Oregon State University First Year Experience Initiative
Fall Quarter Progress Summary
December 10, 2013
Progress/Outcome(s)
Fall quarter pilot in all CH 121, 201, 231 sections producing significant
midterm grade improvements (final results pending)
New residential curriculum in all residences
4 new or expanded living learning communities in progress for fall 2014:
• Global Village (ILLC)
• Health and Well-Being (McNary)
• Arts and Social Justice (Wilson)
• Engineering (Hawley-Buxton)
Who
Academic Success Center
Chemistry department
UHDS, Academic Success Center, Student Affairs
UHDS plus:
INTO OSU
COS & PHHS
ISS & School of Lang., Culture, Society (CLA)
COE
Academic Advising
Endorsed by Senate Academic Advising Council; currently in
implementation for fall 2014:
• First Year Advising Syllabus
• Required quarterly advising appointments
• New change of major process
All colleges + UESP
Campus Communications
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UCSEE
University Relations & Marketing
Course-Based Early Alert
Residential Enhancements
FYE Initiative website: http://oregonstate.edu/ase/firstyear/
FYE marketing plan for new students in progress (see reverse)
Orientation Enhancements CONNECT Crew peer mentoring pilot in east residences
Campus Traditions
FY Curricular
Enhancements
New residential Homecoming programming
Campus Traditions Task Force convened
MTH 111 redesign fully implemented with midterm grade improvements
of between 8% and 29%
Expanded UEngage enrollment by 10% (664 in 2012; 730 in 2013)
New Student Programs, Academic Success Center,
UHDS
UHDS, Alumni Association, URM
Student Affairs, ASOSU, Alumni Association, advisors
Mathematics department
New Student Programs, Academic & Student Affairs
**Something missing from this summary? Please email [email protected]**
On the Horizon for Winter Quarter:
• ASOSU Symposium on the First Year Experience, January 22, 2014, 4:00 to 6:00, MU
• “Walk-about” FYE meetings with each college and UCSEE co-chairs Brubaker-Cole and Hoffman, including college inventories of FYE efforts
• Kansas State FYE director Greg Eiselein consulting visit to OSU, February 4, 2014; schedule details TBD
DRAFT: First Year Experience Student Messaging
*Subject to revision*
The Beaver Nation Experience is an intentional, integrated process to ensure first-year student success and persistence. It lays the
foundation and provides continuing support for students’ academic achievement and personal development throughout their time at Oregon
State University.
The Beaver Nation Experience
The Beaver Nation Experience will help you achieve success — academically and personally — during your first
year at Oregon State University. In this first year and beyond, you’ll have choices to make your college experience
what you want it to be. You’ll be challenged to pursue excellence, and you’ll have resources and support to meet
your goals. You’ll develop creative and critical thinking skills that open up a world of new knowledge. You’ll make
connections across the campus community. And you’ll lay the groundwork for a successful life beyond graduation.
Expand Your Mind
You’ll find yourself learning in every aspect of your experience at Oregon State University. It will be challenging and
engaging, and it will extend beyond the classroom. You’ll learn by doing through research projects, field studies,
internships, service learning and other opportunities. You’ll push yourself toward excellence and discover you can
do far more than you ever thought possible. Along the way, you’ll learn the tools and rules you need to navigate
successfully through the university.
Connect to Your Community
You’re joining a welcoming campus community, and it won’t take long for Oregon State to feel like home. A large
university seems much smaller when there are so many places where you can belong. There are faculty and mentor
connections to make, friends to find, clubs to join, activities to try and campus traditions to make your own. With
each connection, you’ll discover fresh perspectives that enhance your learning and your college experience.
Build Your Best Self
You’re discovering who you are, what you want to do and who you want to be. In your classes, your activities and
your experiences at Oregon State, you’ll explore all that the world has to offer and what you have to offer the world.
You’ll gain a broad base of knowledge as well as practical skills to prepare you for a successful career and a life
making positive contributions at work, at home, in your community and beyond.