Campus-Wide Collaboration for Campus-Wide Collaboration for First Year Student Success First Year Student Success • Provide an overview of first year initiatives at Bowling Green State University • Offer examples of collaborative efforts between Academic & Student Affairs at Bowling Green State University • Assist in identifying key departments and individuals for collaborative efforts • Highlight lessons learned in relation to collaboration
Orientation & First Year Programs Orientation & First Year Programs Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University Provide support to new students throughout the first year • of college Enhance the students’ learning experience in and out of • the classroom “Connect” students to BGSU •
Program Components Program Components Orientation & Registration A&S 100 - Strategies for • • Student Success in the Second Semester course New Student Convocation • FYI - First Year Insight • magazine Welcome Programs • Connections newsletter • UNIV 100 - University • Success course BGeXperience • First Year Success Series •
Orientation & Registration Orientation & Registration • Academic Affairs Involvement Academic Affairs Involvement • Opening Address Opening Address • Academic Advising Academic Advising • College Meetings College Meetings • Learning Communities Learning Communities • Student/Faculty Discussion Groups Student/Faculty Discussion Groups • Lunch Roundtables Lunch Roundtables • Coffee & Connections Coffee & Connections • Placement Testing Placement Testing
Orientation & Registration Orientation & Registration • Student Affairs Involvement Student Affairs Involvement • Student Services Information Sessions Student Services Information Sessions • Display Areas Display Areas • Focus on Campus Life Focus on Campus Life • Coffee & Connections Coffee & Connections
UNIV 100 - UNIV 100 - University Success Course University Success Course • 2 credit hour elective course 2 credit hour elective course • 50 sections 50 sections • 20 students per section 20 students per section • Faculty and administrators serve as course Faculty and administrators serve as course instructors instructors • Undergraduate peer facilitators Undergraduate peer facilitators
UNIV 100 Theme Sections UNIV 100 Theme Sections Academic Enhancement - Residential Learning Academic Enhancement - Residential Learning • • Undecided & Undecided & Communities Communities Conditionally Admitted Conditionally Admitted Students Students Colleges of - Colleges of - Students of Color Students of Color • Arts & Sciences Arts & Sciences • Education & Human Education & Human • President's Leadership President's Leadership • Development Development Academy Academy Health & Human Services Health & Human Services • Student Athletes Student Athletes Technology Technology • •
BGeXperience BGeXperience • University values initiative University values initiative • Common experience for all new students Common experience for all new students • Incorporated into a general education course Incorporated into a general education course • Begins the weekend before classes begin Begins the weekend before classes begin • Integrates common reading experience Integrates common reading experience
First Year Success Series First Year Success Series • 175 workshops offered each year • A collaborative effort between departments A collaborative effort between departments within Student Affairs & Academic Affairs within Student Affairs & Academic Affairs • Topics include academic skills, time Topics include academic skills, time management, diversity, wellness, and values management, diversity, wellness, and values exploration exploration
Collaboration Through Collaboration Through Committees Committees • Orientation & Registration Orientation & Registration • Academic Advising Initiatives Academic Advising Initiatives • Enrollment & Recruitment Initiatives Enrollment & Recruitment Initiatives • Common Reading Experience Common Reading Experience
Building Bridges Building Bridges • Identify key departments and individuals Identify key departments and individuals • Academic Affairs Academic Affairs • Student Affairs Student Affairs • Institutional Research Institutional Research • Enrollment Services Enrollment Services • Colleges Colleges • Library Library • Academic Support Services Academic Support Services
Assessment Initiatives Assessment Initiatives •Identify formal methods Identify formal methods •Surveys & Evaluations Surveys & Evaluations •Focus Groups Focus Groups •Institutional Research Institutional Research •Identify informal methods Identify informal methods •Engagement & Commitment Engagement & Commitment •New Partnerships New Partnerships •Return Rates Return Rates
BGSU Challenges BGSU Challenges Continue to collaborate with Academic Affairs and enhance existing Continue to collaborate with Academic Affairs and enhance existing • relationships with the Provost's Area, academic councils, colleges, relationships with the Provost's Area, academic councils, colleges, department chairpersons, and faculty department chairpersons, and faculty Review all existing first year initiatives and look to the future Review all existing first year initiatives and look to the future • • 2 nd semester initiatives 2 nd semester initiatives • 2 nd year initiatives 2 nd year initiatives Continue to identify additional funding sources for first year Continue to identify additional funding sources for first year • initiatives initiatives Identify common points of interest for Student Affairs and Academic Identify common points of interest for Student Affairs and Academic • Affairs Affairs
Lessons Learned Lessons Learned Effective Bridge Building Effective Bridge Building • Effective Communication Effective Communication • Program Ownership Program Ownership • Growth = Loss of some control Growth = Loss of some control • Evaluation and Assessment Evaluation and Assessment •
Contact Information Contact Information Jodi Webb, Associate Dean of Students Jodi Webb, Associate Dean of Students Orientation & First Year Programs Orientation & First Year Programs 301 Bowen-Thompson Student Union 301 Bowen-Thompson Student Union Bowling Green, OH 43403 Bowling Green, OH 43403 (419) 372-9646 (419) 372-9646 jwebb@bgsu.edu jwebb@bgsu.edu www.bgsu.edu/firstyear www.bgsu.edu/firstyear
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