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Session Handouts
27th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
February 15-19, 2008
San Francisco, California

 
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2-E - Griffin Enterprises
The Crisis in Financial Literacy and the Need for New Approaches to Reach Digital Learners
 
5-E - Hayden-McNeil Publishing
Creating a Customizable Textbook: Essentials for Success
 
12-E - Policy Center on the First Year of College
Identifying and Assessing the Needs of New Students Through Institutional Self-Study
 
16-R - Iowa State University
When the First Year Really Isn’t the First Year
 
28-CI - University of South Carolina Aiken
Making a First-Year Reading Experience Work: A Step-By-Step Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Common Reading Programs
 
29-CI - Mississippi State University
Leadership Begins With Day One: A Combined Residential, Academic, and Service-Learning First-Year Community
 
30-CR - University of Texas at Austin
Starting Right: Focus on the Community College Front Door
 
31-CT - Stony Brook University
Student Affairs Professionals in the Classroom: Preparing Professionals to Teach
 
32-CT - Belmont University
Seemingly Unrelated Experiences: Integrating the First Year and Institutional Leaders
 
37-CR - University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Faculty and Learning Communities: Motivations and Satisfactions
 
38-CI - Western Illinois University
FYE Courses in Different Disciplines: Where is the Consistency?
 
42-CR - The University of North Texas
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Parent Orientation Program at UNT
 
43-R - Curry College
Students with Learning Differences: Transition to the College Experience
 
44-R - Florida Community College at Jacksonville
The Stuff in the Middle: Nurturing Ability, Kindling Desire, Building Connections
 
51-CI - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Catch Them if You Can: The Evolution of the Early Warning System at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 
54-CI - University of California, Davis
Residence Hall Advising Team: Bridging the Gap for First-Year Students at a Research University
 
62-CT - Gainesville State College
The First-Year Experience for Faculty
 
68-CI - Louisiana State University
The Blueprint for Welcome Week
 
69 - CI - Boston University
STEM STARS: Supportive Teaching and Advising Builds Relationships for Success
 
69-CI - Boston University
STEM STARS: Supportive Teaching and Advising Builds Relationships for Success
 
73-CI - West Texas A&M University
Orientation as the Cornerstone to Your FYE Programming
 
74-CT - California State University, Fullerton
Stress Management and Prevention With First-Year Students
 
82-CT - Augusta State University
Students with Learning Disabilities: An Emerging Success Story
 
84-CI - Saint Louis University
Integrated Academic Advising: One Campus’ Story of Restructuring Advising to Benefit First-Year Students
 
87-CT - University of Georgia
Engaging All Students: Implementing Universal Design in First-Year Courses and Programs
 
90-CI - Stanford University
Faculty Development by Stealth: Using First-Year Seminars to Enhance Undergraduate Teaching
 
92-CI - Wright State University
Redefining First-Year Engineering Mathematics Education at Wright State University: A Model for Increased Student Success in Engineering
 
94-R - California State University, Fullerton
Regional & System-Wide Partnerships: Bridging the Gap Between the Local and the National
 
97-CT - Policy Center on the First Year of College
Multifaceted Approaches to Improving Retention and Persistence for First-Year College Students of Color
 
98-CR - Georgia Southern University
Working Toward a Distinct “Pedagogy of the First Year”: What Classroom Strategies Work Best with First-Year Students?
 
99-CI - The University of Texas at San Antonio
Paving the Road to Success: Supporting At-Risk Students Through Academic Advising and Learning Communities
 
100-CI - The University of Texas at San Antonio
Phoenix: An Academic Recovery Program for First-Year Students
 
112-PA - Baylor University
Career Counseling as an Effective Element of First-Year Student Retention and Transition to College
 
118-PA - Westminster College
Connecting With the Campus: Healthy Living, Academic Expectations, and College Services
 
119-PA - Louisiana State University
Impact of a Short Pre-First-Year Program on Retention
 
121-PA - University of Cincinnati
A Collaborative Team Approach for a First-Year Seminar: Supporting Active Learning
 
122-PA - Iowa Western Community College
CampusCore, a TRiO Learning Community
 
123-PA - Georgia Southern University
Integrating Peer Advisors into Major Exploration Advisement
 
124-PA - University of Kentucky
Using Undergraduate Marketing Interns: Maximizing Student Awareness and Use of Academic Enhancement Services
 
125-PA - Coastal Carolina University
Building and Deploying Remotely Operated Vehicles in the First-Year Experience
 
131-PR - Sonoma State University
A Multicultural Approach to Teaching First-Year Experience: Process, Outcomes, and Reflections
 
135-PA - McDaniel College
Training Effective Peer Mentors
 
140 - PR - The University of Central Missouri
Finding That Middle Ground: Designing First-Year Experience and Learning Strategies Courses That Avoid Redundancy
 
142-PA - Southern Utah University
A Collaborative First-Year Experience: Student Success Personnel, Librarians, and General Education Faculty
 
144-PA - San Jose State University
Peer Mentors and Writing Center Tutors: What our Collaborations Taught us About Serving the SJSU First-Year Students
 
147-PA - Rochester Institute of Technology
Rounding the First Year: Sliding into Second
 
151-CI - Policy Center on the First Year of College
Correlating Changes in the First Year: Aligning Southern Oregon University’s Call for Institutional Change with National Trends
 
153-CI - Central Michigan University
First-Year Programs in Tight Budget Times
 
158-CT - University of South Carolina
Designing Educational Programs that Promote Cognitive Development and Success in the First College Year
 
162-CI - Babson College
Providing Effective Personal and Academic Support for a Rigorous First-Year Program
 
164-CI - Kutztown University
Undecided and Over- Technologized: Using an Interactive, Multimedia Approach to Better Connect with First-Year Students Exploring Majors and Careers
 
169-CI - Dickinson College
Teaching Academic Integrity With Audience Response Technology
 
171-CR - Indiana University Bloomington, Center for Postsecondary Research
Supporting the Needs of Diverse Learners: First-Year Student’s Academic Confidence and Student Engagement
 
172-CI - Appalachian State University
“Who me? Read a Book? During the SUMMER?”: How to Create or Improve a Successful Summer Reading Program
 
173-CI - Warner Pacific College
Getting Your Money’s Worth Out of the First-Year Experience
 
184-CI - Hofstra University
First-Year Programs and Information Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities
 
185-CI - University of Alabama at Birmingham
How Are We Doing? Assessment and Program Development in University 101
 
191-CT - Prairie View A&M University
CSI: University College: Identifying, Understanding, and Teaching the Millennial Generation
 
195-CI - Coastal Carolina University
Campus-Wide E-Portfolios: Introducing LiveText to the Entire First-Year Class
 
197-CI - University of North Carolina Wilmington
Soaring to Greatness: Initiating a Common Reading Experience
 
197-CI - University of North Carolina Wilmington
Soaring to Greatness: Initiating a Common Reading Experience
 
202-CI - Florida State University
Peer Mentors as Equal Teaching Partners
 
203-CI - Furman University
It’s A Two-Way Street: Student and Faculty Engagement
 
205-CR - University of California, Riverside
Creating Community Online: How First-Year Students (and others) Form Social Ties Online
 
207-CT - Southeastern Louisiana University
Getting Students to Care: Gaining Educational Investment Through a Psycho-Social Approach
 
208-CI - University of Kentucky
Individual Academic Consultations: Discussions About Study Strategies to Enhance Academic Life
 
210-CT - University of Wisconsin Colleges
The Equity Scorecard for the First College Year
 
211-CI - Elizabethtown College
Road to Success: Small College’s Approach to a Comprehensive First-Year Program
 
213-R - Indiana Wesleyan University
Cultivating a Classroom Community: Personhood and Strategies
 
215-CI - Washington State University
Community Engagement From the Halls to the Classroom: Forging Links With a Residential Learning Community
 
216-CR - James Madison University
Learning from Learning Community Assessment: Reflections on an Evolving Program
 
220-CI - Central Michigan University
First-Year Programs in Tight Budget Times
 
222-CI - University of California at Santa Barbara
The Men’s Program: A Unique Mentoring Program for First-Year Men
 
224-CI - San José State University
The Role of Peer Mentoring and Advising in First-Year Experience and Transfer Transition Courses
 
224-CI -
The Role of Peer Mentoring and Advising in First-Year Experience and Transfer Transition Courses
 
228-CT - Rochester Institute of Technology
Empowering Students: The Process and Impact of FYE Coaching
 
231-CI - Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
SMILE (Student Mentoring in Life and Education): An Inside Look at an Innovative Peer Mentoring Program at a Multi-Campus College
 
234-CR - California Lutheran University
Problem-Based Learning as a Method for Teaching Information Literacy
 
239-CI - University of Wisconsin - Parkside
First-Year Students and General Education: Issues and Questions
 
242-CI - DeVry University-Miramar
Standardizing the First-Year Experience in a Geographically Distributed University
 
246-CI - North Carolina State University
Using a Comprehensive Assessment Model in First-Year Programs to Enhance Student Success and Retention
 
249-CI - Florida State University
Connecting the Dots: Intentional Efforts to Build a First College Year Ethos at Suffolk University
 
253-CI - Ball State University
Implementing a Faculty Mentorship Program for Students With Disabilities
 
256-CI - Columbus State University
First-Year Convocation - Strategies for Planning, Implementing, and Assessing

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