Even the Best Laid Plans of Orientation Directors Go Awry The - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Even the Best Laid Plans of Orientation Directors Go Awry… The University of Tulsa New Student Orientation & First Year Experience  Yolanda T aylor, Associate Vice- President of Enrollment & Student Services and Dean of Students  Melissa Abramowitz, Director of New Student Orientation

Program Outline  Introductions  History of Orientation Program at TU  History of FYE Program  Best Laid Plans for August 2003  Questions/Discussion

History of Orientation Program at TU  Before Orientation 2000  Five 3-day sessions during the summer  One 5-day session during August  One 8-day session during August  T raditional on-campus program including interest & educational sessions with Greek recruitment at the end (one week)  Issues  What & why did we change?

History of Orientation Program cont’d  Orientation 2000-2001  Rise of the AdvenTUre Trips! – week-long program with optional trips at beginning of week and on-campus program at end of week  Issues  What & why did we change

History of Orientation Program cont’d  Orientation 2002 and Beyond  Fall of the AdveTUre Trips!  Hurricane AdvenTUre – “CANE CAMP”  3 days on-campus and 3 days at Camp Heart ‘O the Hills  Issues  What & why did we change?

History of FYE Program  Introduction of 1001 Course & FYRE program in residence halls  Mutation within each College  Desperate Measures in 2002  Future of FYE Program

Best Laid Plans for August 2003  Acquiring Presidential Support and Approval  Building campus consensus  Using student, faculty and orientation leader feedback  The importance of program evaluation in programmatic change  Hope for the future  Best laid plans for August 2003