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Student Success at Heartland: Maximizing Your College Experience

Discover the reasons for being in college, the skills developed at HCC, and the general faculty expectations presented by Todd Simeone, a Computer Science professor, and Lisa Putnam Cole, a Reading and Education Coordinator. Learn about the top ten tips for success and behaviors successful students engage in. This presentation sheds light on how successful students prioritize academics, utilize resources, and build relationships. Welcome to a great college experience!

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Student Success at Heartland: Maximizing Your College Experience

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  1. Faculty Expectations SOAR Heartland Community College

  2. Presentation given by Todd Simeone Professor, Computer Science 268-8857 todd.simeone@heartland.edu

  3. Presentation created by Lisa Putnam Cole Professor, Reading and Education Coordinator, Tutoring and Testing 268-8407 lisa.cole@heartland.edu

  4. Overview • Reasons for being in college • Skills and qualities developed at HCC • General faculty expectations • Behaviors successful students possess

  5. Why are you in college? • Because you. . . • want to earn a degree • want to get a job (or a better job) • want to improve personal skills • don’t really know what else to do right now

  6. Skills developed at HCC

  7. Faculty Expectations • Faculty will expect that you: • are responsible, honest, conscientious,… • want to learn • will complete all activities on time • know the course policies • understand the type of course you are taking • conventional • hybrid • online

  8. In what types of behaviors do successful students engage? • Top Ten Tips for Success • Prepared by HCC faculty • Based on experience and observations

  9. Top Ten Tips for Success • Utilize HCC’s free student resources • Complete your assignments • Purchase required materials • Prioritize your academic work • Know yourself

  10. Top Ten Tips for Success • Organize your time • Know your syllabus • Build relationships • Attend classes • Develop productive attitudes • Toward your instructor and other students • Toward learning

  11. In the end, • Your success at Heartland is … …all …about …YOU!! • Welcome to what can be a great experience if you allow it!

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