an all-campus approach to creating first generation success through community
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An All-Campus Approach to Creating First Generation Success Through Community. Jane Lawrence, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Charles Nies, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Boretz, Ph.D. Director, Student Advising and Learning Center. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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An All-Campus Approach to Creating First Generation Success Through
Community
Jane Lawrence, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Charles Nies, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Elizabeth Boretz, Ph.D. Director, Student Advising and Learning Center
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Warm-up Exercise (for a prize):
What endangered species lives on the
UC Merced campus?
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Warm-up Exercise #2 (for a prize):
List the mascots of all UC campuses.
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Who is this man and what is his name?(correct pronunciation counts)
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UC Merced Demographics
• 53% of applicants first generation• 40% are first-generation UC-wide• More than half of Bobcats are first-generation• Unique campus culture
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What Every First-Generation Student Knows (or should know)
• Video: The Difference Between High School and College
• Community
• Reaching out for help
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Community: Campus-Wide Partnerships
• Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations
• Workshops for Academically At-Risk Students
• Residentially Based Programs
• Coordinated Programs Across Student Affairs
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The Gap Between the Learner and the Learned
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Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations
• Mid-Semester Grade Reporting
• Adjustments to Pedagogy
• Orientation
• Mandatory Freshman Assembly
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Workshops for Struggling Students
• Student Self-Assessments
• Peer Participation
• Excellent Student Feedback
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What We Have Learned
• Easily Distracted by Friends: 65%• Have not visited faculty: 57%• “I have not learned to control the stress that
college brings into my life”: 35%• I do not allow myself enough time outside of
class to meet course requirements: 57%• My worries about failure interrupt my learning:
48%• Loneliness: 2%
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Residentially Based Programs
• Faculty & Peer Tutorials
• Faculty Review Sessions
• Toolbox Series + the “4 Success” Series
• Advising Socials
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Coordinated Student Affairs Programs
• Wellness
• Pre-Exam Stress Fest
• Etiquette Dinner
• Yosemite Leadership Program
• Parents’ Communications
• Students First Center
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Promise for the Future