“MAKE YOUR MARK” Orientation 2011 GONZAGA UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC SUCCESS Dr. Patricia O’Connell Killen Academic Vice President

ACADEMIC SUCCESS WHAT THE FACULTY WANTS FOR YOU SIX GUIDELINES

WHAT GONZAGA WHAT GONZAGA PROFESSORS WHAT GONZAGA PROFESSORS WANT FOR YOU THAT YOU GRADUATE FROM GONZAGA THAT YOU BECOME A TRULY HUMANISTICALLY EDUCATED PERSON

BECOME HUMANISTICALLY EDUCATED PERSON DISCERN DIMENSIONS OF A PROBLEM, SITUATION, OR OPPORTUNITY DRAW ON KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, THEORIES, INSIGHTS, PROCEDURES FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES REACH CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE REASONED AND RESPONSIBLE AND ACT ON THEM ANALYTICAL, INTEGRATIVE, ETHICAL, CREATIVE THINKER AND ACTOR -- HUMAN BEING

ACADEMIC SUCCESS: SIX GUIDELINES

# 1 SHOW UP! GO TO CLASS, LAB, PRACTICE, etc. TIME ON TASK TAKE POSSESSION OF YOUR OWN LEARNING

# 2 SLOW DOWN THE LEAP EXPERIENCE INTERPRETATION EXPLORE THE SPACE - DISCOVER

# 3 RESPECT YOUR QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ARE YOUR GYROSCOPE

# 4 READ, NO, REALLY READ READING IS A HIGHLY COMPLEX ACTIVITY READING IS ACTIVE LITERACY IS POWER

# 4 READ, NO, REALLY READ TRACK YOUR READING PROCESS THOUGHT REACTIONS: What do they tell you ABOUT YOU? ABOUT THE MATERIAL? FELT REACTIONS: What do they tell you ABOUT YOU? ABOUT THE MATERIAL?

#4 READ, NO, REALLY READ MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE – YOUR READING MIND — YOUR THINKING MAPS (of concepts, arguments, processes) SCHEMATIZE -- I C E Ideas, Connections, Extensions Relationship and Relative Significance

#5 GET YOUR VIEW OF TALENT STRAIGHT FIXED VIEW OF TALENT/ABILITY/INTELLIGENCE You’ve got it or you don’t GROWTH (MALLEABLE) VIEW OF TALENT/ABILITY/INTELLIGENCE You cultivate your basic qualities through effort and perseverance

# 5 GET YOUR VIEW OF TALENT STRAIGHT BEFRIEND YOUR FEAR AND FRUSTRATION CULTIVATE CURIOSITY

# 6 USE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE HERE FOR YOU ACADEMIC ADVISING AND ASSISTANCE YOUR PROFESSORS YOUR FACULTY ADVISOR THE WRITING CENTER LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY INSTRUCTION STUDY GROUPS ETC.

WHY AND HOW DOES ALL THIS MATTER? THE UNIVERSITY IS A “NURSE LOG” FOR EACH OF YOU FOR THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN AND THE MORE THAN HUMAN COMMUNITY YOU WILL SHAPE THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY

WELCOME TO THE LIFE OF THE MIND at GONZAGA UNIVERSITY