Educational Sessions III
1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Practical Ways to Interpersonally Influence Retention
Kelly Smith, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Springfield College
Target Audience: Universal (applicable to multiple audiences)
Room: 1965
Zoom Link: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/99856526587?pwd=dkpEcWEwTjN2aDFIQmJJQ1MxODhDQT09
Meeting ID: 998 5652 6587
Password: 694140
The connection faculty and staff create with first-year students is critical. This session will explore practical ways higher education professionals can interpersonally influence college student retention and persistence using concepts from counseling theory to practice. Session participants will learn how to help students decrease cognitive dissonance and increase their resilience as they work towards achieving their degree. This is not about increasing the amount of, altering the medium of, or increasing the time you spend on interactions with students. This is about using the time you do have with students more intentionally and effectively. Afterall, we often have the same goal as our students- to help them graduate!
I’m Engaged: Strategies to Create Community and Belonging in any Classroom
Kristin Sericati, Developmental Reading & Writing Instructor, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Desiree Franks, Psychology Instructor, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Cindy Kothbauer, Academic Advisor, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Target Audience: Universal (applicable to multiple audiences)
Room: Phoenix A
This presentation will provide immediate, impactful strategies and free tools to cultivate belonging and community within the synchronous and asynchronous classroom and with campus student support services before class begins, on the first day, in the first five minutes of each class, and through grading feedback. Attendees will practice strategies that can be implemented in conversations, communications, and assignments, and the facilitators will illustrate how instructors and student success staff can, on the first day, learn about obstacles a student might be facing in order to connect that student with campus support resources. Prepare to be engaged!
FYE Pathway to Change and Belonging
Benny Rieth M.Ed., Director of Student Affairs and DEI, Bellin College
Dr. Mark Bake, Dean of Students and Allied Health Sciences, Bellin College
MaKayla Schroeder, Academic Advisor, Bellin College
Bridgett Lowery, Student Success Coordinator, Bellin College
Target Audience: 4-year College/University
Room: Christie Theater
This year Bellin College reframed its first-year experience (FYE) programming to focus on students’ sense of belonging to the max by packing up and taking their first-year students to camp for their Week of Welcome. This change in programming was much more than just retention and FYE! Join us as we discuss this extraordinary experience and the benefits and outcomes we found.
