Friday, September 21, 2012

Exhibitor Fair

Jackie Brousseau-Pereira — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:00:00 PDT

Wine and Cheese Social

Jackie Brousseau-Pereira — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:45:00 PDT

Closing Keynote and Conference Wrap-‐up

Randy Swing — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:45:00 PDT

Concurrent Sessions - Creating a Framework for Student Success Through Structure, Planning and Assessment

Michael Wiseman et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

Student success does not “just happen”; it is a collaboration of many parts which creates a framework that students can use to create their success. In 2005, the University of Massachusetts Amherst established a Center for Student Development (CSD) within the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life to coordinate a variety of initiatives designed to promote student success in multiple environments. In this session, staff from the CSD will discuss the structure, planning and assessment of recent initiatives, and encourage participants to share information about initiatives on their campuses.

Concurrent Sessions - What Kind of Student Success Does Democracy Need from Higher Education?

John D. Reiff et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

The presenters will share research showing how service-learning contributes to student success as defined by persistence to graduation. Then as a group, we will identify learning outcomes (knowledge, skills, and values) associated with another concept of student success, that of engaged citizenship in a democratic society. We will explore how service-learning can contribute to these outcomes and models for assessing the extent to which students achieve them. Through this session, administrators and faculty will be better able to envision service-learning as a strategy for increasing student success defined both as retention to graduation and as enhanced capacity for civic engagement.

Concurrent Sessions - "Transfer-able" skills: Ensuring Transfer Student Success

Terrace Hanlon — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

With limited time, energy, and finances, institutions are unable to allocate the necessary resources to support each and every student subpopulation. As a result, transfer students are frequently viewed as “square pegs” that institutions try to fit in the “round holes” of categories like first-year students or visiting and exchange students. In this session, after the presentation of an assessment project and the resulting collaborative and cost saving approaches of one institution, participants will be encouraged to think critically and economically about creative initiatives to specifically foster transfer student success.

Concurrent Sessions - The G-1 Student Experience: Recognizing and Supporting for Improved Persistence and Success

Heather Maietta et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

More than 30% of incoming freshman nationwide are first generation college students (G-1). Their background affects every dimension of life as a college student, yet few programs exist to address the specific needs of this population. The Merrimack College O’Brien Center for Student Success launched Generation Merrimack to assist G-1 students as they transition in, and through, college. This session will provide an overview including program structure, assessment, and student feedback on this new campus-wide initiative. Recommendations for implementation at other campuses will also be discussed.

Concurrent Sessions - Leveraging Grant Money to Develop and Sustain Community Pathways and Partnerships

Cynthia O'Donnell et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

Explore the partnerships and pathways essential to the community aspect of a community college. To meet the educational and career needs of multiple constituencies, colleges must develop partnerships with governmental agencies, schools, community based organizations, other colleges, and for-profit businesses. Learn about successful pathways and partnerships including: an early education collaborative, early college high school programming, a middle school prevention program, and a contextualized program partnering with statewide workforce development efforts.

Concurrent Sessions - Does Student Success Depend on Our Use of Social Media?

Lisa Giddens et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

Social media and student engagement is an issue that touches all campus sectors – from admissions, to classrooms, to career services. We will explore current research on Alexander Astin’s Theory of Student Engagement and today’s students’ use of social media. Participants will have an opportunity to learn and share strategies that are helping students stay connected, get better grades and express higher satisfaction with their college experience! Technophobes and social media experts alike are welcome.

Concurrent Sessions - Defining Career Success for Nontraditional Students

Gina Joseph-‐Collins et al. — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:30:00 PDT

This session will focus on ways that external grant funding served as a catalyst for the School of Adult and Professional Studies at Bay Path College to be innovative and experiment with career services for their nontraditional female undergraduate students. The presenters will share how the team, as a learning organization, gathered existing and new data, used assessment to improve their career programming and delivery methods, and negotiated definitions of career success. Attendees will have an opportunity to collaborate with each other and to explore best practices for student career success.