Engage 100 Experience Application: Submission #3

First Name: Danielle
Last Name: Porter 
Department: Undergraduate Studies
Title: Associate Director for Retention
Email: danielle.lewis@fsu.edu
Phone: 850-645-9357
Title of the Proposed Engage 100 Experience: Freshman Interest Groups
Description of Experience (for Students):
Freshman Interest Groups provide a way for new students to connect with a group of students sharing similar interests. Registering for a FIG will place you and your fellow FIG participants in a set of classes that have a theme such as business or communication.
To enroll, work with your advisor to select a FIG cluster that works best for your schedule and identify the FIG’s title using the appendix in “It’s All Academic”. In Schedule Assistant, search for the FIG using the FIG tab. Select the title that matches the one listed in It’s All Academic. This method will enroll you in the FIG colloquium and courses in the FIG cluster.

Description of Experience (for Review):
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Experience Contact (for Students): Freshman Interest Group Office
Experience Contact Email (for Students): FIGs@admin.fsu.edu
Experience Link (for Students): https://fig.undergrad.fsu.edu
Who is the primary leader of the proposed Engage 100 experience? : Undergraduate Peer/Mentors
How will you be utilizing a mentor for this experience?:
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Proposed Engage 100 Experience is an existing FSU course: No
If proposed experience is an existing course, please provide course number.: HUM1920
What is your anticipated enrollment per section?: 12-19
Please indicate which of the Engage 100 objectives your proposed experience meets: Students will know where to find engagement activities well beyond their first term of enrollment and intentionally select engagement activities that aligns with their interests, Students will join a formal community and form meaningful peer relationships, Students will gain skills to find new communities as their identities develop, Students will develop personal, social and professional awareness, Students will be able to assess how their engagement activity aligns with their academic and personal goals
Please outline how your experience will meet your selected objectives?:
1. Each class is geared towards exposing different areas and resources around campus.
2. Each FIG section is organized by major and led by an upperclassman in that major or career area.
3. The FIG students are encouraged to do things, go places, and experience campus as a small group and build relationships throughout the semester.
4. Lesson plans developed by the FIG Leader.
5. In some way the students will apply what they have learned in the FIG colloquium to future goals and plans here on campus.


How will your program/college/department evaluate the effectiveness of this Engage 100 initiative?: Surveys, Evaluations, Retention
Photo for Experience: https://engage100.fsu.edu/system/files/webform/experience_application/11/Picture1.jpg
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Approved: Yes
Which category would this program fall into?: Academic/Major Based
In which semester(s) will this course be offered?: Fall