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CONNECTING STUDENTS TO CAMPUS. If You Build It, They Will Have Fun!. David Milford, Dean of Students Sharon Murray, Associate Dean for Academic Services Sharon Robinson, Dean of the College. RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. What Makes Russell Sage College Different?. A women’s college
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CONNECTING STUDENTS TO CAMPUS If You Build It, They Will Have Fun! • David Milford, Dean of Students • Sharon Murray, Associate Dean for Academic Services • Sharon Robinson, Dean of the College RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
What Makes Russell Sage College Different? • A women’s college • Small urban campus in Troy, New York • Many 1st-generation college students • Equal number of residents and commuters • Liberal arts and professional programs
How Did We Get To A Place Where Fun and Academics Didn’t Mix? • Tenuous link between Student Life / Academic Affairs • Original Mentor Program • WORLD core • ENGLISH 101
The Little Big Idea: A First-Year Block • All first-year students in the same place at the same time 3 days a week: • Either WORLD 120 or English 101 MW • Co-curricular on selected Wednesdays • FYE 101 on Friday • New York Times • Opportunity Programming • Town Meetings
Backing Up to the Beginning • Moving from a 2-day, midsummer orientation to an extended Fall Start-Up • Summer Reading/Dean’s Reading Forum • Opening Convocation • Matriculation Book • Self-Introductions • Class Advisors • Alma Mater
Sustainability: The Expectation of Intellectual Community • Each activity has an outcome on both the Student Life and Academic Affairs side. • Everyone is a learner. • FYE qualities of integrated learning and community extend beyond the first year. • Students are reminded of their first year experiences for the rest of their college careers.
First-Year Experience 101: Program Goals, Tools, & Outcomes Prepared by Sybillyn Jennings, Ph.D.