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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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