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2008 Annual Conference Program Topics/Tracks
First-year Students

Interest Group Meeting: Advising First-Year Students

Mooney, Nova Southeastern University

Best of Region 10 Helping Your Pupa Transform into a College Butterfly: Former High School Teachers Offer Tactics for Assisting First-Year Students

Edwards, Graham, Arizona State University

 

PANEL A Panel of Experts: Challenges, Triumphs, and Best Practices in Peer Mentoring

Fithian, Temple University

Zahorik, Fox Valley Technical College

Olsen, Western Connecticut State University

Scheff, University of Kentucky

Totzke, Fox Valley Technical College

 

A Retention Initiative Designed to Help Academically Underprepared Students Succeed in College

Bonaguro, Thomas, Western Kentucky University

Staten, Western Kentucky University

 

A Team Approach to Advising Exploratory First-Year Students: Using Faculty, Professional & Peer Advisors

Rascati, Glankler, Craven, Kennesaw State University

 

PANEL Academic Preparation Programs: Mapping a Road to Success

Lovett, Mount Aloysius College

Pendleton, Mercer University

MODERATOR Fread, Lehigh Carbon Community College

 

Academic Success Courses: Assisting First-Year Students in Academic Difficulty

Morrison, Butler, Waters, Old Dominion University

 

Action Plans Speak Louder Than Words: Developing a Successful Major Exploration Course and Materials

Elliott, Brately, Ohio State University

 

Advising to PASS: Implementing a Mandatory Strengths-based Course for Probationary Freshmen

Jones, University of Texas-Arlington

Advisors in Learning Communities: Reaching New Heights

Wald Stoker, McCool, Indiana Univ Purdue Univ-Indianapolis

 

Being Undeclared May Be the Best Choice of a Major

Wallace, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

 

Breaking the ICE: Introducing First Year Students to Academic Advising in the Freshman Seminar

Schackmuth, Lewis University

 

Butterflies that Falter or Fail to Fly: When Highly Prepared New Freshmen Fail

Roberts, Chapman, Windham, Preece, Brigham Young University

 

Coming Full Circle: Using Assessment Results to Guide the First Year

Schumacher, Iowa State University

 

Contemplation and the First Year Educational Experience

Page, University of Notre Dame

 

Does Senior Year Plus = First Year Minus?

Jacobson, Schumacher, Iowa State University

 

Dudes! What's My Major?!

Wolter, Leigh, Minnesota State University-Moorhead

 

Best of Region 3 Economic Recession and Student Financial Instability: How Academic Advisors Can Help

Curtis, University of South Carolina

Engaging Students and Faculty in Student Success: Using the Classroom for Effective Advising

McMakin, Hall, Miller, University of the Incarnate Word

 

PANEL Fear of Heights: A Panel Discussion on First Generation College Students-From Theory to Practice

Longwell-Grice, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Serrata, South Texas College

Zervas, Le Moyne College

Mullins, Front Range Community College

Gonzalez, Texas Tech University

First-Year Advising: It Takes a Campus

Keeling, University of South Carolina-Columbia

 

From the Ground Floor Up: The Lasting Benefits of a First-Year Seminar

Gullett, Brown, Campbell, Willoughby, University of Tennessee

 

FYE: Another Way to Do It

Yamasaki, Wellington, Burton, Metropolitan State University

 

Global Advising: Electronic Advising for Incoming Freshmen

Rodriguez, Sindt, Johns Hopkins University

 

Let’s Choose Our Courses: Group Advising in New Student Orientation

Hence, Rohland, Khandvala, Max, Temple University

 

Mindfulness Training for Leadership & Extraordinary Academic Performance: Integrating the First-Year Seminar in a Service-Learning Community

Hirsh, St. Edward's University

 

Minimize Size, Maximize Experience: Connecting First-Year Students to Their College

Diaz, Ullrich, University of Arizona

 

Orienting Exploratory Freshmen for Retention and Major Selection

Kennedy, Cooper, University of Cincinnati

Pre-Health Professions Guides and Folders

Stacy-Adams, Claus, University of Iowa

Students Teaching Students: A Peer Advising Path to Success

Simpson, Quandt, Westfield State College

 

Style and Function: Connecting Learning Styles to Learning Strategies

Salata, University of Michigan

Best of Region 7 Success in Parent Education: Dialoguing at the Collegiate Level

Nossaman, University of Oklahoma

 Taking Academic Success to New Heights at Illinois State University – How to Engage Students in Academic Success

Roser, Im, Schuline, Illinois State University

 

Teaching Probationary Students in the Classroom

Wissman, Moeller, University of Cincinnati

Teaching Success: Advising Using the Total Intake Model

Bergeron, Aymond Jr., Southeastern Louisiana University

 

The Assessment of an FYE Program: Proactive Evaluation Methods for Professional Advisors

Davis, Funderburk, Hutson, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

 

The Breakthrough: Motivating towards Success

Thompson, Whaley, University of North Texas

 

The Highs and Lows of Emotional Wellbeing for the First Year Student-the Trends, the Issues, the Solutions for Advisors

Preece, Roberts, Chapman, Brigham Young University

 

Through the Looking Glass: Using Students' Stories to Provide Insight into Their World.

Hill, Winston Salem State University

 

To Infinity and Beyond: The Student Quest for Professional Development

Fodrea, Weller, Kerr, Purdue University

 

Unlocking the Possibilities of General Education Courses: Activities for Exploring Learning and Teaching Styles, College Success Strategies, and Majors and Careers

Hartman, Lantaff, Brancato, Paterno, Kutztown University

 

Utilizing the College Student Inventory to Enhance the First-Year Experience

Wiley, Gannon University

 

 


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