camp bearcat first-year leadership retreat student activities & leadership development
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Camp BearcatFirst-Year Leadership Retreat
Student Activities & Leadership Development
Presentation Outline• Introductions
• First-Year Theory/Historical Background
• What is Camp Bearcat
• Where are they now?
• Questions
Why focus on the FYE?
• Students coming to college w/ different levels of preparedness
• Retention• Student Involvement• Building sense of community• Academic Integration• Social Integration
Hunter, M. & Murry, K. 2007. New Frontiers for Student Affairs Professionals: Teaching the First-Year Experience. Wiley InterScience.
Research I Institutions
What are they doing?• New/Expanding
Programs• Tied to discipline/college• Learning communities• Teaching/learning
reexamined• Academic/Student Affairs
Partnerships• Evaluation/Assessment
Cutright, M. 2002. What are research universities doing for first-year students?
Why A Retreat?
Accelerated Learning
• Fundamental to quality leadership programs
• Students find retreats offer more profound impact on learning
• Off-campus retreats “essential” to learning
• Ropes courses offer challenges & community building Eich, D. 2009. Accelerating Learning and Development with
Student Leadership Retreats
Camp Bearcat History
• Developed in 2003
• Historical co-sponsorships include:– Proctor and Gamble– MasterCard Grant– University of Cincinnati Alumni Association– Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary– Student Activities & Leadership Development
Pillars
• Connections
• Academics
• Traditions
• Service
Omicron Delta Kappa Interaction with Participants
• Recruitment of first-year students
• Retreat Planning
• Mentor Program
• Facilitation of Pillars – Facilitation training coordinate
by SALD staff
• Panel Discussion
Scholarship, Leadership & Character
ScheduleCamp Bearcat 2008 Schedule
Saturday, October 25, 2008Welcome Activity 9:15 AMLeave for Camp Kern 10:00 AMCamp Kern Welcome/Mentor Matching 11:00 AMKeynote Speaker, TBA 11:30 AMLunch 12:00 PMKeynote Workshop, TBA 1:00 PMConnections Pillar (Low Ropes) 2:30 PMDinner 5:30 PMSession 1 6:30 PMBreak/Activity 7:30 PMSession 2 7:55 PMBonfire 9:15 PM
Sunday, October 26, 2008Breakfast 8:15 AMODK/Keynote Session 9:00 AMODK Panel 9:45 AMSession III 10:30 AMReflection Letter 11:30 AMLunch/Mentor Session 12:00 PMEvaluations 1:00 PMClosing Photos 1:30 PMBoard Busses 1:45 PMArrive at UC 2:45 PM
Budget Overview
Camp Bearcat BudgetLocation: Camp Kern $4,580Speaker: Carl Creasman, Jr. $5,000Other: Snacks $72.65Other: Copy Center $62.72Other: Speaker Gift $38.66Other: Supplies (Binders,etc) $100.00Transportation: Buses $1,055
Total: $10,909
Income (Registration Fee) $1,435
Total after Income: $9,474.03
Budget Concerns
• Growing interest of program
• Increasing lodging/meal/transportation costs– Value of being away from campus?– Value of overnight retreat?
• Speakers fees– Value of non-university affiliated speaker?
Evaluation Results (2008)(out of 5 possible points)
• Speaker: Carl Creasman, Jr: 4.85• Connections Pillar: 4.24• Academics Pillar: 4.57• Traditions Pillar: 4.58• Service Pillar: 4.25• Camp Fire: 4.80• Mentor/Mentee Program: 4.66• Reflection Letters: 4.26• Overall Camp Bearcat Experience: 4.70
Where are they now?
• 300 first-year students participated since 2003
• 98% matriculated to second quarter
• 97% matriculated to sophomore year
• 98% graduated in five years or less
Does your institution have a “Camp Bearcat”?
If so, what does it look like?
Similarities?
Differences?
Final Questions/Comments?
Thank you!
Please fill out evaluations!
Works CitedCutright, M. (2002). What are research universities doing for first-year students?
About Campus, September/October 2002, 16-20.
Eich, D. (2009). Accelerating learning and development with student leadership retreats. Student Affairs Leader, 37(2), 1-2.
Hunter, M. & Murry, K. (2007). New frontiers for student affairs professionals: teaching and the first-year experience. New Directions for Student Services, 117, 25-34.
Schrader, P. & Brown, S. (2008). Evaluating the first-year experience: Students knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Journal of Advanced Academics, 19, 310-343.
Wilcox, P., Winn, S., & Fyvie-Gauld, M. (2005). It was nothing to do with the university, it was just the people: the role of social support in the first-year experience of higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 30(6), 707-722.