Dr. Rich Lane

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

"Opening the Gates: How a Directed Self-Placement Program for First-Year Writing Helped to Improve Student Retention." John Gardner Institute's Annual Gateway Course Experience Conference, Atlanta, April 2016.
"We Didn't Write a Book, We Created a Place: Navigating the Challenges of Developing a Lasting Community-University Partnership with The Community Learning Workshop," Conference on Community Writing, Boulder, CO, October 2015.
"Improving Student Grades and Retention with Directed Self-Placement." Panel presented at the 34th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Dallas, TX, February 2015.
"Finding Their Place: Valuing Diversity and Increasing Retention with an Innovative Directed Self Placement Program." Panel presented at the 2014 PASSHE Summit, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA, November 2014.

Faculty Professional Developmental Council Grant, $9, 0000, PASSHE, May 2015.
University-wide Faculty Development Grant, $2,500.00. Clarion University, 2015.
University Faculty Neighborhood Star Award. Clarion University. 537 Clarion Community Learning Workshop, March 2015.
Sprout Organization – Spark Grant 2013 $8,000 - Pittsburgh's Sprout Fund supports innovative projects in the Greater Pittsburgh region that help children develop hands-on skills and digital literacies
Children's Scholarship Fund 2013- Present $3,000 - The mission of The Children's Scholarship Fund of Pennsylvania is to ensure a quality education is available to all children in Pennsylvania.
Buncher Fund 2013 – Present $2,000 (2 years) - • The Buncher Family Foundation is a private family foundation that supports many causes, including the arts, children, youth development and education.
Clarion University, High-Impact Practices Grant 2012, $37,000, Clarion University 2013.

I am also the Co-Director of the Center for First Year Experience and the Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA