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First-Year Students Tell All: Their Lives in Film

First-Year Experience Conference, February 2013 Barbara Boyette and Chad Phillips Guilford College. First-Year Students Tell All: Their Lives in Film. Their Lives in Film. Description of Guilford and FYE Specifics about this class and the assignment Themes View film clips Implications

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First-Year Students Tell All: Their Lives in Film

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  1. First-Year Experience Conference, February 2013 Barbara Boyette and Chad Phillips Guilford College First-Year Students Tell All: Their Lives in Film

  2. Their Lives in Film • Description of Guilford and FYE • Specifics about this class and the assignment • Themes • View film clips • Implications • Group participation

  3. Guilford College • 1837 – Quaker Heritage, Quaker governance • Three student populations • Traditional Age • Adult • Early College • Faculty advising model with central administrator

  4. Guilford FYE • Required of all first-year students • Interdisciplinary course • Taught by full-time professors • Each course, own theme, common learning outcomes • Professor is the academic advisor • LLC, LC, and traditional models

  5. FYE 101: • Filming the Personal Narrative • Living Learning Community • General Overview • Two Film Projects • Film Premiere

  6. Major Themes • Belonging • Finding Purpose • Body image/Identity • Managing Emotions

  7. Implications • Social Media • Males • Identity change • FYE • Understanding students

  8. Other Themes Addressed: • Overcoming Shyness • Preparing to Study Abroad • Helping the Environment • Deaths in the Family • Hoarding • Being Misunderstood • Understanding happiness • Religion • Connection to Sports • Lacrosse • Basketball • Ultimate Frisbee • Football • Boyfriend Problems • Motivation Problems • Addiction to Gaming • Being a “ginger” • Family estrangement • Experimenting with alcohol • Difference in Politics • Creative Expressions of Self • Dance • Singing • Making Jewelry • Writing • Music

  9. First-Year Students Tell All: Their Lives in Film Barbara Boyette Assistant Academic Dean for Academic Support boyettebg@guilford.edu Chad Phillips Assistant Professor of Theatre Studies cphillip@guilford.edu

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