1. What are the core experiences scholars in FYE Communities should have?
Cultural Community Wealth (Yosso)
Sense of Belonging
Discourse

2. Cultural Community Wealth
Primary Source Project – interview a family member or friend around a particular issue impacting their community. Capstone: write a letter to editor, city or other public figures.
Campus Resources, Informational Interviews, Faculty Advisers
Literacy Narratives or Narrative Essays
Presenting composition as a expression of love
Shared knowledge of research

3. Sense of Belonging Scaffold Self-Discourse
Past Student Alumni Panel W/ Success and Not So Succesful
Class/Group Composition Project

4. Discourse Silent Discussion – Rotating Leadership
Participation Prompts
Presenting academic writing as an expression of love
Presenting non-academic writing as an expression of scholarship
Mastering a sense of authority or mastery over a topic in a semester
Cultivating an understanding of multiple perspectives – an academic understanding

5. Lessons Learned If you build it they will not come
Integrated Classes Are Note Enough
Need to hold students Fall to Fall
Clear and Reasonable Expectations
Core Faculty
Be clear about what type of programming