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Out-of-Class: Launching First-Year STEM Students on a Path to Success

Dennis J. Minchella, Associate Dean Laura J. Starr, Associate Director for Experiential Learning and Student Success

• What is your strongest

memory from your undergraduate years?

• What would you most

like your students to remember from theirs?

Undergraduate Students

2011 2012 2013 Purdue 30776 30147 29440 CoS 3358 3456 3318 CoS first-years 1094 1099 909

7 College of Science Departments Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Science Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences Mathematics Physics Statistics

Residency

Purdue University % College of Science % Resident 16751 57 1649 50 Domestic Non-Resident 7708 26 734 22 International 4981 17 935 28 Total 29440 100 3318 100

2013

Cos First-Year Students

FROM 2010 TO 2011 THE PERCENT ENT OF INTER TERNATIO TIONAL AL FIRST ST-YEA YEAR R STUDENTS ENTS IN THE COLLEGE EGE OF SCIENCE ENCE WENT NT UP FROM M 20% TO 35%:

Resident Domestic Non-Resident International

2010 2011

A Partner in the Success of Every Purdue Graduate

Fall l 2013

• All Purdue students take

a mathematics and/or statistics course: 12,292 students took 75 math courses, and 3,518 students took 37 statistics courses

• More than 10,791

distinct students enrolled in 67 science lab courses

PRISM

• APPs – Academic previews during orientation
• First-year seminars
• Science help centers – in departments during day
• COSINE --- College of Science Integrated Nightly

Enrichment – in residence halls during evening

• One-on-one academic advising
• Career services
• Diversity (WISP & MSP) mentoring programs

Purdue Retention Initiative in Science and Mathematics

1-Year Retention

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 2009 2010 2011 2012 CoS Purdue Purdue University and College of Science

CoS Programs for Student Success

• Campus Integration: Do I belong?

Global Science Partners

• Academic Support: Am I capable?

Feasting with Faculty

• Experiential Learning: Do I like it?

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Campus Integration

• A residential learning community

for first-year students

• Domestic and international

students room together

• Upper class mentors help integrate

students into Purdue, the College and their major

• Students participate in the Global

Science Leadership Seminar (1 cr)

Global Science Partners

Leadership Seminar

• Introduces students to global

collaborations in Science

• Develops intercultural competencies
• Enhances abilities to team and lead

multicultural communities

Cultural & Social Activities

First-years and mentors join together in many activities:

• Monthly dinner meetings with

cultural programs

• Community service
• Field trips
• English conversation circles
• Weekly face-to-face or social

media contact

GSP: What’s next?

Upperclassmen:

• Mentor first-year

students

• Participate in Global

Dialogues

• Join Global Science

Partners leadership team

First-years’ GSP Evaluations

After one semester:

"Before participating in the learning community, while I knew that it is important to understand different cultures, I knew it in an obscure sense… Now, after being a part of the Global Science Partnerships for an entire semester, I have a more concrete understanding of what it really takes to understand and work with individuals who hail from different cultures."

Elizabeth – Biology, 2017

More GSP Comments

• "The learning community has taught me to be a

more worldly person and understand cultural backgrounds both through a classroom setting and living with a mixture of international and domestic students." Himal – Computer Science, 2017

• "Being in Global Science Partnerships was a

great way for me to get a taste of other

• cultures. Having an international roommate

and being with people from around the world has expanded my mindset about how other cultures and people work." Nick – Biochemistry, 2017

Academic Support

Presence of faculty members in “student space” delivers a powerful message to students about our commitment to student success.

Feasting with Faculty

Feasting: the program

• Faculty of 100- and 200-level CoS

classes with over 200 students and 40% or more first-year students invited to participate.

• About half the invited faculty accept

the invitation.

• The College pays for one meal/week

throughout the semester.

Faculty Response

“I LOVE it. … The important thing is that we built relationships with these students ... [Here] is a great example of someone we got to

• know. … We'd work on her homework at
• Feasting. She also got to know other students

and would talk about biology which they were all

• taking. [She] learned how to study more

effectively and built her confidence through her

• wn efforts and our support!

… I treasure these lunches and love going to

• them. The students we get to know are

wonderful and this entire activity is the highlight

• f my Friday! … I'll go in the spring even though

I'm not teaching... Please continue the

• program. It’s a winner.”

Student Response

From Rate My Professors:

• Dr. .... eats at a

dining court every Friday inviting students to ask her about Chem or talk about anything they want!

Feasting: what’s next?

• “Students learn firsthand how experts

think about and solve practical problems by interacting with faculty members inside and outside the classroom.” (NSSE)

• Grades and engagement tend to

improve after a “feast” with a faculty member.

• Past students feel comfortable

approaching faculty in the dining hall.

Experiential Learning

Learning Beyond the Classroom

A roadmap to student success

Currently 10% of our student population is enrolled in LBC.

This program is designed to encourage students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-world situations, and, ultimately, prepare them to be well-rounded global citizens and members of the working world.

Career and Professional Development

• Explore professional
• pportunities
• Learn to work

independently

• Collaborate with a

professional

• Consider your

future career

Service, Citizenship & Leadership

• Contribute to the

community

• Enhance leadership

skills

• Develop empathy for
• thers
• Practice working

cooperatively

Experience with Domestic & International Diversity

• Appreciate different

cultures

• Understand a cultural

minority

• Live in another culture
• Acquire intercultural

competence

Popular First-Year Activities

Professional Development Service, Citizenship, and Leadership Diversity

• Career exploration

course

• Participate - science club
• Leadership training
• Community service
• Attend-cultural

performance

• Join-diversity

group

LBC Process for Students

• Participate in activity
• Write report
• Receive coaching about

reflecting on and articulating experiences

• Submit final report
• LBC points awarded

Setting the stage

“…This class definitely made me want to participate in undergraduate

• research. I realized the scary term

“research” was not so scary after all. I began thinking about all the different directions that could be taken when researching, and loved the possibility and opportunity that awaited me.”

Chemistry First-Year Seminar

Biology First-year Seminar

“The most valuable outlook changing experience from this course was the Alumni Panel... I was amazed by the diverse experience a Biology graduate can have after college, and I also learned that not everyone will have a career that is strictly related to what they learn in

• college. …the most important thing a

person can learn from college is not the knowledge absorbed from classes, but the skills he or she is able to apply to real world situations.”

LBC: What’s next?

My LBC experience has made my college life more colorful and

• meaningful. --- Yunkai

I just got so much hands-on experience. It was great. I just loved it. --- Arlie You grow as a person; you grow as an individual; you grow to be a team

• member. --- Rachel

Global Dialogues was a good experience to meet other students outside my comfort zone.--- Alice

Out-of-Class

Students learn to:

• Use time productively
• Pursue life-long learning
• Negotiate multiple cultures
• Develop confidence as

professionals

• View themselves in new

ways

• Navigate the world