Faculty & Staff
Focusing on the First Year
Save-the Date!
Focusing on the First-Year Conference will be held on October 22, 2008 in Coffman Memorial Union on the Twin Cities Campus from 8:00AM until 4:30PM.
This biannual conference provides University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and administrators the opportunity to exchange ideas, highlight best practices and strengthen collaborative efforts to enhance the freshman experience.
This year, we will be joined by special guest and keynote speaker George D. Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University Bloomington where he directs the Center for Postsecondary Research. Founding director of the widely-used National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), George received the B.A. from Luther College (1968), M.S. from St. Cloud State University (1971), and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1975). He has written extensively about student engagement, assessment, institutional improvement, and college and university cultures and consulted with about 200 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. His two most recent books are Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter (2005) and Piecing Together the Student Success Puzzle: Research, Propositions, and Recommendations (2007). In 2001, he received Indiana University’s prestigious Tracy Sonneborn Award for distinguished career of teaching and research.
Watch your email and this website for the Call for Programs!
Important Links:
* Keynote Speaker Biography
* Conference Schedule
* Conference Registration