Discover FSU: Chart Your Course

to Success

Introductions

Discovering

Your

First Year

Experience

What do you think of when you think

about FSU?

What would you like your First

Year Experience to be like?

What are you expecting your

first week of being at FSU to

be like?

Your First Year at FSU

• What are you looking forward to?

• What things make you apprehensive?

We’re Here to Help!

Chart Your Course:

Living the Seminole Creed

Chart Your Course

is a First Year Seminar

Chart Your Course

• First Year Seminar Programs Across the Country

• Increases persistence & retention

• Helps to facilitate a successful transition

• Positive Effect on students’ grades

• Increases likelihood of graduation within 4 years by 5-15%

• ALL students benefit from taking a First Year Seminar

• Positive and meaningful interactions with faculty/staff and students

• Offered at more than 90% of institutions

(Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1991)

(Permzadian & Credé, 2016)

Chart Your Course helps in

these same ways!

SLS 2206

Student LifeSkills

Chart Your Course:Living the Seminole Creed

CYC Helps You

Discover FSU!

Discovering FSU• Learn about:

• FSU History & Traditions

• The Seminole Creed

• Getting Involved in the FSU

Community

• Campus Resources

• College Life Coaching

• Career Center

• Student Activities Center

• Center for Leadership & Social Change

• Utilizing an Academic Advisor

Establish YourSupport Network

Support Network

• 17 Student Maximum Capacity per session

• Weekly check-ins to start class

• Staff members volunteering their time

• Peer Navigators for each section

What’s aPeer Navigator?

Peer Navigatorshelp you along

the way

Peer Navigators

• Peer Mentors selected after a thorough application process

• Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors

• Work in tandem with an Instructor to co-teach one section

• Plan social outings with class

• Facilitate monthly 1-on-1’s

How hasCYC helped

previous students?

CYC Topics

• Time Management

• Goal Setting & Motivation

• Your Learning Style

• StrengthsQuest

• Diversity & Inclusion

• Health & Wellness

• Ethics & Decision Making

CYC Projects

Community Project

Intellectual Autobiography

Student Testimony

When asked about the most valuable aspects of Chart Your Course, students said:

• “There was a sense of comfort. I felt comfortable in that class which aided in how I perceived what I was learning.”

• “Everything that it has taught me about FSU!”

• “Being able to have meaningful class discussions with everyone involved.”

• “Learning about the creed and FSU resources.”

• “I became close to one of the other members of the class”

Spring 2018 Evaluations

• 100% of students would strongly agree or agree to recommend their instructor for future semesters

• 100% strongly agreed their Peer Navigator…• Made important contributions to class

• Was approachable

• Was an appropriate role model

• Was a valuable resource

• Was a valuable part of their CYC experience

We also have some fun, too!

Fun!

• Fun, hands-on activities and discussions in class• No lectures

• Prizes given away!

• Group social outings and extra credit for attending campus events

• Create first group of friends on campus

Staff & Peer

Navigator

Pairs

Section 001

Alison Hughes – Instructor

&

David Iniguez – Peer Navigator

Section 002

Allison Menendez – Instructor

Angel Purganan– PeerNavigator

Section 003

Becca Piers– Instructor

Amanda Dioguardi– PeerNavigator

Section 004

Bo Marcevski– Instructor

Gabby Perez– PeerNavigator

Section 005

Brandon Newell– Instructor

&

Essence– Peer Duncan Navigator

Section 006

Holly Proctor– Instructor

Raina – PeerNovelli-Miller Navigator

Section 007

Julie Fleishman– Instructor

Peter – PeerKreutzer Navigator

Section 008

Tion Taylor– Instructor

Natalie – PeerCevallos Navigator

Registering forChart Your

Course

Registering

• Only held in the Fall & Spring semester

• Search for SLS course prefix

• The course number is SLS 2206

• Contact New Student & Family Programs or Brandon Newell if you have any questions!• 850-644-2785

• bnnewell@fsu.edu

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Questions?