Randall Bergen
Acting President
Year Started at Greenville College: 2001Office: Almira House
Phone: (618) 664-7000
Email: presidentbergen@greenville.edu
Dr. Randy Bergen is a Greenville College alum (class of '84) who holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in Personality Psychology.
Before returning to GC in 2001 he taught at Geneva College, where he also served as director of assessment. He has served as co-director of the national Comprehensive Assessment Project conducted by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Research and writing interests have focused on the psychology of academic achievement and on outcomes assessment in higher education. He has published in both the psychological and higher education literatures and spoken extensively at regional, national, and international conferences.
His volunteer work includes serving as a peer reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and as a board member for Greenville Regional Hospital.
"I love working at GC! It is a rich Christian, academic community where individuals are valued, wonderful relationships form, and learning is deep. The college has grown dramatically since I was a student in the 1980s, but is essentially unchanged in culture. It is a wonderful place of spiritual and intellectual transformation for students."
Education
PhD (1991) Personality Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
MA (1988) Personality Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
BA (1984) Major: Psychology, Greenville College
Recent Presentations and Publications
Holden, D., and Bergen, R. S. (2007, April). Planning, designing, and
communicating the self-study: Wrestling with chaos. Presented at the
112th annual meeting of the Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, IL.
Bergen, R. S. (2006, September).
Characteristics of Millenial Students. Consider the Facts, Council for
Christian Colleges &Universities: Washington, D.C. Available online at http://www.cccu.org/news/newsID.472/news_detail.asp.
Schreiner, L.S., Bergen, R. S., and Holcomb, G. (2006, April). What we’ve learned from a decade of assessment: Top issues CCCU administrators need to know. Presented at the International Forum for Christian Higher Education, Dallas, TX.
Sherry, R, Kale, D., Holcomb, G., Bergen, R.S., and Mallard, K. (2006, March). Shaping the future: Collaborative general education assessment. Presented at the Comprehensive Assessment Project National Conference, Dallas, TX.
Martin, D., Bergen, R. S., and Hughey-Rasler, S. (2005, August). The general education curriculum at Greenville College. Presented at the Teagle Foundation-funded conference, "Shaping the Next Generation", Bethel University, Minneapolis, MN.
Bergen, R.S., Longman, K., Baylis, B., and Mahurin, R., (2004, October). On the verge: Looking forward to the next decade of collaborative assessment. Presented to CCCU Impact Innovation Conference, Grand Rapid, MI.
Bergen, R.S. (2003, June). Where is the servant in servant leadership: Are CCCU students and alums oriented towards service? Plenary Address, CCCU Critical Issues Conference, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA.
Bergen, R.S., Huffman, J., McMillin, B., and Mallard, K. (2003, February). Merging interpretations to share the vision. Presented to the Academic Chairpersons: Visions of Departmental Leadership, Twentieth Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Bergen, R. S. (2002, October). Student perceptions of growth at Geneva College. Invited address to Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA.
Bergen, R. S. (2002, August). Working your way to outcomes assessment heaven. Invited address to the faculty of Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID.
Bergen, R. S. (2002, August). Academic leadership facing the challenge of outcomes assessment. Invited address to the faculty of Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID.
Bergen, R. S. (2002, March). Shades of multiculturalism in the CCCU, Plenarypresentation to CCCU Comprehensive Assessment Projects: Critical Issues Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Bergen, R. S. (2001, June). Problems and solutions in collaborative assessment: Using the web to promote data access and best practices networking. Presentation at the AAHE Assessment Forum, Denver, CO.
Bergen, R. S., Burwell, R., and Schreiner, L. A., (2001, April). Assessing mission and values in church-related higher education. Invited panel at the Catholic Colleges and Universities' Seventh Annual Forum for Institutional Research, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.
Bergen, R. S. (2001, February). The role of assessment data in the oversight of a college. Invited address to Christian college and university trustees at the Forum for Christian Higher Education, Orlando, FL.
Bergen, R. S. (2000, July). Pedagogical styles in private liberal arts colleges: Individual and institutional correlates of active teaching styles. Presentation at the 25th International Conference on Improving University Learning and Teaching, Frankfurt, Germany.
Related Experiences
CCCU Comprehensive Assessment Project Co-Director 1999-present
Associate and assistant professor at Geneva College 1990-2001 (tenured 1996)
Served as consultant to a variety of Pittsburgh area companies.
