The Hilliard Institute for Educational Wellness
O'More College of Design
Dr. K. Mark Hilliard

The Hilliard Institute is a part of the O'More Sensory Teaching and Learning Center of O'More College of Design and is dedicated to Jack and Lola Hilliard, long-time educators and parents of Dr. K. Mark Hilliard, President and CEO of O'More College of Design and Founder of The Hilliard Institute.

The Institute offers innovative methodologies for academic research and a holistic approach to teaching and learning. Its philosophy is based on the principles of sensory stimulation and exploration as the most meaningful foundation for learned skills and knowledge. The overall intent of The Institute is to prepare our faculty, staff, students, and community to be globally and culturally competent, to be scholarly and creatively trained, and readily able to present themselves and their skills and knowledge in a professional manner.

The Hilliard Institute for Educational Wellness is financially supported and mentored by the O'More College Sensory Teaching and Learning Board and the Educational Council for The Hilliard Institute and includes a variety of programs as the means for offering this unique training to our faculty, staff, students, and community. These programs include but are not limited to the following:

1. The O'More Educational Teaching & Learning Lab

• Sensory assessment, and teaching and learning workshops/classes for faculty and students     
  • Hilliard Circle of Teaching and Learning and Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Global Competency
  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Right and Left Brain Learning
  • Design Thinking Methodologies
  • High-Level Questioning
  • Experiential Teaching and Learning
  • Criterion Based Assessment
  • Improved Student Ability to Read and Write
  • Spirituality--Meaning and Purpose Related to Each Topic and to Student Confidence and Character Building
  • Segmented Classes into 20-30 Minute Sessions
• Global Competency Credentialing for faculty and students
• Academic tutoring for students
• Academic tutorial teaching labs
• Faculty development training through other organizations/conf
• Faculty scholarships for graduate and post-graduate continued education
• Faculty sabbaticals for research

2. The O'More Society of Fellow and Scholars (O'More Fellows and Scholars and Hilliard Institute Fellows and Scholars are the highest grade of membership in our college. These members place a continued emphasis on updating their research and on publishing as well as public scholarship.) 

• Faculty, Student, Board, Honorary, Visiting, and Benefactor Fellows and Scholars
• Design Fellows, Teaching Fellows, Research Fellows (or Scholars in each category)
  • Junior Fellows, Senior Fellows, Professorial Fellows or Scholars (highest level)
  • Bachelor Fellows, Master Fellows, Doctoral Fellows, Post-Doctoral Fellows or Scholars
  • Fellows/Scholars Emeritus, Emeriti
• O'More Summer Research Institute (visiting fellows and scholars programs)
• Scholarship Events

3. The O'More Student Research Academy

• Fellowship Program for students (a program to introduce undergrads to one-on-one design research with the assistance of academic and design faculty and practicing professionals--most of whom are faculty fellows or scholars)
  • Research Assistants, Associates, Fellows
  • Teaching Assistants, Associates, Fellows
  • Design Assistants, Associates, Fellows
• O'More Historical Society (Gathering and presentation of historical materials on our college)
• Faculty Research Tutors (Junior and Senior Tutors for Research and Documentation Program)

4. Conservatoire d' O'More (a joint effort of the Hilliard Institute and the Member Relations Dept)

• O'More Image Conservatory (training program for our students and faculty on personal image, presentation style, resume writing, interview coaching, career directives, and professional and social etiquette).
• O'More Language Conservatory
• Additional Conservatories for writing, art, music, dance, etc.

5. The O'More Conservation Corp (a program dedicated to the conservation of our planet through a variety of eco-initiatives both on and off campus)

• Campus Green Committee
• Hike and Bike Initiative
• Eco-Travel

6. The O'More Social Alliance

• O'More Book Club
• The Untouchables Men's Society for Quality Design
• Red Branch Knights--Student Men's Club
• Student Women's Club
• Travel Club
• Departmental Clubs
• New England Transcendentalist Society
• Dr. William Kelton Pipe Society
• The O'More-Irish Society

7. O'More Publishing (O'More's publishing company, dedicated to the expansion of innovative academic, historical, artistic, and design knowledge through the written word)