First-Year Experience Advisory Committee
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Membership List Y22G
Membership
• Co-chair appointed by the Provost
• Co-chair appointed by the Vice President for Student Life
• Director or Associate Director of the Elon Core Curriculum
• Director of New Student and Transition Programs
• Director of Elon 101
• Director of Academic Initiatives for the Residential Campus
• Academic Dean, Associate Dean, or Director appointed by the Provost
• Student Life Dean, Associate Dean, or Director appointed by the Vice President for Student Life
• Assessment Specialist from the Office of Institutional Research
• Residence Life representative appointed by the Vice President of Student Life
• Student Health and Wellness representative appointed by the Vice President of Student Life
• Admissions representative appointed by the Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid
• Representative of Inclusive Community initiative – appointed by Vice President of Student Life and Provost
• Two Students –appointed by the Vice President for Student Life with recommendations from the committee
• Four full-time permanent teaching faculty – appointed for a minimum of two years by the Provost with recommendations from the committee
Procedures and Policies
• The committee meets regularly as convened by the co-chairs.
• All recommendations of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedures and majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.
• All formal recommendations of the committee are made to the Provost/Executive Vice President and Vice President for Student Life. As appropriate, recommendations are forwarded to the committees of the faculty or other advisory committees.
Areas of Committee Concern
The First-Year Experience Advisory Committee guides the development and implementation of a coherent, innovative, high quality first year that supports the intellectual, personal and interpersonal development of first-year students to be engaged members of the Elon community.
Responsibilities
• To foster collaboration and integration across University programs to develop and understand coherent pathways for the first-year experience at Elon from admission to the sophomore year
• To leverage theory and empirical evidence related to the first-year experience
• To understand the lived experience of Elon’s first year students
• To collect, synthesize, and report on the coordination and assessment of programs identified as part of the first-year experience and monitor first to second year retention
• To review appropriate unit reports on outcomes related to the first-year experience and first-year students
• To submit an annual “state of the first-year experience” report to the Provost and the Vice President for Student Life with occasional presentations to the Joint Deans.
• To recommend changes to existing programs, review and provide feedback on new initiatives, and develop new initiatives based on assessment evidence and literature regarding the first-year experience.