First-Year Experience Advisory Committee

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Membership List Y22G

• 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 

• 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. 

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. 

• 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.