LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
Before Mandatory
OAR
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Orientation and Registration
Voluntary
1 hour presentation by Counseling
Students met with a Counselor
immediately after
Transition of
• Data shows students need to connect
with a counselor to assist in retention
• Decrease in high school participants in
voluntary OAR
• Counselor patronage
ARRA Support for
• Re-vamped OAR to New Student Orientation (NSO)
• Co-chairs included 2 Counselors and Student Life
Coordinator
• Partnered with several other campus divisions
Now became a campus initiative
• First year of ARRA Funding: Mandatory for High
School Graduates
The Components of
College 101
Student Life
Faculty Meet and Greet
Campus Tour/Laulima Training
College 101
Presentation
Includes:
•College Terms
•Registration
•Resources
•Study Tips
•Etc
• College 101 is the first
session for NSO
• Includes all the students
• The students are then split
into 3 groups for the
remainder of the day
Student Life
Session
Includes:
•Presentation by
Student Govt
•Ice Breakers
•Student ID
•Student Services
and Student
Organizations
tabling
• Presentation includes
information about Student
Life and the importance of
getting involved on campus
(student govt, clubs, attend
activities, etc)
Meet and Greet
Session
Includes:
•Faculty from all
academic
disciplines
•Faculty from
Halau, Sulong Aral,
Library, Ki Office,
and the LRC
• Students rotate between
tables every 5-7 mins
• They meet faculty from
every program
• Highest rated session
Tour/Laulima
Session
Includes:
•½ an hour campus
tour
•½ an hour Laulima
Training Session
• Campus Tour provided by
Recruitment Office tour
guides
• Laulima training session
provided by NSO leaders 
Activity sheet with
partners, not a lecture
format
Evaluations for
• Data from student evaluations indicate that 70% of those who attended
Summer 2010 NSO’s rated the experience as excellent, with a mean rating
of 4.66 on a 5-point scale. Further aspects of the evaluation of the
experience are delineated below:
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College 101
Faculty Meet and Greet
Student Life
Campus Tour
Laulima Training
NSO Leaders
USB Drives
Online RSVP System
4.45/5.0
4.61/5.0
4.60/5.0
4.46/5.0
4.47/5.0
4.79/5.0
4.79/5.0
4.41/5.0
IMPACTS ON RECENT HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES
Entering Fall 2010
Student
Participation
• 754 Recent High School Graduates
Participated in NSO
– 44.4% of all Recent HS Graduates newly Enrolled
at Leeward CC in the Fall 2010
• 84% of these Students Completed all Aspects
of NSO
– New Student Orientation (NSO)
– Counseling & Advising
Impact on Student
Success:
Achieving the Dream Indicators
 Grade Achievement
 “C” grades or higher
 Overall GPA
 Success in Gatekeeper Courses
 Courses with high enrollment and high failure rates
 Success in Developmental Education Courses
 Student Persistence and Retention
Grade Attainment:
NSO Students more likely to Earn
a 2.0 GPA or Higher
NSO Students
Performed Better in
Gatekeeper Courses
• Characterized by a high enrollment but high
failure rate.
– Less than a 70% success-rate (passing with a A, B
or C)
• NSO Participants:
– Were more likely to register for these courses
– Took a greater number of these courses.
– Were more likely to pass with a “C” or better
More NSO Students Registered for a
Greater Number of Gatekeeper
Courses and did Better in Them
-NSO Participants avg 2.6 GK courses (Native Hawaiian Participants averaged 2.7 courses)
-Non-NSO Participants avg 1.8 GK courses (Native Hawaiian non-Participants averaged 1.9 courses)
NSO did not Impact
Developmental Education
 Students successful in completing Developmental Ed
in Fall 2010 did not attend NSO
 Problems with Data
 Pool of students measured was small
○ Looked at students who needed only 1 semester of remediation
○ Atypical – most students require at least 2 semesters of
remediation
 Native Hawaiian Students
 NSO participants did progress out of remediation faster
 May be due to supports available in Hālau ‘Ike O Pu‘uloa
NSO Participants Persisted
into the Spring 2011
Semester at Higher Rates
Implications for
Practice
• NSO is a Protective Factor for First Year
Students
– NSO increased student persistence into the 2nd semester by 10%
• NSO needs to be Supplemented by other First
Year Experience Interventions
– Biggest Impacts – persistence
– Marginal Impacts – Success in Gatekeepers, Developmental Education
and Grade Attainment
Upcoming
Implementation
• Mandatory for ALL new students
• Hold is placed on each student account
• Must complete a NSO session AND meet with
a counselor to register and have hold removed
• To meet demand of NSO sessions, NSO team
created NSO Online and NSO Live
Next Steps
• FYE – First Year Experience program
• NSO is a small part of the Student Success
initiative at Leeward CC
• Continue to rely on data and regularly make
changes
NSO demo