First-Year Seminars

Online training event:  Using Virtual Escape Room Activities in Your First-Year Seminars: College Support Services

Presenter: Joey Maman, Lead Academic Adviser, UIC Business

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Online training event:  Using Virtual Escape Room Activities in Your First-Year Seminars: Academic Success & Academic Planning.

Presenter: Joey Maman, Lead Academic Adviser, UIC Business

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Teaching Hybrid Readiness in Virtual Environments

Presented by: Lisa James, LAS 110 Instructor & PhD Candidate

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Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Keup, Director, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and Dr. Dallin George Young, Assistant Director for Research, Grants, and Assessment

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Presenters: Dr. Jennifer Keup, Director, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and Dr. Dallin George Young, Assistant Director for Research, Grants, and Assessment

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First-Year Academic Experience and Enrichment SSI project, led by Justin Wier and sponsored by Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs

• Project Final Report, Feb. 2016
• Recommendations for Action, Feb. 2016

Selected Literature on the Impact of First-Year Seminars, by Eric Schwarze, Tom Moss, and Susan P. Farruggia

First-Year Seminar Completion as a Retention Indicator and Early Alert, by Eric Schwarze, Lindsey Back, and Susan P. Farruggia

Led by Nichole Knutson, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success

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• Introduction Slides-Day 1, by Nichole Knutson, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Academic Programs
• Teaching Strategies Supporting First-Year Students’ Success, by Erin O’Leary, Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence
• Outcome from FYS Instructors and Coordinators Survey, by Lindsey Back, Associate Director, Office for Research on Student Success
• The Value and Purpose of First-Year Seminars at UIC, by Justin Wier, Director of Recruitment & Engagement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Video by unit representatives responding to the prompt
• Slides from all units sharing their plans for Fall 2021
• Zoom recording, Day 1, FYS Summit 2021

• Day 2 Presentation, by Nichole Knutson, Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Academic Programs
• FYS Recommendations by Student Government, Presentation and Video

Presentations Slide for FYS Summit, by Tom Moss, Eric Schwarze, Sue Farruggia

Presentation Slides for FYS Summit, by Tom Moss, Eric Schwarze, Chanel Phillips, Lindsey Back, Sue Farruggia

Presentation Slides for FYS Summit, by Tom Moss, Sue Farruggia, Eric Schwarze, Chanel Phillips, Lindsey Back