FYE Leadership Committee MINUTES
April 11, 2014
Members Present: Audrey Adamson, Katrina Daytner, Amanda Rae Fairbrother, Ariel Edgeworth Rogers, Jennie Hemingway, Michelle Janisz, Sarah Jewell, Bill Knox, Angela Lynn, Sara Lytle, Stacey Macchi, Ada Macias, Sue Martinelli-Fernandez, Nancy Parsons, Roger Runquist
Members Absent: Andy Borst, Jessica Butcher, Jane Coplan, Sean Cordes, Algerian Hart, Michelle Howe, Michelle Hutchison, Pete Jorgenson, Jennifer McNabb, Mishelle Oaks, Sarah Schoper, Tracy Scott, Tim Sheridan, Craig Tollini, Daniel Yoder
Guest: Jude Kiah
I. Update on FYE related progress this semester
a. Admissions & Building Connections – Sara Lytle
i. No report
b. Orientation – Sarah Jewell
i. Orientation is finalizing their schedule
ii. Question – how will academics be incorporated in Orientation
1. Response – working with SM to talk more about this
c. Residence Life/Student Services – Mishelle Oaks
i. No report
d. UNIV 100 & Y courses – Committee on FYE Classes report by Katrina Daytner
i. KD reported on textbook meeting which had just occurred the 90 minutes before this meeting
1. Presentations by three companies
2. Members of subcommittee shared views
ii. KD reported that instructors have been identified and subcommittee will start matching peer mentors in the coming weeks
iii. AER reported that peer mentor/instructor get together will be April 30 @ 3:00 in the Sherman Hall auditorium
1. Sharing expectations, responsibilities as well as giving time to meet one another and mingle
iv. KD reported that the subcommittee (chaired by Jane) is still pulling together activities for UNIV 100 course
II. Subcommittee Work
a. Instructor Training
i. KD reported that trainings for UNIV 100/FYE instructors will be April 24 @ 8:30-10:00 in Capital Rooms and April 25 @ 11:30-1:00 in Multicultural Center
1. The Plan for the informational sessions:
a. Discussion about the FYE program in general and more specifically how Y and U classes can better connect to one another
b. Interactive time to talk about and create a UNIV 100 session – done in small groups
c. Updates on any changes for the spring
ii. Ideas were discussed about how to get Y instructors involved.
Meeting adjourned at 3:15.