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Helping First-Year Students Transition to College

April 3, 2019 By On Course

Helping First-Year Students Transition to College

Academic Strategies for Excellence (AS198) is a three-credit course designed to assist first-year students make a successful transition to college. The course, rooted in research and best practices for guiding first-year students, helps students develop academic, personal, and professional skills.  Wesley College is a minority serving institution (MSI) with approximately 53% of its student population […]

Filed Under: Creator vs. Victim Mindset, Newsletters, Personal Responsibility, Wise Choice Process Tagged With: Advising Models, At-risk Students, Christine McDermott, Goal Setting, Journal entries

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Dan VillaireFaculty, EnglishSaginaw Valley State UniversityMI
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Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
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Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
Our college needs to offer this workshop for all faculty, full and part-time.
John McGill
Associate Dean, Biology
York Technical College, SC
In my 31 years of teaching this was the best and most critically needed of any workshop I have ever attended.
Susan Duncan
Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
I am so impressed with how well thought out and integrated every aspect of the workshop is!
Kendal Friedman
Director, Student Success
Rider University, NJ
This workshop has taken a hardened, crusty educator and softened her once again to be committed and energized to become the best person and teacher she can be.
Chris Landrum
Counselor
Mineral Area College, MO
I have attended a lot of workshops and conferences–On Course is by far the best!
Debbie Alford,
Director, Title III and Success Center
Southwestern Illinois College, IL
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
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Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ

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