2016 NEVADAFIT
INFORMATION SESSION FOR
PROSPECTIVE PACK
MENTORS
Become a Nevada FIT pack mentor!
Mary Feliz, mfeliz@unr.edu
Jennifer Pierce, jenniferpierce@unr.edu
PACK MENTOR INFO SESSION OVERVIEW
• Welcome & Introductions
• Special welcome from Dean Maragakis, College of Engineering
• What is NevadaFIT?
• Role of Pack Mentors in NevadaFIT
• NevadaFIT Speakers
• How to become a NevadaFIT Pack Mentor
• Question & Answer
WHAT IS
NEVADAFIT?
NevadaFIT (Freshman Intensive
Transition) is a five-day academic
program designed to prepare incoming
freshman for the expectations of being
a college student, while helping them
successfully transition into their first
semester at University of Reno, Nevada
NevadaFIT 2016
August 21 (Sunday) to August 25 (Thursday)
NEVADA FIT: PURPOSE & STRUCTURE
• Purpose & Goals of Nevada FIT
• Students are enrolled in 1 credit ACE 110 course
(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
• Evaluation based on full participation
• 10 Bootcamps
• BizFIT (College of Business)
• BMB-FIT (CABNR)
• NRES-FIT (CABNR)
• VAS-FIT (CABNR)
• E-FIT (College of Engineering)
• FIT2Care (College of Education)
• HealthFIT (Community Health Science)
• J-FIT (Journalism)
• PsychFIT (College of Liberal Arts)
• ScienceFIT (College of Science)
•
All incoming College of Science students are
required to participate in ScienceFIT
NEVADA FIT PARTICIPANT EXPECTATIONS
• Students are expected to..
• Attend and fully participate in all activities
(lectures, study groups, skills sessions,
etc.)
• Be engaged
• Follow university policies
• Learn from their experience
Pack Mentors play a critical role in making
sure students understand and meet these
expectations
PACK MENTORS: ROLES & EXPECTATIONS
• NevadaFIT feedback from past participants
• NevadaFIT experience and the role pack mentors play
• Stress
• Overwhelmed
• Feelings of anxiety
• Each Pack Mentor is assigned 6 freshmen within major
• Pack Mentors must be able to commit to the daily schedules and be available to their
pack
• NevadaFIT sample schedule
PACK MENTORS: ROLE & EXPECTATIONS
• Pack Mentors are role-models & guides
• Math course- help students figure out how
be a successful student (not expected to
be a math tutor)
• Facilitate study skills workshops, pack
mentor sessions, work one-on-one with
students when appropriate
• Role-model how to be a successful student
(classroom etiquette, time management,
how to address professors, etc.)
• As a Pack Mentor, you are expected to be
professional (social media etiquette)
• Pack mentors will be compensated with a
stipend
NEVADAFIT SPEAKERS
• Past NevadaFIT Pack Mentors
• Ashley Sharp, 2015 BizFIT
• Allie Beal, 2015 FIT2Care
• Mikayla Baillie, 2015 E-FIT
• Pierce Baker, 2015 J-FIT
• Kim Gilliland, BMB-FIT
• Past Participant
• Andrew Arballo, ScienceFIT
PACK MENTOR ORIENTATION
• General orientation will cover basic policies and how to be an effective mentor:
FERPA, Sexual Harassment, how to assist students when they are distressed, making
campus resource referrals, central schedule, and more
• Break out sessions for specialized training with your college
• Orientation and training will be a full day event, so plan to commit for the full day
If your selected as Pack Mentor, attendance is mandatory!
Saturday, Aug. 20
HOW TO BECOME A PACK MENTOR
CONTACT THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR OF YOUR COLLEGE TO FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT THEIR PACK MENTOR APPLICATION PROCESS
• BizFIT (Business) Gregrette Perry
gperry@unr.edu
• FIT2Care (Education) Marrissa Markee
marrissamarkee@unr.edu
• BMB-FIT (CABNR) Hanna Damke
damke@unr.du
& Jenna Dewar jennah@unr.edu
• NRES-FIT (CABNR) Julie Stoughton
jstoughton@cabnr.unr.edu
• VAS-FIT (CABNR) Tracy Shane
tshane@cabnr.unr.edu
• E-FIT (Engineering) AnneMarie Vollstedt
annmarie@unr.edu
• HealthFIT (Health Sciences) Laurie Beck
laurieb@unr.edu
• J-FIT (Journalism) Paul Mitchel
pmitchel@unr.edu
• PsychFIT (Psychology) Genevive DeBernardis
gdebernardis@unr.edu
SCIENCE FIT
• 2016 ScienceFIT Pack Mentor application available starting March 1, 2016 online at
www.unr.edu/sciencefit.
• Deadline to apply to become a ScienceFIT pack mentor is March 27, 2016
• Program Coordinator- Christina Cho cycho@unr.edu
Q&A
What do you want to know about becoming a Pack Mentor?