1. An All-Campus Approach to Creating First Generation Success Through Community Jane Lawrence, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Charles Nies, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Elizabeth Boretz, Ph.D. Director, Student Advising and Learning Center

2. Warm-up Exercise (for a prize): What endangered species lives on the UC Merced campus?

3. Warm-up Exercise #2 (for a prize): List the mascots of all UC campuses.

4. Who is this man and what is his name? (correct pronunciation counts)

5. UC Merced Demographics 53% of applicants first generation 40% are first-generation UC-wide More than half of Bobcats are first-generation Unique campus culture

6. What Every First-Generation Student Knows (or should know) Video: The Difference Between High School and College Community Reaching out for help

7. Community: Campus-Wide Partnerships Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations Workshops for Academically At-Risk Students Residentially Based Programs Coordinated Programs Across Student Affairs

8. The Gap Between the Learner and the Learned

9. Faculty-Student Affairs Collaborations Mid-Semester Grade Reporting Adjustments to Pedagogy Orientation Mandatory Freshman Assembly

10. Workshops for Struggling Students Student Self-Assessments Peer Participation Excellent Student Feedback

11. What We Have Learned Easily Distracted by Friends: 65% Have not visited faculty: 57% “I have not learned to control the stress that college brings into my life”: 35% I do not allow myself enough time outside of class to meet course requirements: 57% My worries about failure interrupt my learning: 48% Loneliness: 2%

12. Residentially Based Programs Faculty & Peer Tutorials Faculty Review Sessions Toolbox Series + the “4 Success” Series Advising Socials

13. Coordinated Student Affairs Programs Wellness Pre-Exam Stress Fest Etiquette Dinner Yosemite Leadership Program Parents’ Communications Students First Center

14. Promise for the Future