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Incoming Class of SVP 2016

Incoming Class of SVP 2016. Amy Stornello. Let’s talk about…. Planning, preparations… People who WORK the SVP program When students actually arrive… Communication… What are these students thinking these days… Questions. Planning, Preparations. SVP takes a full year to plan!

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Incoming Class of SVP 2016

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  1. Incoming Class of SVP 2016 Amy Stornello

  2. Let’s talk about… • Planning, preparations… • People who WORK the SVP program • When students actually arrive… • Communication… • What are these students thinking these days… • Questions

  3. Planning, Preparations • SVP takes a full year to plan! • Use last year’s feedback from EVERYONE • Time frame (1 week, 2 weeks, etc.) • RIT Orientation program • NSSO program • Outreach, NSP programs

  4. People who WORK the Program • CSI’s, CSI Coordinator • Barb Gasbarre, Intern (NEW!) • NTID Admissions • TIS (SVP app) • SLT/OA’s • Faculty (Math, English testing, Career Sampling) • Chairs • Communication Studies and Services • And More…

  5. Challenges and Kudos to SVP ‘16! • Followed their schedules, checked mailfolders • Homesickness, tired • Confusion, adaptation • Some didn’t bring alarm clocks! • Boundaries (Title IX awareness) • Communication environment • OA’s did a GREAT job making sure ALL took their placement tests! • We are all INVESTED in the transition/success of our students

  6. Fun Numbers! • 203 SVP students • 200 started Fall semester • Oldest student: age 37 • Youngest student: age 17 • International Students hail from: • China • Indonesia • India • Nigeria • Ghana • 1-2 students are from: • Alaska • Maine • Missouri • North Carolina • New Mexico • Oregon • South Dakota • West Virginia • Wyoming

  7. Some more information… • Directly accepted into majors at start of SVP: 129 • How many changed their majors: 11 • Placement tests REVEAL true levels of English/Math • Taking BS-Level English • Transfer credits process • 2 athletes (some competing demands)

  8. NSSO… • 72 NSSO students • Accepted into… • Game Design, Film/Animation, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, etc… • Changed into a DAY-LONG orientation program • MCAS Summer Bridge program, IMPRESS, Women in Computing • *about 50+ internal transfers from NTID to BS programs!

  9. Beloit College Mindset List • There has always been a digital swap meet called eBay. • Vladimir Putin has always been calling the shots at the Kremlin. • The Sandy Hook tragedy is their Columbine. • Elian Gonzalez, who would like to visit the U.S. again someday, has always been back in Cuba. • The United States has always been at war. • SpongeBob SquarePants has always lived at Bikini Bottom.

  10. The Ali/Frazier boxing match for their generation was between the daughters of Muhammad and Joe. • They have never had to watch or listen to programs at a scheduled time.  • Each year they've been alive the U.S. population has grown by more than one million Latinos.  • Vaccines have always been erroneously linked to autism. • If you want to reach them, you’d better send a text—emails are oft ignored. • “Nanny cams” have always been available to check up on the babysitter.

  11. Want more?https://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2020/ • A Bush and a Clinton have always been campaigning for something big. • While chads were hanging in Florida, they were potty training in all 50 states.  • The once-feared Thalidomide has always been recognized as a cancer fighting drug.  • DreamWorks has always been making animated creatures heroic and loveable. • They have never seen billboard ads for cigarettes. • Michael J. Fox has always spoken publicly about having Parkinson's disease.

  12. Questions?-Ideas/feedback welcomed!Thank you!

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