1. Click to Add Title Connecting First-Year Students to the Campus & the City Sandra Picciuca & Justin Wier College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

2. Chicago Trivia What is this Chicago icon affectionately called? A. The Kidney B. The Silver C. The Bean D. Cloud Gate

3. Chicago Trivia Why is Chicago called the Windy City? A. Weather B. Located near Lake Michigan C. Tall buildings D. Politics

4. Chicago Trivia What is not on a Chicago-style hot dog? A. Celery salt B. Sport peppers C. Ketchup D. Mustard

5. Agenda First-Year Seminars Case study: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences first-year seminar: LAS 110, Success in the City Activity Discussion Resources

6. First-Year Seminars Goals: Learn about campus resources Understand how to be an effective college student Develop a connection to the campus Build a relationship with advisors and faculty

7. First-Year Seminars Student involvement along with social and academic integration have a positive impact of student retention and persistence. Tinto’s (1975, 1987, 1993) Theory of Student Departure Astin’s (1984) Theory of Student Involvement

8. First-Year Seminars Milem and Berger (1997) noted student involvement in the first 6-7 weeks of college is significantly related to retention. First-year seminars can be a High-Impact Educational Practice

9. First-Year Seminars Civic engagement and connection Eyler and Giles (1999) noted, “Community voice, where students felt the work they did was shaped by input of the community, did predict that students would feel more connected to the community” (p. 47).

10. LAS 110, Success in the City Get connected to campus during the first semester at UIC. Explore campus resources Learn about LAS and UIC. Faculty & Staff Interview Presentations from campus partners

11. LAS 110, Success in the City Meet new friends. Accomplish through class assignments Build relationships with academic advisor Many instructors are students’ cohort advisors

12. UIC & Chicago

13. Connections to the City About UIC UIC is an anchor institution, engaged with our community Students come to UIC because we are in the city Idea to incorporate civic engagement, service into the first-year seminar

14. LAS 110, Success in the City Be involved in Chicago with a community service experience Explore Chicago Through Service Explore the diversity of Chicago’s neighborhoods through class projects Immigration & Diversity Project

15. Chicago Marathon

17. City Farm

19. Open House Chicago

20. Wooded Island

22. Other Service Projects Culture Chicago International Film Festival Economic Development Andersonville Chamber of Commerce Public Art Arts Alive Chicago & Green Star Movement Access to Food Greater Chicago Food Depository

23. LAS 110, Success in the City Map of 2013 student projects Many more community- based experiences in 2014

24. LAS 110, Success in the City By the numbers: Fall 2013Fall 2014 6 sections14 sections 117 students226 students

25. Activity Think, Pair, Share For the next 10 minutes In groups of 2-3 Please discuss the questions related to civic engagement and first-year seminars Trade contact information with colleagues

26. Discussion How could civic engagement, service, and community partnerships be integrated into your first-year seminars?

27. Discussion What are examples of community organizations, service projects, or topics of interest you discussed?

28. Discussion How could you “sell” this idea of civic engagement and first- year seminars to your campus leaders?

29. Discussion What challenges do you anticipate to implement these ideas on your campus?

30. Resources National Resource Center for the First- Year Experience and Students in Transition, www.sc.edu/fye Campus Compact, www.compact.org Campus Service-Learning Centers Community organizations Contact us and your colleagues you met today!

31. Literature Astin, A.W. (1984). Student Involvement: A development theory for higher education. Journal of College Student Personnel, 25, 297-308. Eyler, J. & Giles Jr., D. E. (1999). Where’s the learning in service-learning? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Milem, J.F., & Berger, J.B. (1997). A modified model of college student persistence: Exploring the relationship between Astin’s theory of involvement and Tinto’s theory of student departure. Journal of College Student Development 38(4), 387-399. Tinto, V. (1975). Dropout from higher education: A theoretical synthesis of recent research. Review of Educational Research, 45, 89-125. Tinto, V. (1987). Leaving College: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition (1 st ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Tinto, V. (1993). Leaving College: Rethinking the causes and cures of student attrition (2 nd ed.). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

32. Contact us: Sandra Picciuca, spicci@uic.edu Justin Wier, jrjustin@uic.edu Thank you for participating today!