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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
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• Enhance the students’ learning experience in and out of

the classroom

• “Connect” students to BGSU

Program Components Program Components

• Orientation & Registration
• New Student Convocation
• Welcome Programs
• UNIV 100 - University

Success course

• First Year Success Series
• A&S 100 - Strategies for

Student Success in the Second Semester course

• FYI - First Year Insight

magazine

• Connections newsletter
• BGeXperience

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 -

Academic Enhancement - Undecided & Undecided & Conditionally Admitted Conditionally Admitted Students Students

• Students of Color

Students of Color

• President's Leadership

President's Leadership Academy Academy

• Student Athletes

Student Athletes

• Residential Learning

Residential Learning Communities Communities Colleges of - Colleges of -

• Arts & Sciences

Arts & Sciences

• Education & Human

Education & Human Development Development

• Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

• 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

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2nd

nd semester initiatives

semester initiatives

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2nd

nd year initiatives

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