NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE AND STUDENTS IN TRANSITION

29th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience February 12 - 16, 2010 <> Denver, CO The 29th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience is designed to provide educators from nearly every corner of higher education a comfortable, welcoming environment, which invites innovative ideas, programs, tools, and research critical to the First-Year Experience. The conference aims to promote a comprehensive and engaging community open to the diversity of ideas, in which all delegates are given the opportunity and resources to grow personally and professionally. While the needs and challenges our students and institutions face are constantly evolving, The First-Year Conference series continues to provide a relaxed environment conducive to intensive learning and professionally enriching discussions. We invite you to be a part of this year's experience in Denver. Click here for conference registration information. Why Denver? Click here to see what makes Denver the perfect destination for your February professional development experience. National Resource Center announces 2009 - 2010 Fidler Grant Recipient Rachel Smith, a doctoral candidate at Syracuse University, has been named the recipient of the 2009 � 2010 Paul P. Fidler Research Grant. The grant, designed to encourage and enable scholarly research on issues related to college student transitions, includes a financial stipend and travel to two national conferences. Smith's study is entitled Connected in Learning: A Mixed Methods Study of First-year Students' Academic and Social Networks. For more information, please click here. October issue of The ToolBox now available The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is pleased to offer The Toolbox: A Teaching and Learning Resource for Instructors, written by Brad Garner from Indiana Wesleyan University. This online professional development newsletter offers innovative learner-centered strategies for empowering college students to achieve greater success. The newsletter is published six times a year, and the online subscription is free. The October 2009 issue, Teaching that Transforms: Engaging the Mind and Capturing the Heart, is now available on the web site. Past issues have explored topics such as building a syllabus, classroom icebreakers, cooperative learning strategies, and mentoring millennials, to name a few. To view the current issue, register for newsletter alerts, and access back issues, please click here.		Position Announcement Assistant Director of Research, Grants, and Assessment The NRC seeks an energetic, innovative, flexible, and thoughtful individual to serve as the Assistant Director of Research, Grants, and Assessment. For a job description and on-line application materials, please click here. Click on the "Search Positions" link, and search for requisition number 001843. An Invitation to Exhibit 2009 – 2010 Conference Series Series We at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition invite you to exhibit with us. Click here for more information. Teleconference DVDs now $95 All teleconference DVDs are now available for $95 each. Click here to view detailed descriptions and for ordering information.