30th Annual Conference on The First Year Experience

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Date: February 4 - 8, 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA

Conference Materials 

• Conference Program - Conference Program [pdf]

• Keynote Address - Patrick Terenzini - Opening Session and Keynote Address [pdf]

• "Jumping" Into the First Year of College Through a Virtual Summer Bridge Program, Early Entrance Experience and Academic Program - Session Handouts

• Access to Comprehension: Cracking the Code of College Reading - Session Handouts

• Advancing Orientation: A Seminar-Based Approach to Community Development - Session Handouts

• Advising Seminar: Engaging the Mission - Session Handouts

• Assessment Design for Reporting of a Two-Year College First-Year Experience Program - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Best Practices 2.0: Using Online Technologies in Your Class - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Biology and Psychology: Gateway to Neuroscience - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Brooklyn College Students Take on the Future of the Gowanus Canal - Session Handouts

• Course Selection With the Use of an Online Survey: A Small College Initiative - Session Handouts

• Creating Meaningful Orientation Experiences: Transforming Orientation Programs at a Private Liberal Arts College for Women - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Data Results from a Longitudinal of First-Year Students - Session Handouts

• Dawg Camp! Dawg Camp! The Place to Be! - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Designing and Implementing a Quality First- Year Program Quickly in Tough Economic Times - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Developing and Assessing A Community College First-Year Experience Program - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Digital Narratives: Using e-Portfolios to Assess Student Learning in First-Year Seminar - Session Handouts

• Does One-Size-Fit All? A Segmented Analysis of Psychosocial and Generational Issues That Influence Retention of Adult Learners - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Drawing on Community Resources: Experiential Learning as the Foundation of a First-Year Seminar - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Eff ects of Academic Preparation, Motivation, and Interest-Major Congruence on First-Year cademic Performance and Timely Degree Attainment at Two- and Four-Year Institutions - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Electronic Portfolios and First-Year Residential Students: Let the Learning Begin! - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Empowering Student Interdependence Through Semester-Long Small Groups - Session Handouts

• Engaging Faculty in Shaping Academic Expectations for First-Year Students - Session Handouts

• Engaging First-Year Students Outside of the First-Year Seminar Course - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Enhancing the First- Year Experience of At-Risk Students Through Summer Enrichment Programs - Session Handouts [pdf]

• First-Year Advising at Liberal Arts Colleges: Creating Eff ective Models for Faculty/Staff Collaboration - Session Handouts

• First-Year Courses for Undeclared Students: Using Civic Engagement and Partners to Enhance Quantitative Reasoning - Session Handouts [pdf]

• FRACTAL: Freshman Advising Connection for Teaching and Learning - Session Handouts [pdf]

• From the Ground Up: Building a Solid Foundation for New Programs & Initiatives - Session Handouts

• FY Glee: Making the Music Video…Without a Budget! - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Getting Students to Turn Off Digital Distractions and Tune in to Lectures and Learning - Session Handouts

• How Overwhelmed Are Today's First-Year College Students? A Close Look at the Data - Session Handouts [pdf]

• How Soon is Too Soon? Beginning the Advising Process Months Before< Students Begin Classes - Session Handouts [pdf]

• How to Make Your Common Reading Flourish from Beginning to Success! - Session Handouts

• Identifying and Measuring Peer Mentor Development: A Qualitative Rubric Analysis - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Implementing First-Year Programs at a Research University - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Incorporating Career Development Skills into the First-Year Seminar - Session Handouts

• Keeping Students in College: How Do we Increase Retention Rates? - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Promoting High-Impact Practices: Approaches to Increase Engagement and Expand Access in the First Year - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Raising the Bar in Student Success Courses: Expect, Give, and Get - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Service-Learning and the First-Year Experience: Promoting Civic Engagement in the First College Year - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Student Success Textbook/Planner: Engage Students with Intentional Planning and Content - Session Handouts

• Successful Academic Partnerships - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Supporting and Improving Training for Peer Mentors and Educators - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Supporting Student Success with 24/7 Online Resources - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Supporting the Success of High School Students Enrolled Full-Time in College - Session Handouts

• Tablet PCs, Interactive Teaching and Integrative Advising Promote STEM Success - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Tapping the Fountain of Youth: Hiring Peer Instructors to Infuse FYE Program with Renewable Energy - Session Handouts

• The Evolution of FYE Instructor Training at a Community College - Session Handouts

• The session title is The Plug-and-Play Potential of Online Games for Teaching Students Library Research Skills and Concepts - Session Handouts

• Uncommon Ideas for Common Reading Programs - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Undergraduate Women in Science Program - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Understanding a Path to Graduation - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Understanding and Serving Under-Resourced College Students - Session Handouts

• Using a Case Study to Assess Student Learning of Principled Problem Solving - Session Handouts

• Using a Virtual Librarian to Introduce Essential First-Year Information Literacy Skills - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Using Blackboard to Promote a First-Year Community - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Using Mind Maps to Manage Class Notes, Transform Studying Into Learning, and Become a Self-Directed Learner - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Using Peer Mentors to Deliver Cost-Eff ective First- Year Experience Events - Session Handouts

• Using Workshops to Extend Academic Skills - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Why Do First-Year Commuter Students Struggle With Transitioning to College? - Session Handouts [pdf]

• Working Up Something to Say: Sequencing Low-Stakes Writing Assignments to Produce a High-Stakes Project - Session Handouts [pdf]