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Using Peers to Bridge the Gap between Using Peers to Bridge the Gap between Admission and Orientation Admission and Orientation 34 th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience 34 th Annual Conference on the First Year Experience

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Using Peers to Bridge the Gap between Admission and Orientation Using Peers to Bridge the Gap between Admission and Orientation

34th Annual Conference on the First‐Year Experience February 8th 2015 Dallas, TX Bryce Bunting, Ph.D Phil Rash, Ph.D Hayley Jensen, M.A. 34th Annual Conference on the First‐Year Experience February 8th 2015 Dallas, TX Bryce Bunting, Ph.D Phil Rash, Ph.D Hayley Jensen, M.A.

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A quick survey to get things started . . .

  • Groups of 2 – 3

– When are your first‐year students admitted? – What are the first‐year programs or interventions you have in place? – When do they take place?

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Framing the Problem: Navigating the Summer Months

  • Nationally

–Summer Melt (Castleman & Page, 2014)

  • BYU

–“The great silence”

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Our Intervention

  • Transition Mentoring

– Description – Objectives

  • Extend a personal

welcome

  • Provide an immediate

role induction to mentoring

  • Establish mentoring as a

reliable point of contact

  • Communicate important

information

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Intervention Cont.

  • Interactions, Timeline &

Training

– Welcome email (late

  • Feb. – early Mar.)

– Phone call (end of mar.) – Registration email (end

  • f May)

– Hand‐off email (August)

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Our Research

  • Method and Scope

– Qualtrics survey measuring perception of, and satisfaction with, recent transition mentoring experience – 710 responses (59% completion rate)

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Key Findings

  • Registration and course

selection remain the top concerns

  • Personal connection is key
  • Students do not always

understand the mentor role * Increased student meetings

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Recommendations

  • Continue support for registration, class

selection, housing and financial aid

  • Establish a more personal connection

between students and mentors.

  • Clarify the mentor role
  • Mentor turnover
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Challenges & Next Steps

  • Increase in the number of new students
  • Creating a mentoring “culture”
  • Quality control
  • Mentor attrition/availability/ remote mentoring
  • Clarifying the role of a transition mentor
  • Improving a sense of personal connection
  • Technology and communication
  • The “hand‐off”
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Contact Information:

Bryce Bunting Associate Director, First‐Year Mentoring Brigham Young University bryce_bunting@byu.edu Phil Rash Director, First‐Year Mentoring Brigham Young University phil_rash@byu.edu Hayley Jensen Peer Mentor Specialist, First‐Year Mentoring Brigham Young University hayley_jensen@byu.edu

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References

Castleman, B. L., & Page, L.C. (2014). A trickle or a torrent? Understanding the extent of summer “melt” among college‐intending high school graduates. Social Science Quarterly, 95(1), 202 – 220.