New Student Orientation
Empowering students to build connections with their University and take charge of their education.
Membership
- Lizzie Wahab (Chair), Vice President for Enrollment Management
- Jamie Ballinger (co-Chair), Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment Services
- Silverio “Ace” Barrera, Associate Director of Recruitment
- Michael Cooley, Director of Enrollment Information Systems
- Jenny Desmond, Assistant Director of Admissions and Student Ambassador Programs
- Thane Fremouw, Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology
- Torsten Hahmann, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Science
- Jeff Hunt, Director of Campus Recreation
- Nory Jones, Professor of Management Information Systems
- Lauri Sidelko, Director of Student Wellness Resource Center
- Joshua Stanhope, Assistant Director of Fraternity, Sorority Affairs and Leadership Development
Resources
- EAB Promoting Timely Degree Completion
- Onboarding, engagement and the first-year experience
- College Transition Collaborative: Communications Management Guidelines
- NY Times article Who Gets to Graduate?
- The Impact of Social Belonging Interventions on Student Retention and Persistence in College
- Social-Psychological Interventions in Education: They’re Not Magic – Yeager & Walton