Discussion Forums 2009-2010
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Strengthening the
First Year of College: The First Year Seminar
October 28, 2009
12:00-1:00 p.m.
LRC Idea Studio
In September, UWSP sent a
team of eight faculty and staff to a regional conference on
strengthening the first year of college, in particular through the
first year seminar.
(http://www.fyconference.niu.edu/orientation/firstyear_conn/conference/index.html.)
To hear what they learned and to discuss models for how UWSP
might create a first year seminar here, please come to a brown-bag
conversation on Wednesday, October 28,
from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the
LRC Idea Studio in the Main Lobby of the LRC.
Please feel free to bring your lunch!
Profile of UWSP’s 2009 Freshman Class
October 9, 2009
1:30-2:30
LRC 310
Telling vs. Showing:
Maryville
University’s Evolution from a Welcome-to-College Course to a
Thematic University Seminar
Presenters: Jesse Kavadlo and Jennifer
McCluskey of Maryville University
November 24, 2009
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.:
Presentation
1:00-2:00
p.m.: Follow-up Discussion
Dreyfus University Theater
On November 24, Jesse Kavadlo, an Associate Professor of English, and Jennifer McCluskey, an Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Director of the Center for the First Year Experience at Maryville University in St. Louis, will be visiting UWSP to discuss the creation and evolution of their First Year Experience program. Kavadlo and McCluskey will be making a presentation open to anyone on campus from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., with a follow-up discussion from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Participants should feel free to bring their lunches, and to come for the presentation, the discussion, or both.
The University Seminar at Maryville is a 3-credit course required of all first-year students. But as the seminar is described on the university’s Web site, it “is more than a required course - it provides a distinctive opportunity to work closely with your peers and instructor on an important topic of mutual interest. All seminars focus on three goals: critical thinking, community, and communication. In each seminar, students and faculty explore a topic of common interest while meeting the goals through writing, oral presentations, research, critical reading of texts, and conversations. Each seminar is limited to 18 students to create a true ‘seminar’ in which faculty can engage you and every student in the exploration of ideas.”
For more information regarding the First Year Experience program at Maryville, see the following link: http://www.maryville.edu/about-excellence-advising-seminarDescriptions.htm.
To register, please click here.