Schedule of Events

Thursday, October 21– Pre-symposium Workshops (Optional)

11:30 a.m. – Noon    Check-in for Preconference

 Noon – 2:00 p.m.      Pre-symposium Opening Session

Student Retention: Identifying Root Causes of Attrition and Systemic Strategies for Promoting Persistence to Graduation – Joe Cuseo, Aaron Thompson, Michele Campagna, Julie McLaughlin

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.        Break

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.       Pre-Symposium Workshops

Gaining Faculty and Administrative Buy-In
– Joe Cuseo, Julie McLaughlin

Reaching and Teaching Non-College Ready Students
– Aaron Thompson

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.        Individual Consulting Sessions

Participants will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with all/or any of the conference experts in scheduled consulting sessions. Experts include: Joe Cuseo, Aaron Thompson, Michele Campagna, Julie McLaughlin.

Friday, October 22 – Symposium Day 1

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.      Check-in for Symposium
           
9:00 a.m.–Noon      Opening Session

Building or Remodeling a Comprehensive First-Year Program: Pervasive Principles and Powerful Practices
– Joe Cuseo, Aaron Thompson, Michele Campagna, Julie McLaughlin

Noon – 1:30 p.m.       Lunch (provided with symposium)

1:30 – 3:30 p.m.        Workshops Session 1

Critical & Creative Thinking: Promoting Higher-Level Thinking in the First Year of College and Beyond
– Aaron Thompson

Effective Academic Advising: The What, Why, Who, and How of It – Joe Cuseo

Peer Mentoring: A Powerful Tool for Promoting Student Transition and Success – Michele Campagna

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.        Break

4:00– 5:30 p.m.         Workshops Session 2

Designing an Effective Training & Development Program for First-Year Seminar Instructors – Michele Campagna & Julie McLaughlin

Teaching the First-Year Seminar to a Diverse Student Audience — Joe Cuseo & Aaron Thompson

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.        Hors d 'oeuvres & Cocktails

Saturday, October 23 – Symposium Day 2

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.        Breakfast (provided)

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.      Workshops Session 3

Creating an Effective First-Year Experience Course for Community College Students – Julie McLaughlin

Assessing First-Year Seminars and First-Year Programs
– Aaron Thompson

Summer (Common) Reading and Its Relationship to the First-Year Experience – Joe Cuseo

10:15 a.m. - noon       Open Forum / Questions & Answers