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Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Not Letting a Good Six-Year-Old Seminar Fall into Disrepair Leon Book Director, Student Transitions & FYE Dale Haskell Professor of English and Former Director, FYE Southeast Missouri State University Experience Southeast… Experience Success Cape Girardeau

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Southeast Facts…  Founded in 1873  Located in Cape Girardeau, MO, a city of ~40K on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis  Comprehensive regional state university  Moderately selective admission criteria  Average ACT: 22.5 4

More Southeast Facts…  Record Fall 2006 enrollment: 10,500 Students  84% from Missouri  12% from Out-of-state  3% International students  1% Unknown origin  Students from  45 U.S. states  51 foreign nations  7.7% Minority  62% Female 5

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Southeast’s “University Studies” Program Structure • UI100 required first-year interdisciplinary 3 hrs. seminar • 1 course in each of 12 categories of 36 hrs. knowledge • 2 interdisciplinary courses at the 300-level 6 hrs. • 1 interdisciplinary course at the 400-level 3 hrs. • Total 48 hrs. 7

The Nine University Studies Objectives Students will demonstrate … the ability to locate and gather information. 1. capabilities for critical thinking, reasoning 2. and analyzing. effective communication skills. 3. an understanding of human experiences and 4. the ability to relate them to the present. an understanding of various cultures and 5. their interrelationships. 8

The Nine University Studies Objectives Students will demonstrate … the ability to integrate the breadth and 6. diversity of knowledge and experience. the ability to make informed, intelligent value 7. decisions. the ability to make informed, sensitive 8. aesthetic responses. the ability to function responsibly in one's 9. natural, social and political environment. 9

The Old Clunker 10

The Shiny New Model 11

The Sales Pitch 12

New Car Honeymoon 13

No More New Car Smell 14

Car Parked on Street 15

Alignment Problems 16

New Spark Plugs 17

Road Hazards 18

New Drivers 19

Third-Party Vendor Optional Equipment 20

Annual Inspections 21

Filling the Tank 22

After-Market Electronics 23

Odomoter Fatigue 24

New Wiper Blades 25

Group Discussions  Success Stories?  Challenges? 26

 QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS? 27

Contact us!  Leon Book Director, Student Transitions & First-Year Experience Southeast Missouri State University Mail Stop 4300 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 573-651-2688 e-mail: lbook@semo.edu  Dale Haskell Professor of English Southeast Missouri State University Mail Stop 2650 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 573-651-2629 e-mail: dehaskell@semo.edu 28

Please complete session evaluation!  Session #??, p. ??  Session Leaders:  Book/Haskell  Session Title Summary:  “Seminar Maintenance ” 29

Thanks for Joining us! -- Dale, Leon Experience Southeast… Experience Success Personal, Professional, Practical