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Our Campus
- Established as a land-grant institution
in 1869
- Carnegie Foundation Doctoral/Research
Universities-Extensive
- Student body 22,973
- Faculty and stafg 5,870
- Alumni 186,000
- Externally funded research
Melvin W. Jones Scholars Learning Community: A community for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Melvin W. Jones Scholars Learning Community: A community for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Melvin W. Jones Scholars Learning Community: A community for fjrst-year non-majority students. Our Campus Established as a land-grant institution in 1869 Carnegie Foundation Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive Student body
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Student Enrollment
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- tal Student Body
22,973
- First-time Freshman
4,235
- Male
12,070
- Female
10,903
- Black
589
- Hispanic
733
- Native American
158
- Asian
1,156
- White & Unknown
20,337
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Learning Community Structure at our Institution
- Communities are initiated by sponsoring academic unit
- Open to fjrst year students only
- Students are co-enrolled into two to three courses
together fjrst semester
- Students live on the same part of a residence hall fmoor
- Peer mentors and faculty sponsors develop co-curricular
activities on a monthly basis for participants
- Our fjrst community started in 1994 was the Freshman
Learning Community, followed by the Psychology and Journalism, 1996
- One full-time position split between Academic Afgairs and
Student Afgairs to coordinate all Learning Community initiatives
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Learning Communities T
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Learning Communities
- Biology
23
- Business
50
- Criminal Justice
10
- Engineering
90
- General Studies
40
- Joint ROTC
20
- Mass Media Perspective
20
- Music 45
- Natural Resources
10 Scholars Communities
- College of Education & Human Sciences
Advantage 25
- EN Thompson International Scholars
20
- Justin Smith Morrill Scholars 10
- Melvin W. Jones Scholars
25
- Pre-Law Scholars 15
- William H Thompson Scholars
125 T
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220 T
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308 Combined 528
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Formation of MJS
- Initiated by the faculty and stafg Black Caucus
- Goal of providing a community for minority students on
a pre-dominantly white campus
- Community Focus
– Academic Support – Develop Leadership Skills – Engage in Community Service – Connect with Lincoln Community
- Initial Community Challenges
– First non-discipline based LC – What unit will sponsor the community – Funding sources – How to identify the community
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Advisory Board
- Dr. Colleen Jones
- Special Assistant to
the Chancellor
- Faculty in the
College of Business Administration
- Spouse of Melvin
- W. Jones
- Faculty
- Admissions,
Multicultural Recruiter
- Career Services
- Housing, Residence
Director
- Academic LC
Coordinator
- Student
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Courses
- ETHN 100: The Minority Experience
– Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American Indians, African Americans, Latinos and
- ther racial minority groups in the United States.
- ALEC 102: Interpersonal Skills for Leadership
– Introduction to the principles and practices of positive interpersonal relationships for leadership
- development. An experiential approach, fjeld
projects and a supervised service project.
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Activities
- Weekly Meetings
– Similar content to a “foundations” course – Leadership development
- Workshops
– Career Networking – Academic Achievement
- Dinner with the Chancellor
- Community Outreach
– Service Projects – Community Navigators
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Community Snap Shot
Community Size Cohorts 2004 31 2005 37 2006 34 2007 43 T
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145 Demographics Hispanic 28 Multiracial 24 African American 82 Native American 7 White3 Asian 1 Male 50 Female 95
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Community Snap Shot cont.
College
Agricultural Science 1 Architecture 5 Arts & Sciences39 Business Administration 20 Education and Human Sciences10 Engineering 7
Fine and Performing Arts 7 Journalism 17 Public Afgairs and Community 5 Nursing 4 Undeclared 28
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Funding Sources
- Support from Admissions & Housing
- Melvin W. Jones Foundation
- Initiative for T
eaching and Learning Excellence Grants (internal)
- Other Funding Factors
– Students do not pay a program fee to participate in this community – Student organized fundraising
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Campus Impact
- Jones Scholars Alumni
Student Organization
- Student Leadership &
Employment
- Majority Students
- Development of new
Scholars communities
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Back Page
- Dr. Doug Zatehcka