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Celebration 1 Celebration 2 Celebration 3 Celebration 4 Celebration 5 Celebration 6 Celebration 7 Celebration 8 Celebration 9 Celebration 10 Celebration 11 Celebration 12 Celebration 13 Celebration 14 Celebration 15
Educational Session Regional Showcase JCOT TrackAssociate MemberHighlight Session
NODA Sessions Sponsored SessionsNetwork Meeting Extended/Featured Session
SupportingNew Students
Overhauling Transition Programs
Becoming a Privateer
Invigorating the Week of
Welcome through Welcome Week
Leaders
UniversitySpirit
Orientation in Español
Learning toLeap
One Year Out:Navigating life
as a New Professional
“Our Ancestors had Tails”
Transfer Express Orientation
Success Starts with You
Campus Labs
Serve to be GreatMa� Tenney
The Law of Legacy: A Class
Photo Experience
NODA Consulting Program Review
Extended Orientation
Network Meeting
First-Generation Students at a
Four-Year Residential University
Student Success
Orientation Leaders as Trailblazers
Transition Programs for
Student Veterans
Tackling Transitions with
Parents & Families
NODA Business Meeting
Transfer Services Network Meeting
From Everywhere and Nowhere: Meeting the
Orientation Needs of Third Culture
Students
Orientation TECH Talks
GLBTA Network Meeting
How to Liberate the Leader in
Every StudentCollegiate
Empowerment
International Student
Orientation Network Meeting
Likert or Not, Evaluation is Here to Stay
Retention to the 4th Power
Academic Advising
Roundtable
Fostering Self-Authorship in the Transfer
Student Experience
A Catalyst for Change: The
University of Edinburgh’s new
approach to Orientation
Investigating the Academic and
Social Benefits of Welcome Week for
First-Year Students
From Boots to Books
Enrolling and Supporting
Undocumented Latino/a Students in
Higher Education
Utilizing our Best Resources
Two Year College Network Meeting
Leaving a Legacy
From Helicopter to Helpful: Managing
an Effective Partnership with Today’s College
Parent
Graduate Student Network Meeting
Empowering Leadership and Social Justice
through a Common Read
Simon & Schuster
Trailblazing Innovative
Relationships to Engage Families
Moving from “I Believe” to “I Know”
- Strategies for Assessing New
Student Programs* 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
EO Talks: Creating an extended
orientation program for new students to leave their legacy!* 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Blazing Trails* 9:00 - 10:50 a.m.
It Starts with Orientation:
Connecting Student Leadership
Development to Retention
Hot Off the Press: 2014
NODA Databank
Utilizing Technologies for
Retention
Data Driven Transfer
Transformation
Building A Summer
Orientation Camp–You Can
Do It!
Orientation is Retention
Trailblazing: A New Approach
to Student’s Residential Transition
Writing for Professional
Advancement: Conducting
Orientation, Retention, and Transition
Research
How to Enhance your Training
Programs through
Assessment
Beyond the Check Box: Orientation Programming to
Meet the Needs of the Campus
SaVE Act
Trailblazing the Bridge between
Faculty and Staff Retention
Efforts
Responding to Legislative Mandates
Developing a Mandatory Eight
Day Welcome Week Program that
Supports Student Persistence
The Future of Orientation:
Engaging New Students via
Mobile
A Legacy of Learning with
Portfolio Assessment
Writing for Publication...You
Can Do It!
Lessons from The Mouse
Exploring Theories: Digital
Realities & Identity
Development
Going Back to the Drawing Board:
Redesigning a First Year Mentoring
Program at a Small College
Using Student Development
Theory to Build the Foundation of Your
Transfer Student Programming
Connecting to Careers: Integrating
Student Develop-ment and Career
Development into Orientation
Mitigating Selection Bias in
the Student Staff Hiring
Process
Leadership Based Camps: Promoting
Involvement before Students Set Foot
on Campus
Goldilocks’ Ice Breakers:
Not too Low, Not too High, Just
the Right Risk!
When Both Commitment and
Connecting is Desired: Enter the NODA Internship
Program
NODA Leadership
and You
Small College Network Meeting
First 40: A Series of Social
and Cultural Programming for
New Students
25 and Over: A Socially Mature
Matriculation Approach for Adult
Learners
Orientation en Español: Involving Families through
Program Translation
Keeping Students Engaged
Post-Experience
Service and the Orientation Experience
Stop Hunger Now
Parent & Family Network Meeting
Non-Traditional Student
Populations Network Meeting
Navigating Uncharted
Territory: Minors at Orientation
Programs
Begin with the End in Mind: Strategies to Build or Improve
your Transfer Orientation Leader
Program
Ba¨ling Information
Overload
First Year Experience
without a First Year “Office”
Creating Connections through Discussing
Diversity Differently at Extended Orientation
Lynchburg College Legacy: Blazing the
Path to Staying Relevant In FYE
Creating a Relevant and
Successful Overnight
Orientation Program
Lessons Learned about Orientation,
Transition, and Retention from the
Pillars of the Profession
Designing Orientation: How
the Arts have Enhanced Lesley
University’s Orientation
Navigating the Role of New
Professional: Transition, Trials
and Tips in the First Year
Beyond Academic Advising
Staying Relevant: A Benchmark
Study of Social Justice Diversity
Programs
Parallel Transition
Improve Communication
with Text and Mobile Technology
OnCampus Text
Trailblazing Via Self-Assessment:
Introduction to the CAS
Standards
Living LOUD!Coleman
Productions
Keeping New Student
Communication Relevant
Beyond Orientation: Creating a
Student Life Curriculum
Spreading Human ConnectionThe Social
Excellence Project
cOmmuTeRs at Small Resiential
Campuses
Extended Orientation Program Persistence Rates: Texas A&M’s
Six Year Longitudinal Assessment
Staying Relevant for New Students: Implementing a
Strategic Communication Plan
The Road to Xavier: Successfully
Implementing an Online Orientation
Program
The Orientation Family: Becoming More than a Team
Listen Up!Are We Hiring
the Right Students?
NODA Canadian Community
Update
Regional Conference Host and Commi¨ee
Training
Girls Fight Back!Kirkland
Productions
Sharing One Heartbeat As An
Orientation Team!Coleman
Productions
Engaging Special
Populations
Back to Basics: Reconceiving a First
Year Experience Program that Starts
with the ‘Why’
Disney Fanatics, Future Doctors and Veteran Students
Digital Communication
Theory to Practice in the
Real World
Optimizing Cross-Campus
Collaboration for a Refreshed
University-Wide Welcome
Parents and Families as Partners in
Student Success
Ensuring a Rock Solid
TRANSFERmation
A Year-Long Volunteer Peer Mentorship
Program to Enhance Student Transition
and Academic Success
Open Door: A Social Justice Approach within Advising
Transfer 101: Practices for Customizing
Orientation to Be¨er Support
Transfer Students
Ignite Your OTR Research Passion!
Access Funding While Leveraging Your Needs with External Vendors
From Theory to Practice:
Managing and Engaging Digital
Environments
Learning Cultures
Transitions Also Happen in Year 2
Applying What We Know about
Student Learning to Orientation Programming
Highly Selective Institutions
Network Meeting*8:00 - 9:50 am
Twice as Nice: Teaming Up to
Improve the Transfer Student
Experience
Rural Student College Transitions:
A Qualitative Research Study
Understanding the Diversity
Between Your Orientation
Leaders
Building Collaborations of Depth and Meaning into Orientation
The Dimensions of Development
Leadership DogsKirkland
Productions
Challenging Students to Dare
Greatly: Empathy in Peer Leadership
The College Conversation
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Celebration 1 Celebration 2 Celebration 3 Celebration 4 Celebration 5 Celebration 6 Celebration 7 Celebration 8 Celebration 9 Celebration 10 Celebration 11 Celebration 12 Celebration 13 Celebration 14 Celebration 15
Educational Session Regional Showcase JCOT TrackAssociate MemberHighlight Session
NODA Sessions Sponsored SessionsNetwork Meeting Extended/Featured Session
SupportingNew Students
Overhauling Transition Programs
Becoming a Privateer
Invigorating the Week of
Welcome through Welcome Week
Leaders
UniversitySpirit
Orientation in Español
Learning toLeap
One Year Out:Navigating life
as a New Professional
“Our Ancestors had Tails”
Transfer Express Orientation
Success Starts with You
Campus Labs
Serve to be GreatMa� Tenney
The Law of Legacy: A Class
Photo Experience
NODA Consulting Program Review
Extended Orientation
Network Meeting
First-Generation Students at a
Four-Year Residential University
Student Success
Orientation Leaders as Trailblazers
Transition Programs for
Student Veterans
Tackling Transitions with
Parents & Families
NODA Business Meeting
Transfer Services Network Meeting
From Everywhere and Nowhere: Meeting the
Orientation Needs of Third Culture
Students
Orientation TECH Talks
GLBTA Network Meeting
How to Liberate the Leader in
Every StudentCollegiate
Empowerment
International Student
Orientation Network Meeting
Likert or Not, Evaluation is Here to Stay
Retention to the 4th Power
Academic Advising
Roundtable
Fostering Self-Authorship in the Transfer
Student Experience
A Catalyst for Change: The
University of Edinburgh’s new
approach to Orientation
Investigating the Academic and
Social Benefits of Welcome Week for
First-Year Students
From Boots to Books
Enrolling and Supporting
Undocumented Latino/a Students in
Higher Education
Utilizing our Best Resources
Two Year College Network Meeting
Leaving a Legacy
From Helicopter to Helpful: Managing
an Effective Partnership with Today’s College
Parent
Graduate Student Network Meeting
Empowering Leadership and Social Justice
through a Common Read
Simon & Schuster
Trailblazing Innovative
Relationships to Engage Families
Moving from “I Believe” to “I Know”
- Strategies for Assessing New
Student Programs* 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
EO Talks: Creating an extended
orientation program for new students to leave their legacy!* 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Blazing Trails* 9:00 - 10:50 a.m.
It Starts with Orientation:
Connecting Student Leadership
Development to Retention
Hot Off the Press: 2014
NODA Databank
Utilizing Technologies for
Retention
Data Driven Transfer
Transformation
Building A Summer
Orientation Camp–You Can
Do It!
Orientation is Retention
Trailblazing: A New Approach
to Student’s Residential Transition
Writing for Professional
Advancement: Conducting
Orientation, Retention, and Transition
Research
How to Enhance your Training
Programs through
Assessment
Beyond the Check Box: Orientation Programming to
Meet the Needs of the Campus
SaVE Act
Trailblazing the Bridge between
Faculty and Staff Retention
Efforts
Responding to Legislative Mandates
Developing a Mandatory Eight
Day Welcome Week Program that
Supports Student Persistence
The Future of Orientation:
Engaging New Students via
Mobile
A Legacy of Learning with
Portfolio Assessment
Writing for Publication...You
Can Do It!
Lessons from The Mouse
Exploring Theories: Digital
Realities & Identity
Development
Going Back to the Drawing Board:
Redesigning a First Year Mentoring
Program at a Small College
Using Student Development
Theory to Build the Foundation of Your
Transfer Student Programming
Connecting to Careers: Integrating
Student Develop-ment and Career
Development into Orientation
Mitigating Selection Bias in
the Student Staff Hiring
Process
Leadership Based Camps: Promoting
Involvement before Students Set Foot
on Campus
Goldilocks’ Ice Breakers:
Not too Low, Not too High, Just
the Right Risk!
When Both Commitment and
Connecting is Desired: Enter the NODA Internship
Program
NODA Leadership
and You
Small College Network Meeting
First 40: A Series of Social
and Cultural Programming for
New Students
25 and Over: A Socially Mature
Matriculation Approach for Adult
Learners
Orientation en Español: Involving Families through
Program Translation
Keeping Students Engaged
Post-Experience
Service and the Orientation Experience
Stop Hunger Now
Parent & Family Network Meeting
Non-Traditional Student
Populations Network Meeting
Navigating Uncharted
Territory: Minors at Orientation
Programs
Begin with the End in Mind: Strategies to Build or Improve
your Transfer Orientation Leader
Program
Ba¨ling Information
Overload
First Year Experience
without a First Year “Office”
Creating Connections through Discussing
Diversity Differently at Extended Orientation
Lynchburg College Legacy: Blazing the
Path to Staying Relevant In FYE
Creating a Relevant and
Successful Overnight
Orientation Program
Lessons Learned about Orientation,
Transition, and Retention from the
Pillars of the Profession
Designing Orientation: How
the Arts have Enhanced Lesley
University’s Orientation
Navigating the Role of New
Professional: Transition, Trials
and Tips in the First Year
Beyond Academic Advising
Staying Relevant: A Benchmark
Study of Social Justice Diversity
Programs
Parallel Transition
Improve Communication
with Text and Mobile Technology
OnCampus Text
Trailblazing Via Self-Assessment:
Introduction to the CAS
Standards
Living LOUD!Coleman
Productions
Keeping New Student
Communication Relevant
Beyond Orientation: Creating a
Student Life Curriculum
Spreading Human ConnectionThe Social
Excellence Project
cOmmuTeRs at Small Resiential
Campuses
Extended Orientation Program Persistence Rates: Texas A&M’s
Six Year Longitudinal Assessment
Staying Relevant for New Students: Implementing a
Strategic Communication Plan
The Road to Xavier: Successfully
Implementing an Online Orientation
Program
The Orientation Family: Becoming More than a Team
Listen Up!Are We Hiring
the Right Students?
NODA Canadian Community
Update
Regional Conference Host and Commi¨ee
Training
Girls Fight Back!Kirkland
Productions
Sharing One Heartbeat As An
Orientation Team!Coleman
Productions
Engaging Special
Populations
Back to Basics: Reconceiving a First
Year Experience Program that Starts
with the ‘Why’
Disney Fanatics, Future Doctors and Veteran Students
Digital Communication
Theory to Practice in the
Real World
Optimizing Cross-Campus
Collaboration for a Refreshed
University-Wide Welcome
Parents and Families as Partners in
Student Success
Ensuring a Rock Solid
TRANSFERmation
A Year-Long Volunteer Peer Mentorship
Program to Enhance Student Transition
and Academic Success
Open Door: A Social Justice Approach within Advising
Transfer 101: Practices for Customizing
Orientation to Be¨er Support
Transfer Students
Ignite Your OTR Research Passion!
Access Funding While Leveraging Your Needs with External Vendors
From Theory to Practice:
Managing and Engaging Digital
Environments
Learning Cultures
Transitions Also Happen in Year 2
Applying What We Know about
Student Learning to Orientation Programming
Highly Selective Institutions
Network Meeting*8:00 - 9:50 am
Twice as Nice: Teaming Up to
Improve the Transfer Student
Experience
Rural Student College Transitions:
A Qualitative Research Study
Understanding the Diversity Between Your
Orientation Leaders
Building Collaborations of Depth and Meaning into Orientation
The Dimensions of Development
Leadership DogsKirkland
Productions
Challenging Students to Dare
Greatly: Empathy in Peer Leadership
The College Conversation
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Orientation in Español: Supporting Latino Students and their Families’ Transition into Higher EducationCelebration 5Endorsed by the Parent & Family NetworkJulianna Hernandez, Coordinator, Metropolitan State University of DenverAs the number of Latino students enrolling in universities increases, we must ensure orientation programs are meeting the unique needs of this population. Learn how Metropolitan State University of Denver developed a Family Orientation program in Spanish geared to prepare families in assisting their students with their transition into college.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Learning to Leap: Using Experiential Education and Collaborative Learning to Enhance Student Perceptions of Self-Confidence in the First-Year SeminarCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesStephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year StudiesDeborah Mixson-Brookshire, Interim Assistant Dean, Director of Distance Learning, Assistant Professor of Management Donald Brookshire, Associate Director, Department of Sports & Recreation, Kennesaw State UniversityThis session, based on the article published in JCOT (Fall 2013), describes the effect of participation in experiential activities in a first-year seminar on students’ perceptions of self-esteem and academic performance in their first semester at Kennesaw State University.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
One Year Out: Navigating Life as a New ProfessionalCelebration 7Chrissy Daniel, Coordinator for Orientation Programs, University at BuffaloMichael Toney, Coordinator, Washington University in St. LouisThe journey from graduate student to new professional is marked with joys, challenges, nostalgia, successes, and frustrations. Join two professionals as they discuss, reflect, and offer strategies to be successful in the transition into your first job out of graduate school through the lens of self-authorship. Audience: Graduate Students
Supporting New Students: Comparing Student and Administrator Perception of NeedsCelebration 1 Endorsed by the Highly Selective Institution Network Joshua McKenzie, Director, First-Year Experience, Northwestern UniversityKimberly Struglinski, Graduate Intern, First-Year Experience, Northwestern UniversityUnderstanding the needs of new students, as well as our perceptions of their needs is important. This presentation will review the results of a mixed-methods research study conducted in spring 2014 on the support new students report wanting and needing, and how administrators’ perceptions compare to student perceptions of needs.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Overhauling Transition Programs through Assessment and Stakeholder InvolvementCelebration 2Chrissy Roth-Francis, Director, New Student Services, UC BerkeleyEmily Krechel, Assistant Director, New Student Services, UC BerkeleyNathan Ziadie, Program Coordinator, New Student Services, UC BerkeleyWithin the past year, UC Berkeley’s New Student Services flipped its entire world upside down- intentionally. With new leadership and a somewhat-new staff, the department embarked on a journey to redefine the roles of summer orientation and welcome week in the first-year experience as well as the department’s role within the institution. A four-month assessment effort included dozens of campus partners, five focus groups, four committees, three surveys, one new mission statement, several institutional benchmarks, numerous research citations, and multiple headaches and heartaches.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
University Spirit: Building Affinity to Increase LoyaltyCelebration 3Karen Smith, Associate Director, Student Transitions East Carolina UniversityMary Lesa Pegg, Graduate Assistant, New Student & Family Programs The University of North Carolina at GreensboroDeveloping institutional affinity is extremely important in student satisfaction, engagement, and retention. Research and theory supports the importance of spirit and tradition during the first year. Whether your institution has spirit or tradition, or if you’re looking to grow this on your campus, this session will give you great ideas!Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Education Session Block OneMonday, November 3, 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
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University of South FloridaIn 2011, the Office of New Student Connections at the University of South Florida embarked on a yearlong project to create a Class Photo event for incoming new students. A partnership between 10 USF departments, this session will explore strategies for creating buy-in and leveraging relationships to create a Class Photo event and is framed around John C. Maxwell’s Law of Legacy. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Campus Labs: Strategic Partner SessionSuccess Starts With You: Enrolling Colleagues in a Student Success CultureCelebration 12Annemieke Rice, Vice President, Campus SuccessMonica Oakley, Marketing Manager, Campus Labs/Higher OneAs internal and external pressures mount for institutions to demonstrate efforts and results around student success indicators, many campus stakeholder groups may tangentially be working on projects with little coordination. This session will focus on the strategies, concepts, and technologies that have proved successful in enrolling and unifying disparate initiatives for maximum effect through change management. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
NODA Consulting Program ReviewCelebration 13Joyce Holl, Executive Director, NODAJoin NODA Consultants and institutional partners that have held an assessment to learn more about the review process, organizational assessments, and how institutions have incorporated changes to their programming based on consultant feedback. Lessons learned will be described with updates on changes that were made.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight - Matt TenneyServe to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Board RoomCelebration 14Matt Tenney, Author and Speaker, www.MattTenney.comIn this inspiring yet content-rich program, Matt Tenney helps you become an extraordinary leader who develops a great orientation team by sharing insights from some of the world’s best workplace cultures and from his journey as a prisoner, monk, and social entrepreneur.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students | New Professionals
“Our Ancestors had Tails” The Evolution of a Community College Orientation ProgramCelebration 8 Endorsed by the Two Year College NetworkSylvia Garcia, Director of Retention Services, Pikes Peak Community CollegeMegan Smith, Coordinator of New Student Orientation Pikes Peak Community CollegeThe national move to performance-based funding has prompted our institution to shift the traditional orientation paradigm from an enrollment perspective to a more rigorous student success program. The evolution of this community college model has resulted in a focus on student learning and has yielded encouraging and significant initial results.
Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals Senior Level Professionals
Transfer Express Orientation: A Benchmarking Project Celebration 9Meagan Pepper, Graduate Student, Syracuse UniversityKaren Ast, Coordinator of Student Engagement and Orientation, Southern Utah UniversityHow do university professionals best serve incoming transfer and non-traditional students? What do transfer orientations consist of nationally? This session focuses on research completed via the NODA listserve to discover answers. The effectiveness of abbreviated transfer orientations (based on assessment data) and suggestions for these programs will be discussed.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Extended Orientation Network MeetingCelebration 10Marc Mobley, Assistant Director, Orientation and Parent Programs, Florida International UniversityJomita Fleming, Assistant Director for Residential Life, Southern Methodist UniversityJoin your co-chairs and other members of the network as we discuss activities during the annual conference, updates about the NODA Extended Orientation Institute (EOI), and other matters affecting the world of extended orientation programs.
Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
The Law of Legacy: A Class Photo ExperienceCelebration 11Endorsed by the Large Institution NetworkKeri Riegler, Director, New Student Connections, University of South Florida Nick Cubita, Coordinator, New Student Connections, University of South Florida Lauren Gress, Coordinator, New Student Connections
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Student Success: A Partnership between Academic & Student Affairs to Achieve
“Our Ultimate Measure” in a Mandatory Student Success course at a Two-Year CollegeCelebration 4Endorsed by the Two Year College NetworkAndrea Mitchen, First Year Experience Coordinator, San Jacinto CollegeHolly Williams, First Year Experience Coordinator, San Jacinto CollegeLiz Garcia, Frist Year Experience Coordinator, San Jacinto CollegeTo achieve student success in a comprehensive way, partnerships must be achieved between Academic and Student Affairs. At San Jacinto College, a mandatory Student Success course was created to address student preparedness. As a part of this academic course, Student Service departments present on campus resources through three points of contact. This session will discuss the specifics of the three points, as well as assessment results.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
Orientation Leaders as Trailblazers: Creating a Successful Training Program Celebration 5Kathy Petras, Assistant Director of Student Life and Involvement, Baldwin Wallace UniversityTrailblazers are defined as a person who blazes a trail for others to follow, but the role of a trailblazer is not always simple. This is why Orientation Leader training programs are integral to the success of our programs. This session will address key components for a successful training program. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Transition Programs for Student VeteransCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesJacqueline Harris, Education Outreach Specialist, Purdue UniversityKatie Ericson, Residence Life Coordinator, Texas Tech UniversityPresentation Speaker 3: Gary Ritz, Learning Center Director, Ball State UniversityBy collaborating across campus, university staff members created multi-pronged programs for student veterans to ease the transition from “boots to books.” An analysis of the students who participated in the activities was compared to data on the students who were not involved. The results of the analysis show positive support for continuing the specialized orientation program.Audience: Graduate Students, New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
First-Generation Students at a Four-Year Residential University - Navigating the Worlds of Home & SchoolCelebration 1Buffy Stoll Turton, Director of New Student Programs, Miami UniversityFirst-generation students encounter unique challenges in navigating the worlds of home and school, particularly at a four-year, residential university. How can awareness of this dynamic inform support for first-generation students? Learn about the concluding dissertation research of the NODA 2012 research award winner, which explores the experiences of first-generation students in their senior year using a narrative inquiry approach. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Becoming a Privateer: from Prospective Student to new Privateer, #YearUNOCelebration 2Christy Heaton, Associate Director, University of New Orleans Vincent Prior, First Year Academic Advisor, University of New Orleans Lindsey Desselle, Graduate Student, University of New OrleansThis program examines the comprehensive first year of a Privateer. From the moment students apply, they’re surrounded by a team of professionals. Look at our initiatives, including orientation/camps, advising, success coaching, early alert, and first year seminar. Through the lens of Transition Theory, we and you can create support and strategies for a successful transition.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Invigorating the Week of Welcome through Welcome Week LeadersCelebration 3Kasey Robinson, Assistant Director of Student Development, Oxford College of Emory UniversityAshleigh Moyer, Director of Student Activities, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleJamil Price, Assistant Director, New Student & Family Programs, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleThe presenters partnered in the development of a new Welcome Leader program at a large, public institution for 4,200 incoming freshmen and then created a similar program at a small, private institution for 500 incoming freshmen. Understanding that the Welcome Week experience is vital to student success, persistence, and engagement, presenters will provide a forum for discourse and brainstorming, review relevant literature and standards, share personal experiences, and review assessment data of their programs to assist participants in developing and/or enhancing their Welcome Leader/Week of Welcome model.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Education Session Block TwoMonday, November 3, 1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
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have lived. They are also underserved and unable to answer a seemingly basic question asked of college students: Where are you from? This presentation highlights the need for specialized, TCK-centered orientation programming.Audience: Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Orientation TECH Talks: Using Technology to Enhance the Nuts and Bolts of your Orientation Program Celebration 12Erin Keene-Crouse, Director of Orientation, University of Massachusetts at LowellRachel Stringer-Grimsley, Assistant Director of Orientation, University of Massachusetts at LowellCailey Watson, Orientation Office Manager, University of Massachusetts at LowellTired of long lines at check-in? Looking to provide an online orientation? This presentation will show both small and large-scale technology initiatives that can be used to enhance the nuts and bolts of any orientation program. Included will be a demonstration of mobile check-in, options for comprehensive online Orientations and database construction for real-time information tracking. Each attendee will receive tangible take-a-ways that will meet the needs of their campus.Audience: Graduate Students, New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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Tackling Transitions with Parents & Families Celebration 8 Endorsed by the Parent & Family NetworkJessica Criswell, Assistant Director, New Student Orientation North Carolina State University Logan Franks, Coordinator, Orientation and Parent Programs Georgia Southern University Parents & Families of incoming college students experience a range of emotions with their student starting college, but how can you tackle that transition at Orientation? Come hear from two parent professionals on tips and tricks for this tough topic. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
NODA Business Meeting Celebration 9 Joyce Holl, Executive Director, NODARick Sparks, NODA PresidentThe NODA business meeting is our opportunity to provide the “State of the Association” to the NODA membership. Information about the general business of the Association will be shared during this session. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Transfer Services Network Meeting Celebration 10 Jason Mockford, Assistant Director, Leadership & Service, California Polytechnic UniversityMichael Coombes, Interim Director New Students Programs, North Carolina State UniversityAttendees will share research and best practices that can be applied to transfer orientation and transition programs. This network meeting will include an update on the research needs and trends in the study of transfer students and how to learn more about transfer data available in the NODA Databank.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
From Everywhere and Nowhere: Meeting the Orientation Needs of Third Culture StudentsCelebration 11Sarah Edwards, Assistant Director, Extended Orientation, Texas A&M UniversityJesse Hernandez, Graduate Assistant, Extended Orientation, Texas A&M UniversityColby Seay, Graduate Assistant, Texas A&M UniversityThird culture students are true global citizens. Their experiences are as diverse as the countries in which they
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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allies Network Meeting Celebration 13Ben Boone, Assistant Dean of Students, Enrollment and Transfer Student Support Services, College of William and MaryThe purpose of this meeting is to bring together members of the network to discuss annual conference activities, current events, and future undertakings. Join your network chair and share your views on the direction of the network, while socializing with other members! Our community strives to provide professional development and networking while educating others. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight CollegiateEmpowerment How To Liberate The Leader In Every Student: The Student Leadership Challenge Experience Celebration 14Tony D’Angelo, Collegiate EmPowerment FaciliatorIn today’s world there are countless opportunities to make a difference and what better time than during a student’s first year experience with OTR! Based on the international bestselling book, The Student Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, this session demonstrates how how any student or young person can be a leader, regardless of age or experience. Grounded in over 30 years of extensive research, they have developed an approach to leadership that has helped thousands of student leaders make extraordinary things happen. In addition to learning about The Student Leadership Challenge (SLC), you will also have the opportunity to model other colleges across the country that are utilizing the SLC as a cornerstone to their student leadership development & OTR program and how you and your campus can do so as well. If you’re looking for a great way to enhance your OTR experience for your campus community then you won’t want to miss this session. Audience: Professionals Only
International Student Orientation Network MeetingCelebration 15Catrilla Young, Director for Global Pathways, Kaplan InternationalExchange ideas on helping international students adapt to life in the US and Canada with other colleagues! This is a great opportunity to meet with a variety of campuses to learn about ways to improve your program. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Likert or Not, Evaluation is Here to StayCelebration 1Cassie Gilpin, Coordinator, Orientation, University of WaterlooAs competition for resources and funding at post-secondary institutions increases, the ability to document and evaluate the impact of our programs and services is a critical responsibility for all student affairs professionals. This session will delve into why assessment is important, address many of the common concerns and challenges surrounding assessment, and touch on the ways in which institutions can turn assessment and evaluation from a chore into an exciting and meaningful project for your department. This session is intended for those who are just getting started with assessment, or are looking to reinvigorate their existing data collection practices.Audience: Graduate Students|New ProfessionalsMid-Level Professionals
Retention to the 4th Power: Not Your Average Retention ModelCelebration 2 Laurie Schulz, Coordinator of Student Invovlement for New Student Programs, Lynn UniversityLynn University uses a four-pronged approach for retention efforts that maximizes students’ points of contact and support at the institution. The program includes peer mentors, staff mentors, faculty advisors, and a new program called “Connect II” that serves as a last line of defense for students who are at risk for withdrawing from the University. This session will highlight Lynn University’s retention programs and will give participants a forum to discuss retention strategies to use at a wide variety of institutions.Audience: Graduate Students|New ProfessionalsMid-Level Professionals
Academic Advising RoundtableCelebration 3Molly C. Ward, First- Year Experience Coordinator & Academic Advisor, College of Nursing, The Ohio State UniversitySarah E. Eltzroth, Assistant Director, Academic Advising, Ivy Tech Community CollegeJoin two academic advisors for an engaging rotating roundtable session, exploring best practices in advising first-year students. Whether you’re an academic advisor or you partner with advising for your orientation and transition programs, take advantage of this opportunity to network and gather new ideas to take back to your campus.Audience: Graduate Students|New ProfessionalsMid-Level Professionals
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Fostering Self-Authorship in the Transfer Student ExperienceCelebration 4 Endorsed by the Transfer ServicesNetworkStephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year Studies, Kennesaw State UniversityC. Jean So, Assistant Director, Orientation and Transition Programs, Kennesaw State UniversityThis session will describe how the elements of self-authorship - trusting the internal voice, building an internal foundation, and securing internal commitments - were used to develop a transfer student learning community at Kennesaw State University. Examples of assignments, activities, and communication that helped foster self-authorship will be shared.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
A Catalyst for Change: The University of Edinburgh’s new approach to OrientationCelebration 5 Endorsed by the Large Institution NetworkKristin Hunger, Student Induction Coordinator, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Jenni Murray, Student Induction Coordinator, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandWhat happens when a large (30,000), highly devolved university doesn’t have a central orientation team? We introduce one! Since 2012, we have been working on a three year project to understand, develop & enrich the student experience of orientation. We will discuss our challenges, successes, and plans for the future.Audience: Graduate Students|New ProfessionalsMid-Level Professionals
Investigating the Academic and Social Benefits ofExtended New Student Orientation (Welcome Week) for First-Year StudentsCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesBeth Lingren Clark, Director of Orientation & First-Year Programs, University of MInnesota - Twin CitiesJennifer Porter, Associate Director for Welcome Week and First-Year Insitiatives, University of Minnesota- Twin CitiesThere is a clear gap in the research that investigates extended new student orientation programs. This presentation will revisit the research conducted to ascertain the benefits of participation in the extended orientation program called Welcome Week at the University of Minnesota. Outcomes examined included sense of belonging, cumulative GPA and first to second year retention for students who entered in the fall of 2009. Presenters will discuss the research model and theoretical framework, methodology, results, recommendations, as well as lead a discussion around shared practices. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals | Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Education Session Block ThreeFrom Boots to Books: Creating a Student VeteranOrientation that Supports Their NeedsCelebration 7 - Region II Regional Showcase WinnerShawn Ryan, First Year Orientation Coordinator , Cal State University SacramentoStudent Veteran Orientation establishes a new goal for their next mission in life: graduation. Hear how Sacramento State established its first Student Veteran Orientation to meet the needs of this unique population of students. Learn details of our schedule, successes, challenges, lessons learned, and changes made to our 2014 schedule. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals | Senior Level Professionals
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Enrolling and Supporting Undocumented LatinoStudents in Higher EducationCelebration 8 Endorsed by the Multicultural NetworkDonna Lee Sullins, Primary Advisor to Fish Camp, Texas A&M University Jesse Hernandez, Graduate Assistant for Extended Orientation, Texas A&M UniversityEven though populations of undocumented Latino students are increasing in high schools in the United States, enrollment numbers in higher education are significantly lower than that of their peers. Additionally, once enrolled, these students tend to be at greater risk for attrition. In this presentation, we will discuss barriers to higher education enrollment for these students as well as ways that OTR professionals can support this student population on campus.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals | Mid-Level Professionals
Utilizing our Best Resources: Peer Leaders as an Integral Part of the First Year ExperienceCelebration 9Stephanie Keiner, Director, Orientation Services, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisJacob Cole, Assistant Director, Orientation Services, Indiana University-Purdue University IndianapolisIs it possible for orientation leaders to also be first year seminar mentors and success coaches? Yes! In this session, attendees will learn how to select, train, and utilize student leaders for these different roles to provide a continuous support system throughout the first year transition for freshmen students. This active session will share best practices and challenges, as well as, provide an opportunity for attendees to collaborate with each other regarding their own programs.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals | Mid-Level Professionals
Two Year College Network MeetingCelebration 10Michelle Nightingale, Director of Student Success Services, Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeJames Hensley, Student Orientation Specialist, Lansing Community CollegeJoin OTR professionals at other community colleges and two-year institutions to network during this roundtable discussion. During this Network meeting we will discuss current trends, best practices, and common concerns related to OTR programs at two-year campuses. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Monday, November 3, 2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Leaving a Legacy: Fostering an Environment for Orientation Leaders to Leave Their Mark Celebration 11Shannon McGinnis, Program Coordinator, New Student Orientation, University of LouisvilleToree Parrish, Assistant Director of Admissions, University of LouisvilleThe concept of Leaving a Legacy has been part of the University of Louisville Student Orientation Staff for many generations of our team. This presentation focuses on how to intentionally promote a culture of ‘Leaving a Legacy’ through implementation of consistent elements that create meaning for our students and keep our alumni connected to Orientation Programs and the university. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
From Helicopter to Helpful: Managing an Effective Partnership with Today’s College Parent Celebration 12Brian Watkins, Director, Parent & Family Affairs, University of MarylandGen X parents are here, and early indicators show a generation of “hyper-parents” who are more involved than their predecessors. What does their involvement mean for higher education? Join this engaging conversation as we explore the unique characteristics of Gen X and their relationship with their children. This session will highlight generational research and parenting patterns, examine the impact that this new generation of parents has on our work, and participants will share best practices for partnering with parents.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Graduate Student Network Meeting Celebration 13Leslie Page, Assistant Director, Orientation Services, Youngstown State UniversityMickey Howard, Associate Director, New Student and Family Programs, University of FloridaJoin our leadership team to learn about the opportunities for professionals to get involved with the network. We will discuss the year round activities, share positions that are available and the application process, and answer any questions. Also, join us to celebrate nominees of the Outstanding Mentor to Graduate Students award.
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Trailblazing Innovative Relationships to Engage Families: A Partnership between Student Affairs, Alumni Engagement, and University DevelopmentCelebration 15 Endorsed by the Parent & Family NetworkLauren Garrett, Director, First Year Experience, College of William & Mary Mark Sikes, Associate Dean of Students, College of William & MaryStacey Summerfield, Director of Parent & Family Giving, College of William & MaryWhile many institutions focus predominately on the transition of its new students, the College of William and Mary has forged a new relationship between Student Affairs, the Alumni Association, and the Advancement Division to engage first-year families! Join us for a lively discussion as we share our triumphs and challenges bringing together these three unique, yet important facets of university life in an effort to comprehensively support the family transition - and ultimately that of our students.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight Simon & Schuster Empowering Leadership and Social Justice through a Common Read Celebration 14Michelle Leo, CoordinatorCommon Reading programs are an ideal way to empower the campus community, inspire leadership and spark a dialogue to promote social change. Learn about two popular suggestions from Simon & Schuster, The Promise of a Pencil, by Adam Braun, and A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Utilizing Technologies for RetentionCelebration 1Eric Wilson, Graduate Assistant for Persistence & Retention, Fort Hays State UniversityBrett Bruner, Director of Persistence & Retention, Fort Hays State UniversityAlyssa Mustard, Graduate Assistant for Family Engagement & Learning Communitities, Fort Hays State UniversityDiscuss a variety of technologies an institution can utilize to improve persistence and retention including access plan, early alert program, and institutionalized social media. These practices will be explained by both a mid-level professional and graduate assistants that work together to increase persistence and retention.Audience: Graduate Students|New ProfessionalsMid-Level Professionals
Data Driven Transfer TransformationCelebration 2 Endorsed by the Transfer Services NetworkPaige Phillips, Associate Director, The University of TennesseeBrianna Ruggles, Graduate Assistant , The University of TennesseeIn an effort to stay relevant and in touch with transfer student needs, the University of Tennessee has transformed the transfer student experience by examining the current transfer transition process. Using findings from a graduate student project, UT was able to update the transfer orientation program, create a student mentoring program, add to existing welcome week programming, and create a transfer student leadership position. Attend this session to learn how to use data to best support your transfer student population. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals | Mid-Level Professionals
Building A Summer Orientation Camp You Can Do It!Celebration 3Zac Stevens, Assistant Director, Student Life, University of OklahomaDo you want to build a summer orientation camp at your institution? The University of Oklahoma’s Camp Crimson is nearing its 20th year. Join us to learn about our Trailblazing and Staying Relevant phases and how you can Leave a Legacy on your campus.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals J
Orientation is Retention: Using the Universal Language of Data to Illustrate the Long-Term Benefits of Orientation to Colleagues at a Two-Year InstitutionCelebration 4 Endorsed by the Two Year College Network
Sarah Meagher, Orientation & Leadership Manager, University of Cincinnati Blue AshLearn how the orientation team at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash, a public Ohio two-year college, transformed orientation from a non-existent component of college transition to a required program for new students. Focusing on student success data (i.e., completed vs. earned credits, GPA and persistence) encouraged colleagues to support orientation as a critical component of retention.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Trailblazing: A New Approach to Student’s Residential TransitionCelebration 5Cathleen Doane, Associate Director of Orientation and Residence Life, College of the Holy CrossKaitlin Bevins, Community Development Coordinator, College of the Holy CrossIn 2011, Hurricane Irene opened our eyes to new possibilities with our orientation program and what it could mean to further develop our residential orientation model. At the College of the Holy Cross, we implemented a model in which Orientation Leaders and Resident Assistants are paired together to facilitate small groups through our four-day fall orientation program. Learn about the challenges and successes in bringing these student leaders together in order to better transition first year students. We will share the theories that underlie this model and the assessment results that demonstrate the benefit for incoming students and student leaders. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Writing for Professional Advancement: Conducting Orientation, Retention, and Transition ResearchCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesStephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year Studies, Kennesaw State UniversityTracy Skipper, Assistant Director for Publications, University of South CarolinaThis session is for any professional, new or seasoned, who is interested in honing their research and writing skills to develop manuscripts for orientation, transition, and retention publications. Topics included will range from publishing your practice to conducting original studies that fill the gaps in the existing OTR research.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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First 40: A Series of Social and Cultural Programming for New StudentsCelebration 11 Sponsored by the Highly Selective Institution NetworkKatharine Pei, Assistant Director, First Year Center Programs, Washington University in St. LouisDanielle Bristow, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Washington University in St. LouisFirst 40 at Washington University in St. Louis provides ongoing programming for new students in their first six weeks of the fall semester. Sponsoring six signature events and compiling a list of additional social and cultural programs for students to attend, no first-year student can say, “there’s nothing to do.”Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
How to Enhance your Training Programs through AssessmentCelebration 7 - Region I Regional Showcase WinnerJohnathan Luster, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs University of California, San DiegoData from diverse assessment methods can help guide your decisions for developing effective student training programs. Learn how to incorporate focus groups, pre-post evaluations, and several other strategies to assess learning outcomes, position effectiveness, satisfaction, and more. Examples of assessment tools and ways to apply data will be provided.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Beyond the Check Box: Orientation Programming to Meet the Needs of the Campus SaVE ActCelebration 8Elizabeth Manuel, Coordinator of Student Involvement & Wellness, California Lutheran UnviersityRecent legislation requires additional education, notice, and campaign work by institutions to notify students about sexual assault. Orientation professionals must start this education as we greet our incoming students to campus. This session will provide insight on the changes and expectations that are impacting colleges and universities. Strategic programming methods will be shared as part of a larger discussion regarding NODA professionals’ role in serving our incoming students.Audience: Graduate Students, New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
NODA Leadership and YouCelebration 9NODA Leadership Development CommitteeBecoming a leader in an international Association can be one of the highlights of your professional career. This session will introduce you to outstanding leadership opportunities available to you as a member of NODA. Come learn about joining a committee, leading a Network, hosting a conference, and applying for the NODA Board of Directors.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Small College Network MeetingCelebration 10Kathy Petras, Assistant Director of Student Life & Involvement, Baldwin Wallace UniversityThis is an opportunity for anyone working at a Small College or University to connect with other professionals to network, share ideas, and more. We will also be conducting a business meeting of the Small College Network to discuss efforts beyond the Annual Conference.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level
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Education Session Block FourMonday, November 3, 3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.
Orientation en Español: Involving Families through Program TranslationCelebration 12Endorsed by the Parent & Family NetworkLibby Daggers, Assistant Coordinator, Texas A&M UniversityEmily Ivey, Associate Coordinator, Texas A&M UniversityNew Student Conferences en Español is a program designed to enhance the experience of Spanish speaking family members of new students during their mandatory orientation. The program seeks to meet the needs of Spanish speaking family members and welcome families who may perceive their limited English skills as a barrier to participation. This session will provide an overview of the NSC’s en Español program and discuss strategies for implementing program translations for family members at your institution.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Keeping Students Engaged Post-Experience Celebration 13Logan Franks, Coordinator, Orientation and Parent Programs, Georgia Southern UniversityErin Butler, Assistant Director of Admissions, Orientation, and Parent Programs, Georgia Southern University We as orientation staff pride ourselves on creating leaders through our training and supervision throughout the summer. But what happens after their orientation experience is over? Join the staff from Georgia Southern University to learn about ways to engage your student orientation leaders even after their experience. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight Stop Hunger Now Service and the Orientation Experience: Student Engagement, Reflection and RetentionCelebration 14Jan Rivero, Director of University Relations Rebecca Waggoner, Program Manager, Orlando This interactive workshop presents a hands-on service option for orientation as a means of integrating students into campus culture, building community and introducing service as an important and meaningful part of the college experience.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Moving from “I Believe” to “I Know” - Strategies for Assessing New Student ProgramsCelebration 15 - Extended SessionLisa Endersby, Speaker, Facilitator, TeacherBehind and between the cheers, games, and swag, new student orientation plays a vital role in student transition and retention. Join us in this interactive session where we will develop and share assessment strategies that can inform programming, measure impact on students and most importantly, provide evidence documenting your important contributions to student success.
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Developing a Mandatory Eight Day Welcome Week Program that Supports Student PersistenceCelebration 3Stephanie Brown, Assistant Director, University of North TexasJosh Walton, Coordinator for Orientation , University of North TexasSara Watkins, Graduate Hall Director, Texas A&M UniversityCome hear how the University of North Texas developed their mandatory 8-day welcome week model for FTIC students from a small pilot program in 2013 to full campus implementation in 2014. The program created a partnership between academic deans, faculty, and student affairs administrators in support of student transition and acclimation to campus.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Guidebook: Strategic Partner SessionThe Future of Orientation: Engaging New Students via MobileCelebration 4Sharlene Young, Account Executive, GuidebookEDULike it or not, we’ve entered the mobile era, and there’s no turning back. Embracing mobile technology is critical to your credibility among students as an institution of higher education, and can seriously impact student transition and retention. Join former student affairs professional Jim Gresham--who’s personally helped hundreds of schools take their campus programs mobile--as he outlines the future of orientations. He’ll touch upon current campus tech trends, the importance of engaging students via mobile, how to reach them regardless what device they’re using, and new Guidebook features that will change orientations forever.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
A Legacy of Learning with Portfolio AssessmentCelebration 5Bridget Resetco, Success Coordinator, Christopher Newport UniversityAre your student leaders actually learning? The proof is in the Portfolio. Student Portfolios are an ideal assessment tool to show evidence of individual student development. Come learn about an innovative way to incorporate Portfolio Assessment into the training and development plan for your orientation leaders and peer mentors.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Morning Mingle With the Large Institution NetworkCelebration 10Marnie Hauser, Director, Office of Orientation, University of South Florida Lisa Gruszka, Associate Director of Orientation & First-Year Programs, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesJoin the Large Institution Network at NODA for BYOB (Bring Your Own Breakfast) and roundtable conversation! Session participants will work in groups to discuss best practices and gather tricks of the trade from their peers. What a great opportunity to tap the resources of network colleagues?!
Trailblazing the Bridge between Faculty and Staff Retention EffortsCelebration 1Benjamin Stinnett, Retention Specialist, Murray State UniversityIf retention is everyone’s job, then we need our faculty support. Murray State is trailblazing through the barrier between faculty and student affairs with three simple steps: (1) Invite our faculty to support our retention efforts, (2) Engage them in the process, (3) Show why their engagement mattered. This presentation will show how, with the help of MAP-Works, we utilize these principles.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Responding to Legislative Mandates in Creating an Innovative Individualized Student Transition PlanCelebration 2Brett Bruner, Director of Persistence & Retention, Fort Hays State UniversityEric Wilson, Graduate Assistant for Persistence & Retention, Fort Hays State UniversityK.S.A. 76-717, passed by the Kansas State Legislature, requires state universities to adopt individualized plans of success for new students admitted as exceptions to minimum admissions standards. This session highlights how one institution chose to develop and implement a transition plan for all incoming students, recognized as the 2014 NODA Region IV Innovative Program.Audience: Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Writing for Publication...You Can Do It!Celebration 6 - JCOT Series Stephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year Studies, Kennesaw State UniversityThis session is an interactive conversation about how writing for publication can contribute to professional development while strengthening the research in the field of orientation, transition, and retention. Presenters will address the skills and tools needed for publication in The Journal of College Orientation and Transition and summarize the manuscript review process for prospective authors.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Lessons from The Mouse: Utilizing and Applying Some of Walt Disney’s Philosophies to your Orientation ProgramCelebration 7 - Region VII Regional Showcase WinnerSteve Booher, Orientation Coordinator, Western Michigan University Walt Disney World has always had a reputation of providing the best of the best of customer service. This program will help you learn some of their secrets and how their philosophies and methods can be used to drive your ticket to success. Topics include customer service, staff development, staff accountability and discipline, and how to take responsibility for your own success.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals
When Both Commitment and Connecting is Desired: Enter the NODA Internship ProgramCelebration 8Alice Widstrand, Program Associate, NODADrew Tinnin, Director, Orientation & Student Leadership Programs, Rowan UniversityMelanie Payne, Director, New Student Orientation, Indiana UniversityUndoubtedly, a key way for future professionals to gain experience is by working in a variety of settings in their chosen field. And, clearly, many Orientation and Transition programs could use additional, affordable and eager employees during the summer months when program planning and/or implementation is in full swing. The NODA Internship Program has been connecting students with professionals and experience for two decades – and we’d love to help you do just that. Come – connect, learn, and get started now for summer, 2015. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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Parent & Family Network MeetingCelebration 9 Jessica Criswell, Assistant Director, New Student Orientation North Carolina State University Mark Pontious, Director of Parent & Family Programs Miami University-OxfordMeet with other parent and family professionals to talk about trends, programs and goals of the Parent & Family Network. We will discuss plans for the year, as well as additional needs of network members.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Non-Traditional Student Populations Network MeetingCelebration 10Natalie McKinnis, Program Manager, First Year Programs, University of WashingtonProfessionals and grads working with or interested in working with Non-Traditional Student Populations, especially adult learners and veteran populations, are invited to attend a roundtable to discuss services, programming best-practice, training your student staffs and new initiatives. This session will also briefly cover information gathered during a survey on services for commuter students.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Parallel Transition: How the University of Florida uses Learning to Develop Online Orientation Programs Complimentary to Their In-Person OrientationCelebration 13Kristopher Klann, Assistant Director, University of FloridaIn order to aid in the transition and acclimation of incoming students, the Dean of Students Office at the University of Florida has utilized their e-learning platform to develop online orientation programming that complements their on-campus programs, while assisting special populations in their transition to the University. This session will discuss how orientations can be adapted to the needs of individual populations, how to design interactive and engaging orientation sessions for students, how to utilize student assessment to continue to modify and improve orientations, and how to develop orientations to assist with the transitional needs of other populations on-campus.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Associate Member Highlight OnCampus Text Improve Communication with Text and Mobile Technology Celebration 14Shawn Radley, President This interactive session will walk attendees through the available technology they can use to improve communication and engagement with first year students through mobile technology and text messages.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals It Starts with Orientation: Connecting Student Leadership Development to RetentionCelebration 15Joshua Perkins, Assistant Director, Student Success Programs, Kent State UniversityYvonna Washington-Greer, Director, Student Success Programs, Kent State UniversityEmily Carle, Coordinator, Student Success Programs, Kent State UniversityRetention can be a daunting task, however at Kent State University, we have developed a blueprint to make a big institution small. Through intentional student leader recruitment, training, and implementation in our orientation program, we are contributing to KSU’s strategic plan one exceptional student leader at a time.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professional
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Exploring Theories: Digital Realities & Identity Development Celebration 1 Endorsed by the GLBTA NetworkChris Trudell, Associate Director, Clemson UniversityRebecca Atkinson, Associate Director, Clemson UniversityEvan Jaynes, Graduate Assistant, Clemson University This interactive educational session introduces participants to the virtual environments that call to question our theories of student identity development. Through the prism of the Google search engine participants will explore ideas of today’s digital native generation while introducing a new perspective to transition programs with a digital lens.
Going Back to the Drawing Board: Redesigning a First Year Mentoring Program at a Small CollegeCelebration 2 Endorsed by the Small College NetworkEd Giles, Assistant Director of the Learning Commons, Allegheny CollegeThe first year peer mentoring program at Allegheny College has been redesigned multiple times in the last three years. Learn more about why these changes were made, and how you might be able to implement similar changes to support first year students at your small institution.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals
Using Student Development Theory to Build the Foundation of Your Transfer Student ProgrammingCelebration 3Chelsea Garcia, Assistant Director for Transfer Orientation & Welcome Programs, University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesLisa Gruszka, Associate Director of Orientation, University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesPresenters will highlight the University of Minnesota’s transfer student programming that has been enhanced from Lizzio’s ‘Five Senses’ of Successful Transition theory. This foundational work has led to the development of several new programs and initiatives including the enhancement of Transfer Welcome Days, the creation of the Transfer Student Ambassador position and the Transfer Student Network.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Education Session Block SixTuesday, November 4, 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Connecting to Careers: Integrating Student Development and Career Development into OrientationCelebration 4Buffy Stoll, Director, Office of New Student Programs, Miami UniversityHeather Christman, Senior Associate Director, Career Services, Miami UniversityNew students are increasingly focused on careers at the start of college, and the cost of post-secondary education prompts legitimate questions from students and families about the value of a college education. While a focus on future employment can motivate students to set and achieve goals, it can also have a negative impact on students’ openness to authentic exploration, particularly within a liberal education curriculum. Participants will explore how orientation can link student development and career development to support new students as they begin their academic journeys.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Mitigating Selection Bias in the Student Staff Hiring ProcessCelebration 5Endorsed by the Highly Selective Institution NetworkKatharine Pei, Assistant Director, First Year Center Programs, Washington University in St. LouisMichael Toney, Coordinator, First Year Center Programs, Washington University in St. LouisDanielle Bristow, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Washington University in St. LouisMany orientation programs receive a high volume of applicants for student leadership positions “100, 200, 300 or more.” It can be difficult to ensure an equitable selection process, especially when you must bring in campus colleagues and student staff to assist with interviews and candidate evaluation. This session will provide an overview to the types of biases that may impact staff selection and provide tangible suggestions for how to develop a consistent and equitable hiring process.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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JLeadership Based Camps: Promoting Involvement before Students Set Foot on CampusCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesDavid Duvall, Director of New Maverick Orientation, University of Texas at ArlingtonCarmen Stoen, Director of Student Development Programs, University of Southern IndianaAmanda Story, Assistant Director of Student Development Programs, University of Southern IndianaExtended orientation camps can provide students with an in-depth look at college life and give them a strong connection to your university’s traditions and spirit. Creating a camp focused on leadership development promotes involvement and encourages positive values and behaviors, while improving retention. This session will explain how you can create a leadership-based camp on your campus and reviews the positive outcomes that the University of Southern Indiana has experienced in student life from its Camp Eagle.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Goldilocks’ Ice Breakers: Not too Low, Not too High, Just the Right Risk!Celebration 7 - Region VIII Regional Showcase WinnerKatie Bowen, Coordinator, Orientation, Transition and Retention , American UniversitySamantha Hunter, Orientation Chair, (Undergrad), American UniversityFor any orientation leader, a main challenge is using the right ice breakers at the right time. This presentation will discuss different methods to train new student leaders in making distinctions between low risk, medium risk, and high risk ice breakers with examples of each.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals
Navigating Uncharted Territory: Minors at Orientation ProgramsCelebration 8Donna Lee Sullins, Primary Advisor to Fish Camp, Texas A&M UniversityRuthi Hernandez, Camps & Programs for Minors, Texas A&M UniversityStudents enroll in college at younger ages than in the past, bringing with them additional considerations because of their minor status and the additional liabilities created for institutions. We will provide context for this issue to further develop your overall risk management plan for campus and extended orientation programs. Participants will have an opportunity to share their best practices and engage in dialogue using an original case study.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Begin with the End in Mind: Strategies to Build or Improve your Transfer Orientation Leader ProgramCelebration 9Rachel Bobbitt, Assistant Director, Texas Tech UniversityMegan Ohlmann, Coordinator, Texas Tech UniversityVeronica Wicks, Student, Texas Tech UniversityAre you building a transfer orientation leader program but don’t know where to start? Do you want to take your existing program to the next level? This presentation offers practical advice to help reorient your thinking and build a transfer orientation leader program that will transform your transfer student orientation.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Battling Information Overload: Establishing Actionable Learning Outcomes to Maximize the Content of Your Orientation Session Celebration 10Darcy Hayes, Director of First Year Experience Programs, University of North GeorgiaEmily Sparrow, Director of Student Services, University of North GeorgiaThis session will challenge you to critically review your orientation session and pinpoint the essential information students must hear while on campus. We will discuss an inter-departmental, collaborative approach to narrowing focus and creating significant, actionable learning objectives that better target the intended outcomes of each portion of the program.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Trailblazing Via Self-Assessment: Introduction to the CAS StandardsCelebration 13J. Ann Hower, PhD, Director of the Office of New Student Programs, University of MichiganThe CAS standards can serve as a foundation to develop your program and show how your programs contribute to student development and learning. CAS standards provide an important set of tools that help professional in the self-assessment of their programs. This session will introduce the CAS standards and review process. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Associate Member Highlight Coleman ProductionsLiving LOUD! Celebration 14Justin Bachman, Speaker Everyone is different. Justin Bachman has Touertte Syndrome. He is outwardly different and has faced intoler-ance throughout his life. Through strength and courage, Justin has overcome challenges and created the program: Living Loud. Justin shares his personal stories to convey the importance of tolerance, acceptance and being your true self.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students
The College Conversation: A Model for Creating a Shared Understanding of Integrity through Deliberative Dialogue during OrientationCelebration 15Endorsed by the Highly Selective Institution NetworkAnne Witchner, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs; Director of Orientation, Carnegie Mellon UniversityJoanna Dickert, Assistant Director, Dean of Student Affairs Office, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPiloted in August 2010, the College Conversation program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) was designed to provide an opportunity for college departmental dialogue between incoming students and faculty concerning academic integrity. This component was added to the existing academic structured day when all students participate in morning and afternoon programs within their respective colleges.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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First Year Experience without a First Year “Office” - Collaborations and Intentionality in Retention EffortsCelebration 1Kim Sousa-Peoples, Director, New Student & Spartan Family Programs, The University of North Carolina at GreensboroWithout funding for a traditional FYE office, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has created a collaborative first year experience program, Your First Year, resulting from the First Year Retention Task Force. On-going programs, services, and graduate student support are shared by multiple departments with a like goal and purpose - student success and retention.Audience: Graduate Students, New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Creating Connections through Discussing Diversity Differently at Extended OrientationCelebration 2Jordan Holliday, Coordinator of Sophomore Programs and Traditions Camps, Georgia Institute of TechnologyIs diversity a tenant of your extended orientation program? Come learn about how Georgia Tech’s Wreck Camp has infused diversity in a different way to create greater connections between students while at camp. The presentation will overview the activity used and the follow through, as well as discuss other activities that can be used to talk about diversity in your extended orientation program. The presenter will also address some ideas on how to train your leaders to engaged in these conversations around diversity.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Lynchburg College Legacy: Blazing the Path to Staying Relevant In FYECelebration 3Angelo Colon, Director of First-Year Programs, Lynchburg CollegeJonathan Fries, Assistant Director of First-Year Programs, Lynchburg CollegeFYE programs are quite popular but are they trailblazing? Lynchburg College recently evaluated their program through an analysis of best practices, current research, and an examination of the desired legacy. Come learn about the successes and challenges of that process and how you can adapt it for your own institution.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Creating a Relevant and Successful Overnight Orientation ProgramCelebration 5Endorsed by the Small College NetworkKathy Petras, Assistant Director of Student Life & Involvement, Baldwin Wallace UniversityFor small colleges and universities, the ability to execute successful orientation programs is reliant on many factors, including staffing, student leaders, and campus partnerships. At Baldwin Wallace University, they found significant success with their 2-day overnight experience held during the summer months. Learn how they created an impactful program on their campus. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Lessons Learned about Orientation, Transition, and Retention from the Pillars of the ProfessionCelebration 6 - JCOT SeriesStephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year Studies, Kennesaw State UniversityDenise Rode, Director, First- and Second-Year Experience - Northern Illinois UniversityThis session will include lessons learned from leaders in orientation, transition, and retention who have been featured as “Pillars of the Profession” in The Journal of College Orientation and Transition (JCOT). Additionally, the presenters will lead a discussion about how these words of wisdom can be applied to OTR practice. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Designing Orientation: How the Arts have Enhanced Lesley University’s Orientation ProgramsCelebration 7 - Region IX Regional Showcase WinnerMike Fox, Assistant Director of Student Activities, Lesley UniversityProfessional staff from Lesley University will share a multitude of rationales for the integration of the arts in new student programs. Learn theoretical and practical ways to use the arts on your campus to assist students in their transition. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level
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Navigating the Role of New Professional: Transition, Trials and Tips in the First YearCelebration 8Endorsed by the Graduate Student NetworkKasey Robinson, Assistant Director of Student Development, Oxford College of Emory UniversityStudent affairs professionals, particularly graduate students and new professionals, are regularly undergoing transition. In addition to focusing on seamless, meaningful transitions for your students, take the opportunity to reflect on your past transitions and prepare for any upcoming transitions. Through an interactive theming exercise, review of relevant literature and resources, storytelling, and group discussion, participants will be able to apply concepts from personal experience, professional competencies, theoretical knowledge, and the NASPA Guide for New Professionals in Student Affairs to their successful navigation of transition in the field.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals
Beyond Academic Advising: Engaging Faculty in Community College Orientation ProgramsCelebration 9 Endorsed by the Two Year College NetworkNate Wiley, Coordinator of Student Activities, Front Range Community CollegeBeyond traditional academic advising roles, learn about how to harness the energy and passion of engaged faculty members in New Student Orientation and other transition programs. Gathering buy-in, recruitment, and assessment will also be discussed. Participants will leave with one new type of faculty engagement or a way to make a new initiative sustainable.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Staying Relevant: A Benchmark Study of Social Justice Diversity ProgramsCelebration 10Megan Higginbotham, Assistant Coordinator, New Student & Family Programs, Texas A&M UniversityAngela Calise, Graduate Hall Director - Underwood Hall, Texas A&M University Sara Watkins, Graduate Hall Director - Davis-Gary Hall, Texas A&M UniversityThis session will take you on a journey filled with new research, best practices, and recommendations for future diversity initiatives within orientation programs. This presentation will give you the tools to design a social justice focused orientation session specific to the needs of your institution. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Keeping New Student Communication RelevantCelebration 13Lisa Chestney, Assistant Director, First-Year & Transfer Programs, Syracuse UniversityCommunication strategies are changing as incoming students look for information and resources in the digital world. Syracuse University has embraced various communication strategies to prepare incoming students for orientation and their arrival on campus. This session will focus on altering communication strategies, the integration of different media, and lessons learned.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight The Social Excellence ProjectSpreading Human ConnectionCelebration 14Tina VanSteenbergen, Organizational Growth Expert We’re on a mission to spread human connection in college. We believe in the power of relationships. We believe that people are more happy, engaged, fulfilled (and retained) in school and organizations only when they are meaningfully connected to others. We believe that more human connection = a better world.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Hot Off the Press: 2014 NODA DatabankCelebration 15Jason Mastrogiovanni, Director of First-Year Studies University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleScott LeBlanc, Education Program Coordinator, NODACome hear the latest data from the 2014 survey. The NODA Databank is a collection of statistical information about Orientation, Transition, and Retention programs from member institutions collected every three years. We will discuss future developments in this tool and ways in which members can use the NODA Databank for institutional benchmarking.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Applying What We Know about Student Learning to Orientation Programming Celebration 4Chrissy Daniel, Coordinator for Orientation Programs, University at BuffaloMatt Weigand, Director of Orientation, Transition & Parent Programs, University at BuffaloWell-designed orientation programs are based on clearly defined and articulated goals and learning outcomes. We will discuss what research tells us about student learning and share examples of how effective pedagogy can be applied to orientation programs to maximize the likelihood that participants will achieve our desired learning outcomes. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Transfer 101: Practices for Customizing Orientation to Better Support Transfer Students Celebration 5Endorsed by the Transfer Services NetworkTaylor Kamin, Assistant Director, Auburn UniversityMelissa Dunn, Assistant Director, Auburn UniversityStruggling to find ways to adapt your orientation program to help transfer students? Unsure of what transfer students really need? Come learn about how we train our transfer-specific orientation leaders and how we prepare our transfer students and parents to successfully matriculate at Auburn University.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Ignite Your OTR Research Passion!Celebration 6 - JCOT SeriesStephanie Foote, Associate Professor of Education and Director, Master of Science in First-Year Studies, Kennesaw State UniversityDennis Wiese, Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of New Student and Family Services, University of North Carolina at CharlotteThis session, jointly presented by leadership from JCOT and the NODA Research Committee, is intended for those interested in learning more about NODA’s commitment to Orientation, Transition, and Retention research, supportive funding opportunities, and the resources available to help plan and conduct research studies.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Ensuring a Rock Solid TRANSFERmation: Contemporary Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Transitioning Students Celebration 1Robert Lagnese, Director of Orientation, Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaAnthony Felicetty, Transfer Transitions Team Member, Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock University of Pennsylvania’s multifaceted approach to transfer matriculation comprises purposeful recruitment planning, convenient web resources, comprehensive academic offerings, and structured transitional programs, resulting in meeting enrollment goals and higher retention rates. The presenters will elaborate on this noteworthy Transfer Transitions strategy, providing innovative techniques and systems that are adaptable for any institution.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
A Year-Long Volunteer Peer Mentorship Program to Enhance Student Transition and Academic SuccessCelebration 2 Endorsed by the Highly Selective Institution NetworkDanielle Bristow, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Tim Bono, Faculty, Department of Psychology Katharine Pei, Assistant Director, First Year Center Programs Washington University in St. LouisThe WUSA peer mentorship program supports retention and persistence through campus-wide collaboration and support, a clear understanding of purpose, stated learning outcomes, a comprehensive training program, intentional community development, and a strategic assessment plan. We will provide an overview of our model for academic support and transition for first-year students.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Open Door: A Social Justice Approach within AdvisingCelebration 3Molly C. Ward, First- Year Experience Coordinator & Academic Advisor, College of Nursing, The Ohio State UniversitySarah E. Eltzroth, Assistant Director, Academic Advising Ivy Tech Community CollegeWhether you serve in as an academic advisor or a team supervisor, your personal perceptions and experiences influence your practice and the environment you establish within your professional domain. Come explore these influences and learn how to establish a safe open door environment for students.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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Education Session Block EightTuesday, November 4, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Access Funding while Leveraging Your Needs with External Vendors Celebration 7 - Region V Regional Showcase WinnerJames Liberman, Assistant Director, University of Minnesota at Twin Cities Seeking funding for your programs? Trying to balance everyone’s needs? How do you negotiate outside access to new students? What is it worth? This discussion will provide basic knowledge on forging relationships with vendors while leveraging your needs and discussing struggles and suc-cesses at other institutions. Topic: Region 5 Regional Showcase WinnerNetwork: Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
From Theory to Practice: Managing and Engaging Digital EnvironmentsCelebration 8Rebecca Atkinson, Associate Director, New Student and Family Programs, Clemson UniversityChris Trudell, Associate Director, New Student and Family Programs, Clemson UniversityEvan Jaynes, Graduate Assistant, New Student and Family Programs, Clemson UniversityThe tremendous influence of the internet and social media upon college students continues to reshape ways in which students communicate, develop, and participate within their college communities. This presentation will highlight digital identity development and review the ways to manage and engage with digital natives thus building your digital brand.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Profes-sionals
Learning Cultures: Equipping International Students with Information Key to Succeeding in the US ClassroomCelebration 9Chelsea Carroll, Assistant Director of Orientation & Outreach, Office of International Services, Indiana University BloomingtonKyle Thompson, International Student Advisor, Orientation Coordinator, Indiana University BloomingtonEducational instruction can vary greatly across countries and cultures. Cultural values and norms are often silently embedded within the American classroom. By creating ses-sions to explicitly discuss the culture and expectations of the American classroom, universities can assist international students transitioning to the potentially new academic cul-ture they are encountering.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Transitions Aaso Happen in Year 2: A National Portrait of How Institutions Shape the Beginning College ExperienceCelebration 10Tracy Skipper, Assistant Director for Publications, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in TransitionIncreasingly, institutions are broadening their focus on new student success from the first college year to the sopho-more year. Using data from two recent national surveys, this presentation will explore linkages between student success initiatives in the first and second years, paying particular at-tention to where institutions are making intentional, seem-less educational support efforts and where gaps may exist. Participants will explore possibilities for aligning first- and second-year initiatives on their own campuses. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Regional Conference Host and Committee TrainingCelebration 13Keri Stenemann, NODALaura Daugherty, NODAAlice Widstrand, NODANODA Regional Conferences start in just five months! All 2015 Regional Conference Hosts, Regional Coordinators and Regional Conference Committee Members are advised to attend this session. Association Staff will review policies, procedures, educational sessions, awards, budgets, registra-tion, and other pertinent details to aid you in implementing a successful conference for your region.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight: Kirkland Productions, Inc. Girls Fight Back!Celebration 14Bree Swartz, PresenterGina Kirkland, President Imagine the love child of a stand-up comedian and a ninja warrior and you’ll get an idea of what to expect from a Girls Fight Back program. Girls Fight Back (GFB) teaches college women the basics of personal safety and self-defense in the most hilarious and accessible way possible. No tricky techniques. No ninja death touches. No scare tactics or victim blaming. Just simple ways that women can protect themselves and work together with men to create safer campus environments. By combining core values, a fun and empowering attitude, and the best safety and self-defense methods available, Girls Fight Back strives to make preventing violence and fighting back an approachable topic for everyone. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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EO Talks: Creating an Extended Orientation Program for New Students to Leave their Legacy! Presented by the Extended Orientation NetworkTuesday, November 4, 3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.Celebration 15Marc Mobley, Assistant Director, Orientation & Parent Programs, Florida International UniversityJomita Fleming, Assistant Director for Residential Life, Southern Methodist UniversityIn order to blaze a trail, stay relevant or leave a legacy you have to start somewhere. As part of this extended session, hear from both established and emerging extended orienta-tion programs. In this “TedTalk” style presentation attendees will hear from different representatives on topics related to their extended orientation programs. Topics will include staffing, structure, training, budget, assessment, and many others.
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Multicultural Network Kickoff BreakfastCelebration 1, 8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.Randy Flowers, Director of Student Life, Baker UniversityPresentation Speaker 2: Palvih Bhana, Coordinator, New Student Programs, Oklahoma State UniversityPlease join the Multicultural Network as they redefine themselves with NODA members. This is an opportunity for networking, sharing, and providing information on current multicultural initiatives, which will be used for promoting, supporting, and exploring multicultural programs and continued services to all NODA members.Network: Multicultral NetworkAudience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Highly Selective Institutions Network MeetingCelebration 12, 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.Katharine Pei, Assistant Director, First Year Center Programs, Washington University in St. LouisAmanda McCarthy, Associate Directo, First-Year Experience and Family Programs, Case Western ReserveDo you work at a highly selective institution and wish to meet and bounce ideas off peer institutions? At this meeting, we will engage in a roundtable discussion about hot topics pertinent to our institutions. We will also discuss the status of the highly selective institution benchmarking project and best practice sharing online meetings.Network: Highly Selective InstitutionAudience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
cOmmuTeRs: Orienting, Transitioning, and Retaining First Year Commuter Students at a Small, Residential CampusCelebration 1Endorsed by the Small College NetworkJaimie Steel, Assistant Dean of Students, Seton Hill UniversityUsing the NSSE “Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practices” as a guide, the presentation will identify challenges and solutions regarding engagement and retention of traditional aged commuter students. Participants will be given the opportunity to complete a “Institutional Report Card” on the successfulness to which their institutions support commuter students, and will leave with realistic ways that they can better connect with commuters. The session will also challenge attendees to use
their roles to create a climate change which supports a more commuter-aware campus.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Extended Orientation Program Persistence Rates: Texas A&M’s Six Year Longitudinal Assessment Celebration 2Endorsed by the Extended Orientation NetworkChase Young, Student Development Specialist II, Texas A&M UniversityTimothy Salazar, Ph.D., Data Analyst, Texas A&M UniversityKelly Cox, Assistant Director, Texas A&M UniversityDonna Lee Sullins, Student Development Specialist III, Extended Orientation, Texas A&M UniversityExtended orientation programs assist students in their transition to college. With increased accountability, it is important to know if these programs influence student persistence. A study was done to examine persistence rates of Fish Camp participants and non-participants at two points: first to second semester and first to second year. This session will provide an overview of the Fish Camp program, assessment methods used, what was learned, how Fish Camp can use this information, and how this approach could be used at other institutions to tell their story to key stakeholders in a statistically meaningful way.Network: Extended Orientation NetworkAudience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Staying Relevant for New Students: Implementing a Strategic Communication PlanCelebration 3Nicole Craven, Assistant Director, Orientation/FYE, The Ohio State UniversityJenna DiCicco, Program Coordinator, Orientation/FYE, The Ohio State UniversityResources are plentiful to assist students in their transition to college, but they don’t always know how or when to utilize them. Learn how we communicate in relevant ways through social media, the voice of our current student leaders, and establishing our office as a place to get questions answered.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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Engaging Special Populations: Modifying Your Orientation and Transition Programs to Stay Relevant to the Needs of All Student GroupsCelebration 4Kristopher Klann, Assistant Director, University of FloridaThis presentation will review how the University of Florida has developed specialized orientation sessions and tailored first year experience curriculum, in order to meet the needs of special populations of new students. Populations that are engaged through these changes range from specific cohorts of first year students, to international and graduate students, and even online and distance education students. This session will discuss how University assessment data was used to identify the needs of the various populations, how existing programs were adapted to address these needs, and how similar projects can be implemented at other institutions.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
The Road to Xavier: Successfully Implementing an Online Orientation ProgramCelebration 5Molly Dugan, Assistant Director for Leadership & Orientation, Xavier UniversityWhat happens when the budget is tight? You have the opportunity to rethink programs and processes. This session will review how Xavier University shifted from an in person summer orientation experience to an online orientation process and provide considerations and suggestions for those looking to do the same.Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
The Orientation Family: Becoming More than a TeamCelebration 6Allison Prelosky, Assistant Director, First-Year Experience and Family Programs, Case Western Reserve UniversitySamantha Novak, Graduate Assistant, First-Year Experience and Family Programs, Case Western Reserve UniversityOrientation Executive Board: Justin Beckman, Erika Brentar, Ellie Elston, Shelby Snashall, Wade Stewart, Case Western Reserve UniversityOrientation leaders (OL) set the stage for what the Orientation experience can be. Learn how to create a strong team dynamic that fosters personal connections beyond the job and how that teamwork can benefit your Orientation program and new students.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Listen Up!Celebration 7 - Region VI Regional Showcase WinnerBrian Ford, Assistant Director, New Student & Spartan Family Programs, University of North Carolina at GreensboroActive listening is a skill that “just happens,” right? WRONG! It’s certainly not magic or even rocket science, but it can be difficult. If you want to have some fun, meet new people, and put your active listening skills to the test, then do not miss this interactive session! Being able to identify your own personal listening tendencies will increase your self-awareness and certainly strengthen your team. See you there!Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students
Are We Hiring the Right Students? Exploring Personality Traits and Job Performance Among Student LeadersCelebration 8Crystal Giordano, Assistant Director of Admissions, Weber State UniversityFran Hopkin, Associate Registrar, Weber State UniversityThis quantitative research-based presentation will examine the relationship between personality traits and job performance of orientation group leaders in an attempt to identify tools that can be used to ensure the selection of the best possible candidates for this critical position. The results of this study may surprise you!Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
NODA Canadian Network Community UpdateCelebration 9 Jeremy McQuigge, Algonquin College, Canadian Network ChairJoin your OTR (Orientation, Transition, and Retention) colleagues from across Canada to network and hear updates on how the NODA Canadian Community is evolving. Delegates will have an opportunity to discuss: Pre-Conferences, a Community Leadership Structure and Application process, Updates on the Network (now Communities) structure, Provincial Drive-Ins and membership needs. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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25 and Over: A Socially Mature Matriculation Approach for Adult LearnersCelebration 11Endorsed by the Non-Traditional Student Populations Network Sheena Zawacki, Associate Director, Orientation & Family Relations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityIce breakers, pool parties, and a Miley Cyrus concert…oh my! Orientation can be the opportune time to integrate social programming for new students, but are these offer-ings effective and beneficial for all students, or solely for the traditional 18-22 year-old population? Let’s explore more socially mature approaches for adult learners. Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Profes-sionals
Beyond Orientation: Creating a Student Life CurriculumCelebration 13Allison Ragon, Assistant Dean & Director of First-Year Experience, Lehigh UniversitySteve Dutton, Alpha Sigma Phi FraternityIt’s not very often that Residence Life, Fraternity and Soror-ity Affairs and First-Year Experience team up to create a “Student Life Curriculum” on a residential campus. By using the Self-Authorship Model of student development, written reflection and the “Draft Book”, we created bLUeprint, a cur-riculum for all residential students. Join us in this session to discuss how to create intentional learning opportunities for your students beyond orientation.…and how we made the process come to life for our students! Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Associate Member Highlight: Coleman ProductionsSharing One Heartbeat as an Orientation Team!Celebration 14David Coleman, Speaker/Author/EntertainerWhat separates an ordinary orientation program from one that truly connects with students and their families and changes lives? It is the Attitude, Preparation and Effort of the Orientation Team. They must exhibit compassion, empathy, leadership, wisdom, humility, campus knowledge and be alert to and able to address the myriad of issues facing new students and their families. One Heartbeat is part leadership training...part team building and leaves the participants a united, inspired team. When it comes to Orientation, a group of “individuals” cannot not be successful. It takes a selfless team sharing One Heartbeat, One Pulse and One Mission to change lives and help students acclimate to college life with open arms!
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Wednesday, November 5, 9:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
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Back to Basics: Reconceiving a First Year Experience Program that Starts with the ‘Why’Celebration 1 Endorsed by the Highly Selective Institution NetworkLindsay Knight, Assistant Director of the First Year Experience, Texas Christian UniversityJohn Mark Day, Director of the First Year Experience, Texas Christian UniversityWhy do we do what we do for new students? Answer that and you’ve begun shaping a meaningful, comprehensive experience for students transitioning into college. We’ll examine how one institution started with the why to improve the first year experience, and how you can do the same. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Disney Fanatics, Future Doctors and Veteran Students: Using Self-Select Groups To Improve Retention and Peer-to-Peer Connections Celebration 2Holly Schuck, Assistant Director, St. Cloud State UniversityAdam Klepetar, Director, St. Cloud State UniversityChristopher Clendenen, Graduate Assistant, Orientation, St. Cloud State UniversitySee how St. Cloud State University moved from a Welcome Weekend structure based on residence hall assignments to an engaging program encompassing 120+ Orientation Leaders and progressive layers of leadership. Understand how we built student groups in Academics, Hobbies/Interests, and Affinity Groups and how these changes to our structure increased student attendance at Welcome Weekend/Orientation by 25%!Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Digital Communication #buildingcommunities #informationshare #engagestudents #buildabrand Celebration 3Endorsed by the Large Institution NetworkMartha Chan, Program Manager, University of Washington Ali Albrecht, Program Manager, First Year Programs University of WashingtonExplore some new and innovative ways to connect with students and campus partners through digital collaboration. We will share with you how we captured the student experience, elevated our brand, and changed our approach to communication and marketing.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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Parents and Families as Partners in Student SuccessCelebration 4Darcy Hayes, Director of First Year Experience, University of North Georgia Jamie Taylor, Coordinator of Residential Leadership, University of North GeorgiaParents and families play a larger role than ever before in their student’s transition to college. This session will share our approach in working with parents and families to form a partnership for student success. We will highlight best practices, CAS standards and provide suggestions for successful parent and family orientation programs.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Theory to Practice in the Real WorldCelebration 5Sponsored by the Graduate Student NetworkMichael Toney, Coordinator, First Year Center Programs, Washington University in St. LouisElizabeth Manuel, Coordinator for Student Involvement and Wellness, California Lutheran UniversityChickering & Reisser. Schlossberg. You likely know these names from a required theories course in a student affairs graduate program. Despite our best intentions, it can often be difficult to intentionally incorporate theory into our practice. This session will highlight strategies to ground your programs in a theoretical foundation - in practical and manageable ways.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Optimizing Cross-Campus Collaboration for a Refreshed University-Wide WelcomeCelebration 6 Endorsed by the Small College NetworkClaudia Huffine, Director, New Student Orientation and Transitions, Biola UniversityMarcy Binuya, Assistant Director, New Student Orientation, Biola UniversityDoes your institution have limited personnel and budget for your orientation programs? Come and hear best practices that a small, private institution used to identify strengths and challenges, bring key partners to the table, and capitalize on campus resources to provide a seamless, unified welcome.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Understanding the Diversity Between Your Orientation LeadersCelebration 7 - Region IV Regional Showcase winnerLauren Tyler, Director, Student Activities, Tyler Junior CollegeJoshua Phillips, Student Apache Chief Leader, Tyler Junior CollegeThis education session will take a look at the diversity within an Orientation Team. We will discuss various personality types, “break” down walls of stereotypes in different individual ethnic and social groups, as well as run a “class” race in order to show the equivalency of all individuals in the start of his or her college career.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Building Collaborations of Depth and Meaning into OrientationCelebration 8 Sponsored by the Large Institution NetworkTripp Purks, Coordinator, Baylor UniversityMisha DeLong, Graduate Apprentice, Baylor UniversityToo often, orientation professionals cut and paste submissions for sessions from academic and student affairs partners into the orientation schedule. In this session, attendees will learn and discuss how one university has sought to develop an inclusive process for planning and executing orientation that leaves other academics and non-orientation staff feeling a part of a larger university message integrally linked to student growth and development. Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
The Dimensions of DevelopmentCelebration 9 Kirsten Moss, Associate Director of Access, Orientation & Transition Programs, CSU Channel IslandsHow does your orientation program address the holistic development of students? CSU Channel Islands is a small, public university with a required two-day orientation program, housed in Student Life. Grounded in Arthur Chickering’s (1993) Theory of Identity Development, CI created the Dimensions of Development to serve as a guide for students as they embark upon their post-secondary educational journey. Development in the nine dimensions, will strengthen the student’s interpersonal competence and self-awareness, increase their transferable skills and knowledge, refine their beliefs, unearth their preferred vocation, and stimulate social conscientiousness. The idea of creating, or using an already institutionalized wellness model, can be adapted by any campus to create intentional orientation small groups, campus activities and transition programs throughout the year. Come learn how CI evolved from the “green group”_ model to the “Cultural Dimension.”Audience: New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Twice as Nice: Teaming Up to Improve the Transfer Student Experience Celebration 11Megan Ohlmann, Unit Coordinator for Transition & Engagement, Texas Tech UniversityRachel Bobbitt, Assistant Director for Transition & Engagement, Texas Tech UniversityVeronica Wicks, Student Assistant for Transition & Engagement, Texas Tech UniversityMake your transfer student programming TWICE AS NICE by building connections between existing transfer programs! Learn how fostering collaboration between your orientation program and your transfer student organization can help create a more holistic and successful transfer year experience and increase transfer student retention.Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
Challenging Students to Dare Greatly: Empathy in Peer LeadershipCelebration 12Matthew Barnes, Assistant Director, Orientation & Commuter Student Involvement, University of MiamiTura Magley, Graduate Administrative Associate, Orientation and First Year Experience, The Ohio State UniversityGarrett Schlichte, Graduate Assistant, Office of Orientation Services and the Parents Association, University of ConnecticutResearch shows that empathy is an integral component to authentic leader-follower relationships. This presentation will outline a peer leader training curriculum focusing on empathy skill development. Presenters will provide practical tools for integrating empathy into leadership skill building, creating more authentic, vulnerable peer leaders. Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
Rural Student College Transitions: A Qualitative Research StudyCelebration 13Karen Ast, Coordinator of Student Engagement and Orientation, Southern Utah UniversityHow does being from a small, rural community impact student entry into college? Research from a master’s thesis reveals the unique transitional issues faced by rural students. Results provide further explanation for the low enrollment rates of this population and context to this somewhat unknown social identity in higher education.Audience: Undergraduate Students|Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals|Senior Level Professionals
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Associate Member Highlight Kirkland Productions, Inc.Leadership DogsCelebration 14Troy Stende, PresenterGina Kirkland, President During orientation, how you deal with conflict makes the difference between a cohesive, functioning group, and one that’s fractured, divisive, and difficult to manage. Based on conflict styles research, discover your conflict style as it relates to dog breeds & how to work with new students of various conflict styles.
Audience: Graduate Students|New Professionals|Mid-Level Professionals
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