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A look at two innovative programs: First-Year Experience Second-Year Outreach

EXPERIENCE counts when REACHING OUT to Freshmen and Sophomores. A look at two innovative programs: First-Year Experience Second-Year Outreach Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Presenters. Mr. Bill Nowlin, Dean of Enrollment Management

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A look at two innovative programs: First-Year Experience Second-Year Outreach

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  1. EXPERIENCE counts when REACHING OUT to Freshmen and Sophomores A look at two innovative programs: First-Year Experience Second-Year Outreach Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma

  2. Presenters Mr. Bill Nowlin, Dean of Enrollment Management Mr. Jeff Walker, Director of First-Year Experience Mrs. Kelly Lacey, Academic Commitment Specialist Mr. Brian Searcy, Academic Commitment Specialist

  3. One Year Retention Rates

  4. The First-Year Experience ProgramAt NSU (Tahlequah) • The first point of contact for new students once admitted. • Process enrollment for new freshmen, transfer students and continuing students. • Provide testing, academic advisement, tutoring, enrollment, orientation, freshman success class, intervention for at-risk students, transfer student recruiting/advisement, and student success counseling to first-year students.

  5. The FYE Team • Accomplish this with four Student Success Specialists, one Testing Specialist, one Transfer Coordinator, and a support staff of two secretaries and six student employees.

  6. Testing • CLEP • Residual ACT • CPT placement (pre and post test)

  7. TUTORING • Tutoring for general education courses (mostly math) in the residence halls on week nights from 7:00pm – 12:00am. • Central contact point for other tutoring services on campus such as SSS, math lab, writing lab, etc.

  8. ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT • Advise all undeclared continuing first-year students (approx. 2,500). • Advise and enroll all new freshmen (1,200 each summer) individually with Student Success Specialists.

  9. Enrollment • Provide enrollment services to all students

  10. New Student Orientation • Orchestrate a campus wide orientation called Campus Connection for first-year students in late summer. Connect students to success tools and campus culture. • Residents students (over night session) • Commuter students (half day session)

  11. College Strategies • FRESHMAN SUCCESS COURSE • College Strategies is required for all new freshmen. • Curriculum is standard and delivered through Black Board computer system. • Web based for resident students (still must keep appointments with advisor/instructor at key points in the semester).

  12. College Strategies • Once per week in high tech classroom for commuter students. • Taught by faculty or staff instructor with a student “peer leader” for each class. • Instructors are given data sheets for each student with information about their risk factors.

  13. INTERVENTIONS and other SUCCESS TOOLS • Early Alert System • Mid-term grade checks • Partnership with housing • Course clustering • Success Contracts

  14. Second Year Outreach…reaching out to students through academic intervention… • This program works directly with continuing freshmen and sophomore students who are on academic notice or probation by providing early, intensive, and continuous intervention.

  15. Academic Commitment Specialists • Academic Commitment Specialists stress the importance of students making “commitments” to their education.

  16. Early Intervention • Students are identified early in the semester and contacted through letter, phone call, or email. We request and schedule an initial meeting at this point. • Every student receives a folder with information about probation, academic success tips, general education requirements, and tutoring information. This information will be used in each meeting.

  17. Intensive Intervention • Specialists check in with students through phone call or email every 2-3 weeks. • Mid-term grade check • Specialists help students enroll, give academic advisement, declare majors when qualified, and refer students to the many campus resources available.

  18. Continuous Intervention • Students will meet with Specialists every semester they continue on academic probation. • Students who are removed from probation will continue to be monitored in later semesters.

  19. Spring 2005 results

  20. Questions for Discussion How does your institution help students feel welcome and connected?

  21. Questions for Discussion How does your institution help students understand and cope with the new found freedoms college provides them?

  22. Questions for Discussion How does your institution identify at-risk students and what do you do with that information?

  23. Questions for Discussion How does your institution respond to students who do not attend class?

  24. Questions for Discussion How does your institution assist students who are experiencing academic difficulty?

  25. Contact Information Mr. Bill Nowlin – (918) 456-5511, Ext. 2200 nowlin@nsuok.edu Mr. Jeff Walker (918) 456-5511, Ext. 3253 walkerj@nsuok.edu Mrs. Kelly Lacey - (918) 456-5511, Ext. 3268 rasmusse@nsuok.edu Mr. Brian Searcy - (918) 456-5511, Ext. 3269 searcy@nsuok.edu

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