First-Year Experience
FYE Task Force OperationsMembership The First-Year Experience Faculty Task Force was comprised of the following members representing the following academic units:
Process The Task Force met six times on Friday afternoons during the fall semester and for a six-hour working session on October 14 to discuss various ways to improve the First-Year Experience. The Task Force held two faculty fora and conducted five student focus groups, two with high school students, one with a group of traditional first-year students, one with students in the Eagle Incentive Program, and one composed of GSU 1210 peer leaders and SOAR leaders. The Task Force members also solicited regular feedback from their colleagues in their colleges about specific initiatives under discussions through college-wide emails. The group submitted its report on December 15, 2006. A subset of the original Task Force, comprised of Chris Caplinger, Tom Case, Wendy Chambers, Charlie Crouch, Dan Czech, Jessica Orvis and Lisa Smith, met during the Spring semester to consider implementation of specific strategies. Concurrently, the report was reviewed by Dean's Council and President's Cabinet. These bodies have requested further vetting by appropriate committees in the coming months as described in the recommendations (see the Task Force Home Page), beginning with Faculty Senate on April 24, 2007. The Task Force encourages any University community member with comments on the recommendations to make them through this website, or by contacting a Task Force member. |