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Focusing on the First Year Conference
Focusing on the First Year Conference brings together faculty and staff from across the Columbus and regional campuses to focus on the university's efforts to support the success of first-year students. The most important foundations for college success, and ultimately graduation, are built during the first year. Hosted by First Year Experience each spring semester, the conference is designed to encourage faculty and staff to share ideas about helping first-year students transition successfully to college life at Ohio State.
Keyote speaker presentation
What matters to student success in the first year of college: The promise of high-impact practices
Presentations from Focusing on the First Year 2016
Assisting first-year pre-majors in competitive programs: Behind-the-scenes perspectives
Bridging the gap in spring semester: Helping students select specializations and change majors
Buckeye Ready: A pre-arrival course for incoming international students -- no presentation provided, contact presenters
Financial aid and the first year
First-year students and leadership development: What we know about Ohio State students
General Education Online: Distance learning opportunities at Ohio State
How are you sharing your story? Tools for presenting to a first-year audience
I made it, now what? -- no presentation provided, contact presenters
Making your instruction more active | handout
Not so native: Teaching students to use technology for academic good
OSU’s diary: Nutrition, fitness and body image (you think you know, but you have no idea)
Peer mentorship: Advocating for successful transition of Asian and Asian Pacific Islander American students -- no presentation provided, contact presenters
Preparing first-year students for academic and career success
Providing a pathway for success in large enrollment freshman courses -- no presentation provided, contact presenters
Social media use: What does your digital identity say about you?
Supporting students in recovery: Changing a culture
Stress management: Emphasizing self-care practices for first-year students
Student analytic data studies: Investigations to improve biology student success
Top 10 financial events facing the first-year student
Understanding and addressing the roots of college students’ procrastination | handout
Undergraduate research and the first-year student
Waking the walking dead: Refocusing and re-energizing your survey class -- no presentation provided, contact presenters
Wellness coaching: Fostering sense of belonging and resiliency in first-year students
What did we do wrong? Failing and creating effective anti-bias workshops for first-year students
What’s not working: Helping students talk about motivation, strategies and skills | handout
