High Impact/First Contact Subcommittee
Meeting Minutes: April 21, 2000
Present: S. Furlong, M. Stearney, B. Amenson-Hill, S. Byrne, A. Deprey, J. Gerow, L. Hansen,
A. Haynie, M. Kubsch, C. Matter, M. Regen, L. Sear, L. Toonen, G. Wilson-Doenges
Not Present: J. Jackson, S. Meredith, , C. Grosso, N. Suchomel
Guest: J. Entwistle, D. Lamers
1. The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m. Committee members introduced themselves.
2. The minutes were approved from the April 14 meeting.
3. Articles relevant to First –Year Seminar were passed around. The Academic Advising
Proposal was also given to all members.
4. Talked about outline and main ideas related to combining and changing Intro and SOAR. A
brief overview from last meeting.
5. Discussed the need to recommend that Intro should be mandatory or not. We did not vote on
this, but the general feeling was that if we want to make sure that students attend Intro it
should be mandatory.
6. A recommendation was discussed to review the name of Intro to College, explore calling it
Orientation since most students and parents can identify with what Orientation means.
7. The committee discussed the importance of looking at the fees for Intro if it becomes
mandatory. Some ideas include: working this into the base budget and not charging a
separate fee for this program.
8. Moved off of the first recommendation concerning Intro and Soar and into a discussion about
First Year Seminar possible models. Scott Furlong again mentioned the resources available
on the web and through handouts. He encouraged people to look at other models, many
members already did this and were able to contribute to the discussion.
9. The remaining time left in the meeting was dedicated to brainstorming goals for the
Freshman Seminar. The committee discussed content based, theme based and other
variations of Freshman Seminar. Refer to the list of goals sent out by Scott Furlong and
attached at the bottom. The committee will refer back to these goals at our next meeting.
10. Meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
11. Next meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 5th at 2:00 in Niagara Room C.
Respectfully submitted by Brenda Amenson-Hill
Goals of the Freshman Seminar
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Socialization
Preparation for college level work/Differences b/t high school and college
Intellectual stimulation
Basic skills (time management, information literacy, library)
Critical thinking
Communication
Education of the individual reaching across areas
Reading (both the level and amount)
Culture of university (Green Bay Idea)
Community outreach/service
Collaborative
Support services
Preparation for life long learning
Portfolio preparation
Learning plan preparation
Reflective learning
Expanding horizon (careers, etc.)
Diversity issues/Global citizen
Learning styles
Small groups
Content based
Mentors connection
Focus topics w/ choices
Learning what your values are and their effect
Integrity/academic honesty
Engaging – good teachers
Conflict resolution