HIPs Don’t Lie: Enhancing the Freshman Experience Through a First-Year Seminar Course in Business
Tuesday, August 4^th
2:00pm-4:00pm
Lubar S171
Presenters: Alejandra Lopez, Monica Camacho & James Hardy

How do you make personal connections with your first year students while balancing a heavy student caseload? In the absence of a first year seminar and mandatory freshmen advising at a large urban access university, we faced challenges with regard to student retention and facilitating a connection to the campus community. Using High-Impact Practices (HIPs), academic success strategies, and the Lubar EDGE (Educational Guide to Excellence—presented at NACADA 2011 Annual Conference in Denver, CO), we found a key way to reach out to first year students by improving our existing intro to the profession course (Business Administration 100). In this presentation, we will discuss the collaboration between advisors and faculty, course development, and share the course’s success through quantitative data.

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