To Make Connections with Faculty And/Or Staff Oncampus

GROUPPRESENTATION

In a group of 3-4 students, you will be researching and presenting about a Department whichoffersspecific services to UConn students. In a group, you will contact the department and meet with atleast one staff member there who can tell you more about the department (15 minute interview). Then,you will present to your FYE classmates the things you learned. This will be an/a 8-10 minute presentationon [Insert the Due Date of your grouphere].

The goals of thisassignment:

To make connections with faculty and/or staff oncampus

To increase experience in personalinterviews

To gain skills in publicspeaking

To learn more about the services offered to UConnstudents

Four things to consider: (You will be graded on how well you address these things in the content ofyour presentation)

What services does this department or organization offer to UConnstudents?

What are some challenges the departmentfaces?

Should students in your FYE class use these services? Why/whynot?

Who can get involved?How?

Any personal interest questions youhave

Do:

Schedule a meetingearly

Be polite

Be prepared. Know what you want to ask ahead oftime

Ask intelligentquestions

Have fun! No, seriously. This is a unique opportunity to meet with members of theUConn community

Send a thank you to the person you meetwith

Communicate with the instructor EARLY if you have aproblem

Don’t:

Ask obvious questions or ask things you can learn by reading theirwebsite

Waste the time of the person you’re meetingwith

Don’t worry. You are not required to be experts in publicspeaking

Don’t worry. Your group grade is only a portion of your grade on thisassignment

Notes:

Groups will be assigned the following: Academic Achievement Center, Center forStudents withDisabilities,Community Outreach,WellnessPreventionServices and the Dean of Student’s Office.

ALL group members must be present at themeeting/interview.

ALL group members must play a role in presenting the material inclass.

Group Presentation – GradingRubric

Content:
-Information Learned fromInterview
-Background Knowledge fromResearch
-4 ConsiderationsAddressed
-Personal InterestsAddressed / /20
Presentation :GROUP
-Equal participation by allmembers
-Cohesion ofPresentation
-Effective PresentationMethod
-Knowledge ofMaterial
-Tone, Volume, Rate ofSpeech
-Verbal Fillers: Um, uh, you know,like
-Confidence/Attitude8- 10 minutestotal / /20
ProjectParticipation
-All Members AttendedInterview/Meeting
-PeerReviews / /10
Creativity
-Was the presentationengaging?
-Was the presentationcreative? / /10
Sighting
-Was the source of the informationcited?
-Was this doneconsistently? / /10
Time
-Did the group adhere to the timelimit? / /10
TOTAL / /100