URI 101 Section 63
Class 4:
Presentation
Lauren Benevides
CLASS 4
September 26, 2012
TODAY
• Presentation:
• Roosevelt Hall
• eCampus
• Fun Facts about our major
• Group Activity
ROOSEVELT HALL
Does anyone know where
Roosevelt Hall is located??
Does anyone know
what is located in
Roosevelt Hall?
ROOSEVELT HALL
-Honors Program
-Living Learning Communities
-Internships and
Experimental Education
-Jumpstart
-URI 101 Mentors
-Advising for Student Athletes
-Orientation Leaders
-Transfer Resource Center
-Feinstein Center for Service Learning
-- Academic Enhancement Center
STUDENT ADVISING
• Located on the 1 st Floor in Roosevelt Hall
Does anyone know the
name of your advisor?
GERI THEODORE
• She is the advisor for undergraduate CMD students at University College
(along with teaching graduate courses).
•
She was a speech pathologist prior to working at URI
• She offers WALK-IN advising services
• Her office is located on the first floor and in Independence Square
GERI THEODORE
Phone: 874-2577
Email: geri@uri.edu
URI Search Bar- “advising”
http://www.uri.edu/advising/uri101
ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT
CENTER
• Located on the 4th Floor in Roosevelt Hall
• Services:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tutoring
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Study Skills and Strategies
Study Areas and Homework Tables
Academic Counseling
Writing
ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT
CENTER
“ Teaching is Learning”
At the AEC, students work together to create academic success.
“Our motto, Teaching is Learning, reflects our belief that meaningful learning
happens when students work interactively. In the AEC’s relaxed, supportive
environment, our peer tutors and learning specialists help students work
together to develop the knowledge, skills and strategies they need to succeed!“
ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT
CENTER
Fall 2012
Operating Hours:
Monday - Thursday
10 am. to 9 pm.
Friday
10 am. - 1 pm.
Contact:
(401)874-2367
www.uri.edu/aec
ECAMPUS
• Go to www.uri.edu and click on “eCampus” in the top right hand corner
or www.uri.edu.ecampus
• This is where you can view your schedule, add/drop classes, make advising
appointments, see your transcript, and view GPA along with the number
of credits you have.
Now for some…
Fun Facts!
Speech-language
pathologists held about
123,200 jobs in 2010.
Almost half of all speechlanguage pathologists
work in schools. Most
others work in healthcare
facilities. Some work in
patients’ homes.
The following industries
employed the majority of
speech-language
pathologists in 2010:
Elementary and secondary
schools; state, local, and private
44%
Offices of physical, occupational
and speech therapists, and
audiologists
15%
Hospitals; state, local, and private
13%
Nursing care facilities
4%
Home health care services
3%
FUN FACTS
Communicative Disorders at URI
Here is a table with all of the numbers for 2008-2011:
Year of
Graduation
Praxis Examination
Graduation Rates
Number passing
1st try
% passing overall
Number
graduating
% grad on
schedule
2010&11
28/28
100%
30
95%
100%
2009
12/13
100%
23
96%
100%
2008
14/14
100%
12
92%
Employment
Rates
100%
INTERACTIVE QUESTIONS
Split into two groups:
1. Paige’s Group
2. Lauren’s Group
QUESTION 1:
Where is the AEC (Academic
Enhancement Center)
located?
QUESTION 1:
Answer:
th
4
Floor in Roosevelt Hall
QUESTION 2:
Name three services of the AEC.
QUESTION 2:
• Services:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Answer:
Tutoring
Supplemental Instruction (SI)
Study Skills and Strategies
Study Areas and Homework Tables
Academic Counseling
Writing
QUESTION 3:
Who is your academic advisor?
QUESTION 3:
Answer:
Geri Theodore
QUESTION 4:
Where do more than half of
Speech-Pathologists work?
QUESTION 4:
Answer:
In schools
QUESTION 5:
What the average GPA in our
major? (told by Dr. Kovarsky on the first day of class)
QUESTION 5:
Answer:
3.7
QUESTION 6:
Where is student advisement
located?
QUESTION 6:
Answer:
First floor in Roosevelt Hall
NEXT WEEK
•
Diversity Week Mandatory to attend at least one event!
SIGN UP AT www.uri.edu/mcc
•
Majors and Minors Fair
WED. October 3 from 3:00 to 4:30
Please try to attend between 3:00 and 3:30 if possible
•
Map Works MANDATORY Open NOW- 10/14.
Due by 10/10 Print out Last Page of Survey Proving you completed it!
uri.map-works.com
•
Reflection