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ENGAGING!

First Generation, FTIC Commuter Students

Mari L. Nicholson-Preuss, Ph.D.

Director, University Honors Program

Katrina Borders, M.Ed.

Director, S.T.A.R. Program

John Hudson, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

C h r i s B i r c h a k , P h . D .

Dean, University College

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Demographics & History

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} 14, 438 Students Fall

2 1 4 ( + 5 % F a l l 2 1 3 )

} Non-Residential Urban

P u b l i c U n i v e r s i t y

} Nationally designated

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} 42% Hispanic } 26% African American

} 65% FTIC Pell Eligible

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T i m e l i n e

} 2009 Freshman Summer

Success Program (FSSP)

} 2010 Convocation &

Common Reader

} 2013 Admission Standards

—End of Open Enrollment

} 2013 S.T.A.R. Program

“Summer Fast Track”

} 2014 Highest Fall

Enrollment in UHD History

Journey to a Common Intellectual Experience

UHD’s Common Reader and Freshman Convocation

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A Tradition in the Making

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Males Females Total Convocation Attendance since 2010

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Common Reading Selections and Process

} Outliers (2010) } The Immortal Life of

Henrietta Lacks (2011)

} Mountains Beyond

Mountains (2012)

} The Curious Incident of

the Dog in the Nighttime (2013)

} A Lesson Before Dying

(2014) BIG READ!

} Into the Beautiful North

(2015)

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} Who? } What? } When? } Where? } Why? } How } Successes } Challenges?

Collaboration!

Stakeholders, Resources and Critical Mass

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} Who? FTICs Self Select } When? 4 Day Sessions } Where? One Main } How? Grants & Collaboration } Why? IT WORKS!!!

FSSP alumni consistently out perform the student body in terms of GPA, Retention and Graduation Rates, and overall engagement in the university community

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} Who? All FTICS } When? First Year } What?

} Bridge, Welcome, Orientation,

CAPS

} How? Title V Grant } Why? Transition & Retention

Retention rates for students in the summer bridge program are 10% than that of all FTICs!

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University Honors Program and its Affiliated Honor Societies

A c a d e m i c a n d S t u d e n t A f f a i r s

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Outreach

Efforts to Engage the Community

U n i v e r s i t y P a r t n e r s

} Center for

C r i t i c a l R a c e S t u d i e s

} Big Read } Special

Events

} Center for

P u b l i c S e r v i c e a n d F a m i l y S t r e n g t h s

} Big Read } Houston

Citizenship Month

B I G R E A D !

S h a r i n g t h e E x p e r i e n c e

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In Retrospect:

Strategies and Possibilities