community – it is at the very heart of our Mission and all we do. Working together as One Word, we will all do our part and share in the responsibility to keep our community safe. Welcome home, Cardinals. On behalf of our entire University, we are so glad to have you with us. Praised be the Incarnate Word!
Cardinal Monthly
School of Professional Studies
August 2020 Issue 6
When we learn to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience. -Jeada Dewalt
Thomas Evans, Ph.D., President The University of the Incarnate Word
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Joren Scharn, D.B.A. Doctor of Business Administration
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Dr. Scharn, who lives in The Netherlands, worked on his dissertation titled “Understanding Employee Engagement: A Mixed-Methods Study” under the tutelage of his dissertation co- mmittee consisting of Dr. Kruti Lehenbauer (Chair), Dr. Adam Guerrero, and Dr. Diana Garza. The goal of this mixed methods dissertation was to identify whether the methods by which employers currently and traditionally attempt to measure “employee engagement,” are suff- icient. Employee engagement is often considered to be one of the crucial intangibles that can impact employee productivity and employee satisfaction, and thereby the bottom line for companies! Dr. Scharn uses a three-pronged approach to his analysis by comparing the results from secondary datasets obtained from International agencies to a primary dataset created by collecting surveys from individuals working in the financial sector in the San Antonio region and then further testing the outcomes qualitatively by conducting personal interviews with a small sample chosen from among those that completed the surveys. His results indicate that while current methodologies capture some components of employee engagement, the measurements and surveys used are insufficient to accurately estimate employee engagement and related factors in the context of employee productivity.
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