The First Year Experience Presentation

1. Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior

2. Anxiety
Finding the resources
Proactive learning
Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior
Mentors
First Year Experience Course

3. Anxiety is common
Manage it
No quick fix
Takes time
Thinking strategies
Action strategies
Leaving familiar
surroundings

4. Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of
anxiety or the handle of faith.
We should live for the future, and yet should
find our life in the fidelities of the present;
the last is only the method of the first.
- Henry Ward Beecher

5. Academic Calendar
Events Calender
Syllabus or Syllabi
Personal Life
◦There is a lot to take in before classes even start!

6. Butler Headliners!
Checking In
 Getting into a groove
 Getting connected
Settling In
 Academic and Social balance
 Time to evaluate the home
stretch
Finally
 Prepare for finals and end of
semester
 Managing the time needed to
study for specific finals
 What do I need to finish
strong?
 Wrap it up
 Can I compete at this level?
 Reassess finances

8. E-Zone is one of two student
organizations I helped start up during
my undergraduate days

9. Ropes courses are great
for team building
Positive Development
Factors
◦Academic Involvement
◦Involvement with Faculty
◦Involvement with Peer
Groups

10. Adapt your study skills
Academically (i.e. reading,
writing, mathematics)
Student-directed environment
(different from high school)
◦GPA & ACT are no longer a
factor

11. Advisors make great
mentors!
Faculty
Student Organizations
Writing/Math Labs
Counseling
Student Jobs
And much, much more!

12. One size does NOT fit all!
◦FYE programs need to serve all types of students
Gender…age…it doesn’t matter
All students face adjustment issues
We have to understand those issues before moving
forward

13. Tips from the teachers you will
spend most of your time with.
Less than 18 per class
Focused on Field of
Study (1 credit hour)
◦Instructional objectives
geared towards field of
study
◦Seminars for certain
majors
Same content used in
each FYE course
◦Academic Skills
◦Library Use
◦Social Conduct

14. Same techniques used…Technological and
Face-to-Face
◦Topics
Time Management
Communication
Social Interaction
Study Skills
Strategies for developing…
Problem-solving skills
Critical thinking skills

15. Making a valuable
connection to the
college
◦Academic skills
◦Sense of community
Faculty mentors
Administrative staff
mentors
First Year Connection
◦Increases knowledge
◦Improves attitude
◦Provides example of
appropriate behavior

16. Reliable
Knowledge of
resources
Knowledge of academic
skills
Knowledge of health
and wellness
Decision-making
knowledge

17. Hang in there!
Attitude toward tools
for collegiate success
Attitude toward
interaction with others

18. Campus Traditions!
Academic behaviors
Decision behaviors
Conscientious
behaviors
Proactive behavior

19. “Students who do not successfully integrate into
the academic environment represent a loss of
resources and revenue,” (Schrader & Brown,
2008, p. 333-334)
Presented by:
Andrew Myers
B.A. Communication
M.A. Communication