Best of Region 2: Help! I Think That My Professor is an Alien

Mayo, Carter, Rider University

 

Best of Region 7: A Road Less Traveled: Following Your Dreams Toward Success

Johnson , College of New Jersey

Best of Region 7: Off Road Ventures: Teaching Strategies for Struggling Students

Clark , Key

Midwestern State University

Best of Region 9: Extraordinary Transformations: Using Strengths-Based STrategies to Retrofit the Advising Experience

Hogrefe, Crafton Hills College

Connections Matter: The Freshman Interest Group as a Retention Tool

Minichillo, Eynon, Rinn, Zarges, Wilcox

Kent State University

Using Meaning Making to Build Bridges

Trump, University of the Sciences-Philadelphia

 

Come Here, Go FAR!   A Comprehensive Advising/Retention Model for Freshmen with Declared Majors

Hopwood

University of Texas-San Antonio

 

Tips for Designing and Implementing Peer Mentor Training

Taniguchi , Wilmeth, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Knock it Down and Build it Again: A Team Approach to the First Year of College  

Thurmond, University of Memphis

 Parents and Advisors: Ever the Two Shall Meet?

Mossack , Lipscomb University

 

Learning Communities: Enhancing the First-Year Experience

Donahoe , Purdue University

 

Internal Transfers-A Realism Roundtable

Kolls , Northeastern University

 

Advisor Training Games-

Persistence and the First Year

Kolls , Northeastern University

 

The Wild Adventures in Co-Teaching a Freshman Success Class with an Academic Peer Mentor Component

Petrucci-Effinite , Jones , Thiel College

 

Building a Better Freshman

Allen , University of Louisville

 

Advising 24/7

Janelle , University of Akron

Janelle, University of Akron-Wayne College

 

Collaborative Mentoring Program: Bridging the Gap between High School and University

Niewitecka , Salinitri

University of Windsor

 

What Does an Exploratory/Undecided Student Schedule? A Systematic Approach for the First Semester

Hussey , Lindhorst

Penn State University

 

RITA: An Intervention for First-year Students on Probation or Academic Warning

Rhine , Wittenberg University

 

Advisors Building Bridges for New Students through Orientation, First Weekend, and Learning Communities

Fraker , Saul , Wallace-Stroble

Wright State University

 

Bridge Work: Practical Tips for Building a First-Year Experience Program

Goltra , Bleeker , Bleeker

Emporia State University

 

Civic Engagement: At Your Service

Keltner , Mathis , Henderson , Queener Wright State University

 

Creating Great Advisors from Great Faculty: Lessons from the SUNY Oswego First-Year Advisement Program

Mandel , Evans, Bandla , Morey , State University of New York-Oswego

 

Building a Bridge with Drama

Kem , Murray State University

 

The Sparkling Energy of Individual Talent: Great Activities that Tap into This Effervescence

Deming, Colvey, Hogrefe, Crafton Hills College

 

Assessment Aftermath: Now What?

Bernard, Saint Francis University

 

Advisors and Researchers Working Together to Help Students Succeed in College

Smith, University at Albany

 

Building Bridges of Success between Honors and First-Year Science Major Students

Rasmussen, Jolly, Stradleigh, Sein Arizona State University West

 

Freshman Year-Two Years Going On Three, Improved and Proven Retention Efforts

Jurvelin, Edmonds, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

 

A Proactive Approach for Advising Freshmen in Academic Jeopardy

Asleson , Dahn , Ohio University

 

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Advising First-Year Pre-Med Students

Dashti-Gibson, University of Notre Dame

 

Virtual Advising-The Bridge between Admission to College and the Orientation-Advising Experience

Robert, Bucknall , Robbins , Cline , Martin

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

 

Survivor: Making It through the First Year

Shook, University of Arkansas

 

Building an Advising Structure for a Large Freshman Population

Snow, Poisel, University of Central Florida

 

Building Connections to Families: A Well-Stocked Toolbox

Borrelli , Suazo , Isbell Tapley

University of New Mexico

 

We Built It! They Came! Group Advising, a Tool for Success

Martinez, Northwest Vista College

 

Building the First-Year Infrastructure:   A Foundation that Spans the University

Quiros, Avalos, Texas Lutheran University

 

FOCUS on the First-Year Adjustment: Building a Collaborative Advising Effort

Nelson , Hamby

Cleveland State University

 

Alumni Mentors as Architects in Advising

Grabiec, Western New England College

 

Undecided Students and Science: Building Bridges to College and Beyond

Kime, Northern Kentucky University

 

Successful Transition to University Life: The Experiences of Historically Underrepresented Students of Color in Notre Dame's Balfour-Hesburgh Scholars Program

Lucero, Tardy, University of Notre Dame

 

Over the River and Through the Woods: A First-Year Curriculum for Undecided Students

Mayes, Smith, Wright State University

 

Building First-Year Bridges for First-Generation College Students

Teagan , Niziol , Scheckel , Texas Tech University

 

Reinforcement: A Foundation for Student Retention

Bradley, Baylor University

 

The College Transition Program: Big Brother? Survivor? Fear Factor?: When Reality Hits the First Year!

Calvert, Ohio Northern University

 

Computer Addiction: Reality or just Virtual Reality

Marquez, Purdue University

 

The Millennial Connection: Advisors Creating Change for the New Generation

Jacobsen, Smith, University of Alabama-Birmingham

 

A Model for Predicting and Addressing Academic Difficulty

Di Stefano , Kling , Bell

Truman State University

 

StrengthsQuest: Focusing on Strengths to Transform Student Success

Deming , Colvey , Hogrefe

Crafton Hills College

 

The ABC's of Academic Recovery: Attitude, Behavior, Consistency

Corkery , Folsom , McGreevey , Yoder University of Iowa

 

What Faculty Advisors and Academic Advisors Need to Know: Incoming Freshman get their Information about College Life from both Formal and Informal Sources.

Barnett , Broadway

Northwestern State University

 

Majors Fair: Giving Students a Design Tool for the Future

Schauer , Bragg , Whiting

Prairie View A&M University

 

Orientation Advising as a Foundation for Assessing Freshman Learning Outcomes

Pierce, Brown, Drinnon, Trainer University of Tennessee

 

A Career Planning Course Elective: Strategy for Advising the Undeclared Student

Swank, Southeastern Louisiana University

 

S.T.A.R.S.: A Bridge to Retention for Students of Color

Vander Kinter , Bilgi

DePaul University

 

ACCESS: An Educational Bridge to College

Schauer , Sippio

Prairie View A&M University

 

Bridging Student and Academic Affairs: A Holistic Approach to Supporting and Advising High Achieving Students

Brown, Powell, Miami University

 

A Blueprint for Academic Success: The First-Year Probation Student Intervention at Ohio University

Kahrig , Welch , Tucker

Ohio University

 

Liberal Arts Advising for First-Year Students

Powers , University of Florida

 

What Really Matters for Students' Success?

Vowell, Farren, Western New Mexico University

 

Helping Students Know Where to Begin: Assessment, Placement, and Advisement of Academically Underprepared Students

McGregor, Cain, Eastern Kentucky University

Yonsei Pre-college Experience: A Comprehensive College Preparation Package for Freshman Students

Kim, Han, University College-Yonsei University 

Engineering Survival 101: It's Not Rocket Science-A New Student Orientation Program

Sorensen, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

 

Summer Bridgen' in the Bayou

Thomas , Hicks , Maggio

Northwestern State University

Strategies for Academic Success Program

Amundsen, University of North Carolina-Greensboro