Promoting First-Year Student Success in
College
& Beyond
Symposium
Register by September 1 and save $25! 
When: October 21-23, 2010
Where: Desert Rose Resorts, Las Vegas, Nevada
Don’t miss this professional development symposium with leading educators in the field of college student success and diversity education. First-Year Student Success Professionals Joe Cuseo, Ph.D, Aaron Thompson, Ph.D., Michele Campagna and Julie McLaughlin will present nine interactive sessions on important topics in promoting student success and retention at a college or university.
This symposium will address the full range of factors that promote college student success, focusing especially on high-impact practices that are well grounded in research on student learning and persistence, and which educate the student as a whole person.
Topics include:
- student retention and success
- developing a first-year program
- diversity education
- effective teaching strategies
- supporting faculty involvement
- academic advising
- connecting with traditional and non-traditional students
- assessment
- and much more.
By attending this symposium, you will receive a practical and personalized workshop experience, opportunities to meet with the presenters informally, information from all of the workshops to take home with you, and follow-up contact information for the purpose of customizing the symposium’s content to your campus-specific context.
Who should attend?
Administrators, faculty, and staff that work to develop, deliver, and support first-year experience programs at their college or university. First-year programs of any style or size will benefit from the variety of topics this comprehensive professional development symposium has to offer. It is a great opportunity to further develop an existing program, or get the information you need to create a new program.
What those who have attended tell us...
“Excellent workshops. Thanks so much for the pertinent information delivered in a convenient package for a great cost!” --Peggy Oldham |
“I enjoyed the interactive sessions and opportunity to feel comfortable asking/answering questions.” --Pat Mielke |
“The presenters were excellent and clearly knowledgeable in their area of expertise.” --Susanne McCarron |
“Very good seminar; excellent useful information.” --Thelma C. Lawton |
“I appreciated Joe’s dissection of how he gets to know his students during the first week of class.” -Catherine Suchy |
“Thanks for the hospitality! It was a warm welcome.” --Arnika van Heerde |
