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Why Recognition is Important During the First Year Academically - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why Recognition is Important During the First Year Academically - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Why Recognition is Important During the First Year Academically superb freshmen identified and recognized early in their college career is a useful retention tool (current study underway) Additional motivation and peer support for students
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- Academically superb freshmen identified and
recognized early in their college career is a useful retention tool (current study underway)
- Additional motivation and peer support for students to
maintain high academic standing
- Provides an opportunity for association with others
who are similar in standing
Why Recognition is Important During the First Year
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- 82 scholarships offered annually, ranging from $1000 to $7500,
for undergraduate, graduate, and study abroad
- Opportunities for leadership development, including a national
student leadership conference
- Senior certificates for students who maintain the 3.5 cumulative
GPA
- Maria Leonard Senior Book Award to the graduating senior from
each chapter who has achieved the highest cumulative GPA
- Engagement at the campus level in a student organization. This
engagement takes the form of involvement in chapter activities, service projects, tutoring and mentoring struggling students, and peer advising.
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Formal Induction
- Dignified ceremonies
- Parents and family invited
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Leadership
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Service
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Scholarship
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How are you supporting First-Year students?
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High-Impact Practices
- First-Year Experiences
- Common Intellectual Experiences
- Learning Communities
- Writing-Intensive Courses
- Collaborative Assignments and Projects
- Undergraduate Research
- Diversity/Global Learning
- ePortfolios
- Service Learning, Community-Based Learning
- Internships
- Capstone Courses and Projects
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How are you supporting high achieving First-Year students?
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How can you collaborate with the following?
- Honors Programs
- First-Year and Sophomore Experience
- Orientation and New Student Programs
- Residence Life (first-year halls)
- Academic Support Services
- Academic Advising
- Judicial Affairs
- Student Leadership Development
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Email: ald@nationalald.org Web: www.nationalald.org
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