Committee on FYE Classes

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

2:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Horrabin Hall 82

Minutes

I.  Materials

A.  Agenda for 10-3-14 (please bring a copy if you want one)

B.  Minutes from 9-5-14 meeting (please bring a copy if you want one)

II.  Topics for Discussion

A.  Report on FYE Conference: This was a great experience for the six of us who attended. We were able to share our program with other schools who were very inquisitive about our courses, peer mentors etc.

B.  Update on Leadership Committee (see minutes which are attached)

C.  Update on scheduled Y Sessions (Sarah Schoper): There was an equal access training on Tues. Oct 7th presented by Rachel Smith and Tara Buchannan. Additionally, for FYE Y faculty there will be two upcoming sessions (Nov. 4th @2:30pm and Nov. 5th @ 9:30am).

1.  Need feedback for IVPI

2.  Other sessions training ideas?

a.  Ideas include: Tolerance, Classroom Etiquette, Classroom Management

D.  Update on First Gen Student Group (Sarah Schoper): there were 20 students that attended the first meeting and they seem really interested in being engaged.

E.  Update on New Grading Options (will have a CITR session this fall)

1. F/N and F/W are the new options

F.  Update on Peer Mentor Training Sessions (Cody Schara)

G.  Action: Written Assignment

1.  Common questions to add?

2.  Subcommittee Meeting (Thursday October 9th 1:00)

H.  Action: Connection ideas

1.  Can we create and make some kind of manageable groups that we could have people cluster into>

2.  Y would like to be able to talk to U and vice versa.

3.  Perhaps Y and U could have some type of social outside of class?

I.  Action: Discussion on Living Learning Communities

1.  Ideas

a.  The committee thought it would be nice to experiment with LLC and connect the Y and Univ. 100 course together.

b.  Other universities have discipline specific LLC and some have FIGS (based on interest)

i.  In these types of environments students have several shared courses.

ii.  What is the connection between Y and U on our campus? This FYE LLC could be the connection.

Meeting Dates for 2014-2015 Academic Year

November 7th 2014 (Horrbain Hall 82) 2:00-3:30pm

December 5th, 2014 (Horrabin Hall 82) 2:00-3:30pm

February 6th, 2015 (Horrabin Hall 1) 2:00-3:30pm

March 6th, 2015 (Horrabin Hall 1) 2:00-3:30pm

April 3rd, 2015 (Horrabin Hall 1) 2:00-3:30pm

May 1st, 2015 (Horrabin Hall 1) 2:00-3:30pm