First Year Program Annual Report 2004

Appendix F: Training Workshop Schedules

  1. 2003 Spring Workshop

    Training Session I

    Friday, April 25

    The Nebraskan Student Union, Rooms 310-312

    2:00 – 2:45
    Welcome and Overview
    Glen Powell
     
    First Year Expectations
    Kate Benzel, Director, First Year Program
    Program Objectives
    1. Academic Goals
    2. Campus Goals
    3. Student Peer Leaders
    2:45 – 3:45 Student Affairs
    Mary Daake, Director, Academic Advising
    1. Student Advising
    2. Diversity
    3. Student Health and Wellness
    3:45 – 4:45 Library, Technology and Faculty Resources
    Trudy de Goede & Mary Barton, Library
    1. Library Services
    2. Blackboard Services
    3. Center for Teaching Excellence Resources
    4:45 – 6:00 Reception
    Fall 2002 Student Peer Leaders will be presented with their certificates.

    Training Workshop I

    Saturday, April 26

    The Nebraskan Student Union, Rooms 310-312

    9:00 – 9:30
    Coffee & Doughnuts

    9:30 – 10:30
    Integrating Student Affairs Activities
    Carol Lomicky, Department of Communications
    Tami Moore, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences
    (Faculty)

    9:30 – 10:30
    Interpersonal Skills
    Kate Benzel, Director, First Year Program
    Mary Daake, Director, Academic Advising
    (Student Peer Leaders)

    10:30 – 11:30
    Critical Thinking/Writing
    Rob Luscher, Department of English
    (Faculty)

    10:30 – 11:30
    Blackboard
    Information Technology Services
    (Student Peer Leaders)

    11:30 – 12:30
    BOX LUNCH

    12:30 – 1:30
    Incorporating Diversity in the Classroom
    Phyllis Harris, Director, Multicultural Affairs
    (Faculty & Student Peer Leaders)

    1:30 – 2:30
    New Faculty meet the First Year faculty members
    First Year faculty meet with their Student Peer Leaders
  2. 2003 Fall Workshop

    Wednesday, August 20, 9:00am – 4:00pm

    The Nebraskan Student Union, Rooms 310 & 312

    9:00 – 9:20
    Coffee & Doughnuts

    9:20 – 9:30
    Room 312
    Welcome
    Kate Benzel, Director, First Year Program

    9:30 – 10:30
    Group Session for Faculty & Student Peer Leaders: Diversity
    Room 312
    Phyllis Harris, Director, Multicultural Affairs

    10:45 – 11:15
    Group Session for Faculty: Group Facilitation
    Room 312
    Daryl Kelley, Associate Professor, Sociology

    10:45 – 11:45
    Group Session for Student Peer Leaders: Interpersonal Communications Skills
    Room 310
    Kate Benzel, Director, First Year Program
    Kristi Bryant, Assistant for First Year Program

    11:15 – 11:45
    Group Session for Faculty: Library Orientation for First Year
    Room 312
    Trudy de Goede, Reference Librarian

    11:45 – 1:00
    BOX LUNCH
    Room 312

    1:00 – 2:00
    Group Session for Faculty: Syllabus Planning with Student Affairs
    Room 312
    Mary Daake, Director, Academic Advising

    1:00 – 2:00
    Group Session for Student Peer Leaders: Helping Students Solve Problems
    Room 310
    Kate Benzel, Director, First Year Program
    Kristi Bryant, Assistant for First Year Program

    2:00 – 3:00
    Group Session for Faculty and Student Peer Leaders: Working Together, Being Active, Getting Involved: The Role of Student Peer Leaders in an Interactive Learning Environment for First Year Classroom
    Room 312
    Suzanne L. Maughan, Assistant Professor, Sociology
    Jane Ziebarth-Bovil, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education