Transcript Hitting the Bull’s Eye: The Arrow First

Hitting the Bull’s Eye:
The Arrow First-Year Experience
Presented by Leslie Monaco
and Gina Vance
Needs Assessment
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Parent survey results
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Judicial cases
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Peer mediation referrals
Creating a Program for Needs
Assessment
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Reflective process
Car brainstorming
Identify top needs
Create the format
Identify target audience
Facilitators
Incentives for participation
FYE Sessions
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Roommate Relationships
Decision making
Get Involved! Balancing academics
& campus involvement
Study skills, resources, and
academic check-in
Alcohol/drug awareness
Wrap up & Celebration
Program Assessment
Survey results
 Small group discussion well received
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Active presentations better received
than lecture format
93% of participants said they would
recommend this to new students
Program Assessment
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Participants reported overwhelmingly
learning something new about
Ursuline College, developing
relationships with a new student or
group of students through FYE,
becoming more familiar with campus
resources, they would implement
ONE learning from FYE, and they
would be more successful at Ursuline
as a result of FYE.
Program Assessment
Anecdotal Information
 Wrap up session skits focus on
alcohol awareness
 Strong connection with group
leaders
 Increase in campus involvement
 Blogging vs. Facebook
Additional Assessment
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Focus groups with group leaders
Focus groups with participants
Use participants to develop future
sessions
Select group leaders from
participants