First-Year Experience Committee – October 7, 2026
Action Items
- None
Minutes
Proposal/Course Discussion:
- N/A
Standard Business:
- Only 1 of the 3 Fall workshops received any attendance (4 attendees)
- Several proposals are expected
- Discussion around having a coach teach an FSEM – ways to assist with the academic advising component for those students.
- Discussion around the new policy to have FSEM instructors be removed from advisor role after the Spring semester – working on process for warm handoff to Jen Cirbus
- No proposals are currently submitted
- Discussed the potential for mechanisms for having additional classes for the second 8-week term
- One idea is to have the courses ‘embargoed’ (in that they won’t be eligible for registration until after the main 15-week add/drop period)
- Staffing was presented as a concern, but the group was generally supportive of the idea since it would help with many potential financial aid problems
- Discussed revisions to the overall First Year Experience
- Reviewed the Strategic Plan and how it relates to the First-Year Experience
- Revisited a proposal from the First-Year Experience Revision Advisory Committee from Fall 2024 – Spring 2025
- Discussed the potential role of a High Impact Practices (HIP) course in the Spring semester of the first year
- Proposals are required to be in by October 16th and will be discussed at the November First Year Experience meeting
Our subsequent meetings are November 4, and December 2 at 3:30 p.m. in HCC 310.