Undergraduate Retention

Fall 2011 DUS MeetingTuesday, September 27,2011

Cynthia Demetriou, Director for RetentionCandice Powell, Retention Specialist

Undergraduate Retention

Undergraduate Retention is committed to supporting all students on their path to

graduation

www.studentsuccess.unc.edu

Academic Early Warnings Academic Probation Brown Bag Lunches for Faculty & Staff Student Success Workshops One-on-One Student Appointments

News & Updates

Academic Early Warnings

Open in ConnectCarolina: September 12th - October 10th

Last Day to Drop A Course: October 17, 2011

Up to 2 comments per student per course:• Assignment/Homework Performance• Class Participation• Quiz/Examination Performance• Writing Skills• General Concern• Immediate Action Suggested• Never Attended• Intermittent Attendance• Stopped Attending

Academic Early Warnings

Student notified:

• By email• With a “To-Do” item in ConnectCarolina

Student must “acknowledge” To-Do Item for it to be removed

Each early warning creates an Advisor Note

Undergraduate Retention creates reports of student groups and share with partners across campus

Academic Early Warnings

1. Visit their instructor during faculty office hours or make an appointment with their instructor. Discuss their progress in the course as well as strategies for improvement. 2. Schedule an appointment with an academic advisor or attend academic advising walk-in hours. Come to the advising meeting prepared to discuss their visit with their instructor, and bring a list of their questions. 3. Utilize University resources designed to help them succeed. Students are provided a full list of resources.

What should a student do if he or she receives an early

warning?

1. Go to Faculty Center.2. Click on the “Class Roster” page.3. Click on the “Academic Early Warning” link in the

right corner.4. Select one or two early warnings per student using

the drop down bars in the two columns that say “Early Warning.”

5. When you are done, click the “OK” button at the bottom of the page.

Additional information is available in the “User Directions” document emailed to all DUS on 9/9/2011.

How do instructors enter early warnings in ConnectCarolina?

Academic Probation

Students on academic probation should be directed to www.studentsuccess.unc.edu

Students must complete the following 4 steps:1. Complete the Self-Assessment. 2. Complete the online Student Success Seminar. 3. Sign the Probation Contract found at the end of the seminar. 4. Make an appointment with your advisor.        

Probation Intervention

Students must meet with an academic advisor at least 2 times during

the semester to discuss their progress towards returning to good standing.

Students must make an appointment using advising’s online appointment scheduler.

Walk-in appointments cannot be used for probation advising.                

Students must bring a copy of the completed Self-Assessment and the signed Probation Contract to the meeting with the advisor.

If students do not complete ALL of the probation steps above, a “stop” will be placed on their account preventing them from registering for future courses.

Academic Probation

Academic probation is a one semester

opportunity to return to good academic standing.

Smart students take advantage of University resources.

Normalize help seeking behavior.

Key Message for Students on Probation

Brown Bag Lunch Series

Student Success: Academics, Wellness and Engagement

October 14th Understanding and Encouraging the Success of Veteran and ROTC Students with Major Megan Stallings, Department Chair, Military Science12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Location: Union, Room 2510 November 18th Diversity of Today’s College Students: How They Live, Learn, and Leadwith Terri Houston, Interim Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director, Diversity & Multicultural Affairs12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Location: Union, Room 2510 December 16th Helping Grieving Studentswith Amy Schmitz-Sciborski, Clinical Psychologist, Counseling & Wellness Serviceswith Kevin Shepard, Clinical Psychologist, Counseling & Wellness Services12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Location: Graham Memorial 011 

Join Us!

Student Success Workshops

Student Appointments

Meetings with the Retention Specialist

Thank You

Cynthia Demetriou, Director for Retention

Candice Powell, Retention Specialist