22nd International Conference

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Date: July 20-23, 2009
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Conference Materials 

• Conference Program - Conference Program [pdf]

• Keynote Speaker - Betsy O. Barefoot - Opening Session and Keynote Address [pdf]

• C-49 Student Success, College Quality, & the First-Year Experience: What Really Matters - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CE-42 EI + C = The Best You Can Be! A First-Year Initiative That Encourages Emotional Intelligence Skills Through Coaching - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-101 Establishing and Sustaining a Connected Living and Learning Community - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-23 Program for Leadership and University Success: A Real PLUS - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-27 The Start of Something Great: Designing Peer Mentoring Programs to Build a sense of Connection Between Students - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-29 The Wright State Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: Increasing First-Year Student Retention, Motivation, and Success in Engineering - Session Handouts

• CI-32 Basic Essentials for Academic and Real-World Success (BEARS): A First-Year Experience Course Redesigned - Session Handouts

• CI-35 Support Me! Develop Me! Retain Me! How a Reflective Skills Activity Has Increased Student Engagement, Motivation, and Success - Session Handouts

• CI-36 Transitional Adjustment Tools - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-38 No Time Like the Present: Engaging First-Year Students in Career Planning - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-41 Strategies in First-year Programming to Improve Student Success - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CI-47 E-Portfolios in First-Year Course - Session Handouts

• CI-84 Giving Students an Opportunity to Succeed: Developing and Coordinating a Successful Summer Program for First-Year Students - Session Handouts

• CI-93 First-Year Retention Initiatives: The Kettering University Experience - Session Handouts

• CR-14 Emotional Intelligence in a First-Semester Success Course - Session Handouts

• CR-26 Ready, Set, FLY (First Learning Year): A Causal Model for Risk at the University of Pretoria - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CR-34 Assessing a Biology-Math-English First-Year Learning Community: Statistical Comparisons Between Learning Community and Regular First-Year Students - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CR-70 Multiple Student Voices: What Makes an Effective Tutorial? - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CR-75 A Comparison of Learning Skills Delivery Models: Individuals Appointment, Non-Credit Workshop and Transitional Success Course - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CR-82 First-Year Students' Perceptions of the Quality of Their Learning - Session Handouts

• CR-98 Pathways to Student Success: Promoting a Successful Transition to Higher education Through Mutual Support and Guidance - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-100 Student Leadership Academy + Week of Welcome = Dedicated Orientation Crew - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-18 Academic Programming in Residence: A Comparison of Options - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-24 Accreditation and the First-Year Experience - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-30 A Self-Evaluation and Enhancement Tool Derived From an International Literature Review - Session Handouts

• CT-50 Increasing Accessibility: Lessons Learned in Retaining Special Population Students - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-6 First-Year Experience Movement in Japan: How It Developed and the Issues It Focuses On - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-72 Creating a Supportive Environment for First-Year Students by Developing a One-Stop Shop - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-76 Student Development Theory in Film - Session Handouts [pdf]

• CT-90 Campus after Dark: First-Year Experiences of Raunch Culture - Session Handouts

• CT-92 Growing Faculty and Students in First-Year Seminar Learning Communities - Session Handouts

• CT-99 Seamless Transitions: A Guide to Latino Student Success - Session Handouts [pdf]

• E-30 Transitions: Student Reality Check - Session Handouts

• PA-55 Professional Pathways: Helping Students Prepare Early for Life After Their Undergraduate Degree - Session Handouts

• PA-56 Establishing an Academic Cornerstone Through Self-Exploration: An Attempt at Academic and Career Advising - Session Handouts [pdf]

• PA-62 Assessing Adventure Programs as a Retention Tool - Session Handouts [pdf]

• PR-63 Reaching At-Risk First-Year Students Through the First-Year Seminar - Session Handouts [pdf]

• R-12 Intersecting Identities, Intersecting Insights: What Are the Unique Insights of Faculty and Staff Who Hold a Dual Role as Parents of College-Going Students? - Session Handouts

• R-25 The International First-Year Experience: Universal Themes, National Variations - Session Handouts [pdf]

• R-33 Is It Possible to Sustain Individual Spirituality, Authenticity, Wholeness, and Self-Renewal in the Academy Today? - Session Handouts [pdf]

• R-4 Faculty/Librarian Partnerships: A Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Session Handouts

• R-48 Strategies for Capturing and Assessing First-Generation Student Data - Session Handouts [pdf]

• R-68 Flexible Learning Environment: A Pedagogical Model for Student Success - Session Handouts

• Retention to Completion Project: Raising the Bar on Retention, Transfer, and Graduation Rates - Session Handouts [pdf]