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New Student Orientation Parent Session 1

New Student Orientation Parent Session 1. Tracy Waal Vice President for Student Life. First Year Five Get connected Learn how to learn Discover who you are Live healthy habits Give back. Parent Session 1 Financial Aid Counseling Student Success Residence Life FERPA.

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New Student Orientation Parent Session 1

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  1. New Student Orientation Parent Session 1

  2. Tracy Waal Vice President for Student Life

  3. First Year Five • Get connected • Learn how to learn • Discover who you are • Live healthy habits • Give back

  4. Parent Session 1 Financial Aid Counseling Student Success Residence Life FERPA

  5. Jared Sponseller Director of Student Financial Services

  6. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid

  7. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid Provide services and address questions regarding: • Scholarships • Grants  • Student Loans • Student Account

  8. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid Services include: • Cash checks up to $200 • Process payments to Student Account • Account viewable on student portal • Account determined by current student schedule

  9. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid Payment Options: • Full payment • Cashnet monthly payment plan • Private or parent loan • Combination of payment options

  10. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid Payment Deadline • August 14 • (for fall semester)

  11. STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Student Accounts and Financial Aid Communication • All communication from SFS will go to the student’s email • No paper statement or bill will be mailed • Person proxy-gives you access to your student’s information • FERPA applies to account and financial aid information

  12. Eric Browning Director of Counseling and Wellness

  13. Joy Strickland Assistant Vice President for Student Success and Retention

  14. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

  15. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

  16. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS • Supplemental Instruction (SI) • A learning enhancement program that targets traditionally difficult courses and provides regularly scheduled, peer-assisted sessions. • One-on-One Tutoring • An academic assistance program where student employees are trained to tutor peers individually and in groups to master course content for University Core courses. They also assist peers in time management, organization, proofreading, and study strategies.

  17. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS • Student Success Courses • Courses that equip first-time freshman students to make the transition to the academic demands of higher education. These courses are CSS-1002 College Success Strategies I and CSS-1012 College Success Strategies II. • Academic Peer Mentors • Students who are enrolled in the College Success Strategies I and II courses are each assigned an Academic Peer Mentor (APM), an upperclassman who is trained to assist new freshmen in the process of transition.

  18. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS • Learning Labs and Workshops • The Writing Lab and the Math Lab are two focused components of academic support. These learning labs work closely with faculty and academic programs to ensure that tutoring is targeted and seamless with the classroom experience. • Accessibility Services • For disability-related needs that a student may have, please contact the Coordinator of Accessibility Services, Deanna Shira-Tackett, at Deanna.Shira@mvnu.edu, or 740-392-6868 ext.4280.

  19. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS Career Development • Housed in the Center for Student Success in Thorne Library • Provides students with guidance and resources to support them in: • Identifying suitable majors • Planning their careers • Obtaining jobs and internships

  20. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS Career Development • Services and resources include: • Individual advising • Career assessments • Career exploration • Graduate school information • Job postings • Guidance on resumes • Interviewing • Networking

  21. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS Thorne Library • Provides access to: • In-house physical collections (books, periodicals, media, etc.) • OhioLINK resources (books, online databases, eArticles, eBooks, media, etc.) • Study rooms (individual and group) • Extended Hours room for after-hours study • Computer labs • Friendly, helpful library staff

  22. CENTER FOR STUDENT SUCCESS MVNU Test Center • Located on the third floor of the Thorne Library Resource Center • Quiet and secure testing environment for students • PearsonVUE and CLEP authorized • Access to computer-based testing • Regular hours during the school year are 8:30am-4:00pm • Students with approved accommodations can begin scheduling at 8:00am • Limited hours during summer and school breaks. • Questions or appointment scheduling, please email: testcenter@mvnu.edu

  23. Josh Kusch Director of Residence Life

  24. RESIDENCE LIFE Residence Life exists to support & contribute to the mission of the University by fostering a safe & engaging living-learning environment in which students are welcome into a community that cultivates holistic growth through the development of: • connectedness • responsibility • inclusivity • self-Awareness • missional Living

  25. RESIDENCE LIFE Commitment to Community Our Commitment to Community allows us to bring out the best in each other and when practiced, helps shape the Christ-like character toward which we strive.

  26. RESIDENCE LIFE Commitment to Community Our Commitment to Community allows us to bring out the best in each other and when practiced, helps shape the Christ-like character toward which we strive. affirmations We love God. We respect others. We believe in personal responsibility.

  27. RESIDENCE LIFE Commitment to Community As a Christian liberal arts university, rooted in the historic traditions and beliefs of the Church of the Nazarene, we are committed to: • Practicing honesty in academic pursuits and social relationships • Abstaining from the use and or trafficking of alcoholic beverages, all forms of tobacco and cigarettes (including e-cigarettes), illegal drugs and narcotics and any other substance abuse.

  28. RESIDENCE LIFE Commitment to Community As a Christian liberal arts university, rooted in the historic traditions and beliefs of the Church of the Nazarene, we are committed to: • Avoiding entertainment which compromises Christian values, including the viewing of pornographic or promiscuous films or videos, profanity or vulgarity in speech and action and gambling in any form. • Refraining from sexual activity with someone other than one’s spouse. • Completing the university expectations set forth for spiritual formation.

  29. RESIDENCE LIFE Structure FRESHMEN HALLS • Pioneer & Galloway: Females • Oakwood: Males UPPERCLASSMEN RESIDENCES Birch, Cedar, Cypress, Elmwood, Maplewood, Redwood Hall, Rosewood, & Spruce Residential Requirement

  30. RESIDENCE LIFE Residence Life Team PROFESSIONAL STAFF: 7 RESIDENT DIRECTORS (RDs) • Jacob Booher: Oakwood Hall • Maggie Figueroa: Pioneer Hall • Rachel Dundar: Galloway Hall STUDENT STAFF: 28 RESIDENT ASSISTANTS (RAs) • One RA per floor • One Student Mentor (SM) per floor

  31. Mel Severns University Registrar

  32. FERPA • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act • Student Consent to Disclosure of Information (form)

  33. FERPA Area of Permission for Disclosure • Item A: Academic InformationGrants permission for MVNU personnel to discuss academic issues such as grades, academic status (probation, dismissal, etc.) and class attendance with the individuals listed.  • Item F: Financial InformationGrants permission for Student Accounts and Financial Aid personnel to discuss financial issues such as financial aid, account balances, payments due, etc. with the individuals listed. 

  34. FERPA Area of Permission for Disclosure • Item C: Chapel Attendance InformationGrants permission for the Chapel personnel to discuss issues such as spiritual life attendance, credits, etc. with the individuals listed.  • Item H: Housing InformationGrants permission for Residence Life or Student Success personnel to discuss housing information. This can often include information on roommate issues, adjustment to college life, general well-being and patterns of eating/sleeping.

  35. Tracy Waal Vice President for Student Life

  36. Parent Session 2 Begins at 2:55 pm sharp!

  37. New Student Orientation Parent Session 2

  38. Tracy Waal Vice President for Student Life

  39. Purpose: Create an environment where students can reach their God-given potential

  40. MVNU Graduation GOAL: Identity Integrity Purpose

  41. MVNU Graduation GOAL: Identity Integrity Purpose NECESSITIES: Developing competence Managing emotions Moving through autonomy toward interdependence Developing mature interpersonal relationships

  42. MVNU Graduation GOAL: Identity Integrity Purpose

  43. Year 1 • First Year Five • Get connected • Learn how to learn • Discover who you are • Live healthy habits • Give back

  44. Year 1 First Year Five 1. Get connected

  45. Year 1 First Year Five 2. Learn how to learn

  46. Year 1 First Year Five 3. Discover who you are

  47. Year 1 First Year Five 4. Live healthy habits

  48. Year 1 First Year Five 5. Give back

  49. Kenzie Weller Senior Psychology Major

  50. Month 1 Culture Shock the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing a new way of life

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