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An All-Campus Approach to Creating First Generation Success Through Community. Jane Lawrence, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Charles Nies, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Boretz, Ph.D. Director, Student Advising and Learning Center.
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An All-Campus Approach to Creating First Generation Success Through Community Jane Lawrence, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Charles Nies, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Boretz, Ph.D. Director, Student Advising and Learning Center
Warm-up Exercise (for a prize): What endangered species lives on the UC Merced campus?
Warm-up Exercise #2 (for a prize): List the mascots of all UC campuses.
Who is this man and what is his name?(correct pronunciation counts)
UC Merced Demographics • 53% of applicants first generation • 40% are first-generation UC-wide • More than half of Bobcats are first-generation • Unique campus culture
What Every First-Generation Student Knows (or should know) • Video: The Difference Between High School and College • Community • Reaching out for help
Community: Campus-Wide Partnerships • Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations • Workshops for Academically At-Risk Students • Residentially Based Programs • Coordinated Programs Across Student Affairs
Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations • Mid-Semester Grade Reporting • Adjustments to Pedagogy • Orientation • Mandatory Freshman Assembly
Workshops for Struggling Students • Student Self-Assessments • Peer Participation • Excellent Student Feedback
What We Have Learned • Easily Distracted by Friends: 65% • Have not visited faculty: 57% • “I have not learned to control the stress that college brings into my life”: 35% • I do not allow myself enough time outside of class to meet course requirements: 57% • My worries about failure interrupt my learning: 48% • Loneliness: 2%
Residentially Based Programs • Faculty & Peer Tutorials • Faculty Review Sessions • Toolbox Series + the “4 Success” Series • Advising Socials
Coordinated Student Affairs Programs • Wellness • Pre-Exam Stress Fest • Etiquette Dinner • Yosemite Leadership Program • Parents’ Communications • Students First Center