Components of Our first year experience program

2. Components of Our first year experience program • Orientation • College Success Course • Campus Community

3. ORIENTATION • Mandatory starting Fall 2010 • Components: • Welcome Session • Advising Session • Registration for Classes

4. College Success Course • College Skills 103 – specific first year classes • Components Included: • Community Service • Career Awareness (QEP) • Peer Mentoring (Fall 2013)

5. College Skills (cont’d) • Financial Literacy – • Partnership with Sun Trust Bank • GTC’s Financial Aid Office

6. Campus Community • Information Fair for new students • Welcome tents • Workshops hosted in Fall 2012 • Stress Management • Time Management • Note Taking

7. Orientation Data

8. Orientation persistence

9. Orientation retention

10. College wide Persistence

11. College wide retention

12. Design the Perfect Fye Program Questions?

13. Contact Information • Steve Valand, Vice-President Academic Affairs • Email : Steve.Valand@gvltec.edu • Phone: 864-250-8185 • Lori Trumbo, Faculty Leader for Achieving the Dream, Speech • Email: Lori.Trumbo@gvltec.edu • Phone: 864-250-8788