Campus-Wide Collaboration for First Year Student Success

1. Campus-Wide Collaboration for First Year Student Success Provide an overview of first year initiatives at Bowling Green State University Offer examples of collaborative efforts between Academic & Student Affairs at Bowling Green State University Assist in identifying key departments and individuals for collaborative efforts Highlight lessons learned in relation to collaboration

2. Orientation & First Year ProgramsBowling Green State University • Provide support to new students throughout the first year of college • Enhance the students’ learning experience in and out of the classroom • “Connect” students to BGSU

3. Orientation & Registration New Student Convocation Welcome Programs UNIV 100 - University Success course First Year Success Series A&S 100 - Strategies for Student Success in the Second Semester course FYI - First Year Insight magazine Connections newsletter BGeXperience Program Components

4. Orientation & Registration • Academic Affairs Involvement • Opening Address • Academic Advising • College Meetings • Learning Communities • Student/Faculty Discussion Groups • Lunch Roundtables • Coffee & Connections • Placement Testing

5. Orientation & Registration • Student Affairs Involvement • Student Services Information Sessions • Display Areas • Focus on Campus Life • Coffee & Connections

6. UNIV 100 - University Success Course • 2 credit hour elective course • 50 sections • 20 students per section • Faculty and administrators serve as course instructors • Undergraduate peer facilitators

7. Academic Enhancement - Undecided & Conditionally Admitted Students Students of Color President's Leadership Academy Student Athletes Residential Learning Communities Colleges of - Arts & Sciences Education & Human Development Health & Human Services Technology UNIV 100 Theme Sections

8. BGeXperience • University values initiative • Common experience for all new students • Incorporated into a general education course • Begins the weekend before classes begin • Integrates common reading experience

9. First Year Success Series • 175 workshops offered each year • A collaborative effort between departments within Student Affairs & Academic Affairs • Topics include academic skills, time management, diversity, wellness, and values exploration

10. Orientation & Registration Academic Advising Initiatives Enrollment & Recruitment Initiatives Common Reading Experience Collaboration Through Committees

11. Building Bridges • Identify key departments and individuals • Academic Affairs • Student Affairs • Institutional Research • Enrollment Services • Colleges • Library • Academic Support Services

12. Assessment Initiatives • Identify formal methods • Surveys & Evaluations • Focus Groups • Institutional Research • Identify informal methods • Engagement & Commitment • New Partnerships • Return Rates

13. BGSU Challenges • Continue to collaborate with Academic Affairs and enhance existing relationships with the Provost's Area, academic councils, colleges, department chairpersons, and faculty • Review all existing first year initiatives and look to the future • 2nd semester initiatives • 2nd year initiatives • Continue to identify additional funding sources for first year initiatives • Identify common points of interest for Student Affairs and Academic Affairs

14. Lessons Learned • Effective Bridge Building • Effective Communication • Program Ownership • Growth = Loss of some control • Evaluation and Assessment

15. Contact Information Jodi Webb, Associate Dean of Students Orientation & First Year Programs 301 Bowen-Thompson Student Union Bowling Green, OH 43403 (419) 372-9646 jwebb@bgsu.edu www.bgsu.edu/firstyear