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FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT WHILE WAITING

FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT WHILE WAITING. Welcome!. Meet Your Advisor. Advisor’s Name: Malik Magdon-Ismail Office address: Lally 312 Phone number: x4857 Office hours: M 2-3; T 4-5. Best way to reach me: magdon@cs.rpi.edu. Who are you?. In small groups please share the following information

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FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT WHILE WAITING

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  1. FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT WHILE WAITING

  2. Welcome!

  3. Meet Your Advisor • Advisor’s Name: Malik Magdon-Ismail • Office address: Lally 312 • Phone number: x4857 • Office hours: M 2-3; T 4-5. • Best way to reach me: magdon@cs.rpi.edu

  4. Who are you? • In small groups please share the following information • Name, residence hall • What did you expect RPI to be like? • What didn’t you expect? • What would you like to change? • What do you expect from your advisor?

  5. Important Information • My role as your advisor • Your role as a student • Academic resources • Academic deadlines • Opportunities outside of the classroom

  6. What is my role as your advisor • Develop an educational plan consistent with goals • Provide and explain general educational requirements • Monitor and discuss issues of concern regarding your academic progress • Recommend opportunities for personal growth and academic development • Refer you to specific campus or community resources

  7. Your role as a student • To complete and review an educational plan. • To monitor your progress towards your degree • To come prepared with questions regarding curriculum, course selections, career options, etc. to discuss with their advisor • To know your advisor’s office hours, and meet with him/her once a semester • To understand that the advisor’s role is to give information, and options for them to make an informed choice- not to make the decision for them • To let the advisor know that you are experiencing academic difficulty

  8. What you need to succeed? • Course Catalogue- all the information you need about your major, requirements, course descriptions, etc. (on-line) • Curriculum Advising Planning Program (CAPP) Report- tracks your degree progress (SIS) *** • Transcript- including Undeclared/Gen. study • Course Syllabus- read it and write down all of the important dates (tests, quizzes, hw) • Network with your department. Get to know your professors, who they are, what they are interested in.

  9. Important dates • Add deadline is Monday, Sept. 13th • Drop deadline is on Friday, Oct. 22nd • Consultation week starts on Oct. 25th • Our next advising meetings: • Tuesday, Oct. 5th at 4:00 PMsame place. • Tuesday, Nov. 2nd at 4:00PM same place

  10. How are courses going? • If you feel overwhelmed with the courses you have, come see me. • If you are taking a higher level math or science and feel the pace is too fast, come see me. We might want to switch courses. • Chemistry 1 will give an assessment test on Sept. 8th ,tomorrow, that is based on what you should have had in a high school chemistry. It will give you an idea what concepts you will need to review. It is worth 5% of your final grade. • Any problems with online submissions, HW?

  11. Calculus 1 • You had a quiz in your calculus class last week. Please come see me if you have concerns. http://calculus.math.rpi.edu/rsc-online-version.pdf • The math Dept. & ALAC are running review sessions through out the semester for Cal 1. Monday- Thursday in CII 4040 from 8-10 PM Staff: tutors, TLAs& math TA Contacts: Bruce Piper-Faculty member Victor Barranaca: barrav@rpi.edu –Teaching & Learning Assistant- ALAC Graduate Student

  12. Common Test Times • Chemistry: @ 8AM IEA @8 AM • Wed., Sept. 8th Wed., Sept. 22nd (assessment test)Wed. Oct. 20th • Wed. Sept. 29th Wed. Nov. 17th • Wed. October 27th • Wed., Dec. 1st • Physics 1: @ 6 PM Physics 2 @ 7 PM • Tues., Oct. 5th Wed., Sept. 29th • Tues., Nov. 9th Wed., Nov. 3rd • Tues., Dec. 7th Wed., Dec. 8th

  13. Important dates

  14. Strategies to manage 2 exams • Some of you will take 2 exams on the same day or the same week • Make a study schedule-starting w the hardest one first • Make notes what is not clear or confusing • Go to your professor/TA office hours for clarification • Go to the Supplemental Instruction & tutoring sessions • Practice problems by doing them and checking your answers • Form a study group to ask and review problems • Get plenty of rest the night before • Eat breakfast or bring a snack with you

  15. ALAC Resources Advising and Learning Assistance Center 2106 Sage lab X6269 • Learning Assistants (LAs) in residence hall – go over time management, study & test-taking skills, form study groups) • Learning Specialist for test taking skills, test anxiety, time management and organizational skills • Drop in Tutoring • Supplemental Instruction

  16. Tutoring Center Drop in Tutoring DCC 345 Begins Tues. Sept. 7h Schedule will be posted on web page at: http://alac.rpi.edu Monday - Thursday 8 pm – 10 pm There will be tutors for most 1000 & 2000 courses in math, science and engineering. *All Computer Science Courses will be held in Low 3130 – Laptop Lab

  17. Learning Assistants

  18. SI – Supplemental Instruction SI Begins First Week of Classes A Graduate student reviews professor’s lecture, goes over problems and helps them understand the weekly concepts. • CHEMISTRY I : M & W 8-10 PM in DCC 232 • IEA : Tues. & Thurs. 8-10 PM in DCC 235 • Physics I: Mon. & Thurs. 8-10 PM in DCC 239

  19. Other outreach services • Office of the First Year Experience • Located in 4100 Academy Hall x6864fye@rpi.edu • Tuesday Tool Box Series 4-6 PM in Nason classroom (workshops on stress management, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, academic success ) • Helps resolve problems or concerns for first-year students

  20. Health and Counseling CentersBoth located on 3rd floor of Academy Hall • Health Center X6287 -0pened 7 days a week • Medical care • Allergy care • Health education Counseling Center X6479- opened 5 days on-call 24/7 • Relaxation training for anxiety • Improving communication skills • Improving study habits • Relating to parents • Helping with depression

  21. Career Development Center • 210 Darrin Communications Center X6234 • Career Counselors available for individual consultations on career paths and opportunities • Cooperative Education- work experience • Internships (summer, fall and spring)

  22. Opportunities Outside the Classroom • Archer Center for Student Leadership Academy Hall X 2119 The Leadership conference (Impressions of Leadership- Design Yours )–open to all students! Need to sign up. TBA (networking, communicating, recruitment techniques) • Career Fair on Oct. 1st & 2nd sponsored by two students groups NSBE & SHPE.

  23. Rensselaer Education Across Cultural Horizons Open House Sept. 8th 2-4 PM in Walker 4103 Global Engineering Education Exchange Program Individual educational opportunities at multiple universities worldwide Campus wide programs through the Vice Provost’s Office

  24. Remember to… • Review your notes, read the text book • Go to Professor office hours for assistance when needed • Manage your time - 5-6 hours of studying per day is the average • Any general questions or concerns, come to see me • Get to know a faculty member • Get involved in campus activities: clubs, intramural sports, student government, etc.

  25. Questions? • If no one has any questions, please fill out the information sheet and hand it to me when you are finished.

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