Engage 100 Experience Application: Submission #26

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Submission Number: 26
Submission ID: 126
Submission UUID: a2a0bc01-72c3-4582-a6ed-092180f1b18e

Created: Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:48 PM
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Language: English

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First Name Renee
Last Name Dyehouse
Department Graduation Planning & Strategies Office
Title Graduation Specialist
Email rdyehouse@fsu.edu
Phone 850-644-2140
Title of the Proposed Engage 100 Experience The High School AA Florida State Experience (Fall only)
Description of Experience (for Students) This course is designed exclusively for first-semester students who earned an Associate of Arts (AA) degree while in high school. Students in this course will proactively reflect on how the high school AA degree impacts their identity and plans at Florida State. Moreover, students will explore FSU’s resources and culture and learn from fellow students by engaging in active dialogue.

To enroll, search for IDS 1107 in Schedule Assistant, then choose the section for "HSAA".
Description of Experience (for Review) The High School AA Florida State Experience is a structured discussion class designed to bolster student growth, persistence, and academic performance. This one semester course is designed exclusively for first-semester students who earned an Associate of Arts (AA) degree while in high school. This section of The Florida State Experience course is affiliated with the Graduation Planning & Strategies Office.

One of the central goals of this course is to advance the high school AA (HSAA) student experience by expanding opportunities for interpersonal connection and campus engagement to promote retention and academic success in students’ first year and beyond. Students in this course will proactively reflect on how the high school AA degree impacts their identity and plans at Florida State. Moreover, students will explore FSU’s resources and culture and learn from fellow students and HSAA peer leaders by engaging in active dialogue.
Experience Contact (for Students) Heather Shattuck
Experience Contact Email (for Students) hshattuck@fsu.edu
Experience Link (for Students)
Who is the primary leader of the proposed Engage 100 experience? Graduate Peer/Mentors
How will you be utilizing a mentor for this experience? Peer leaders will take an active role in this course by regularly leading presentations and group discussions with students.
How many anticipated meetings per semester? 8
Proposed Engage 100 Experience is an existing FSU course No
If proposed experience is an existing course, please provide course number. IDS1107
What is your anticipated enrollment per section?
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. One of our weeks in class will be spent focusing entirely on intentionality in campus engagement and involvement. In addition, peer leaders will have multiple opportunities throughout the semester to present on what struggles and successes they have faced related to campus involvement. For instance, peer leaders will participate in panel discussion answering questions related to involvement.
Students will also research and learn about engagement opportunities through homework. Assignments are noted below:
Students must select and listen to a minimum of three (3) podcasts available from “The More You Nole: A Podcast About FSU,” at https://admissions.fsu.edu/podcast. Students should select podcasts based on what they have a sincere interest in learning more about at and pursuing at FSU. In addition to learning about FSU resources by listening, students will write a reflection on what they learned and how it connects to their plans at FSU.
Students will also write a High School AA Reflection and Game Plan Assignment where they will use what they have learned in class, FSU’s online resources, or informational interviews with campus partners to research opportunities available at FSU that help them thoughtfully consider what they want to accomplish while at FSU given their earned credits.
Students also must attend and write a reflection on one (1) campus cultural, involvement, or wellness activity or event at FSU. Students may choose activities or events that are connected to their interests or plans for involvement at FSU.
Each homework assignment will be discussed in class. Beyond what students research themselves, they will also learn from their fellow classmates about other engagement opportunities.
2. Students in this course will proactively reflect on how the high school AA degree impacts their identity and plans at Florida State. Moreover, students will explore FSU’s resources and culture and learn from fellow students and high school AA peer leaders by engaging in active dialogue.
Students will learn that as a high school AA student they are part of a large community (Some 350+ new high school AA students join the FSU community each year). Students are introduced to resources available to high school AA (HSAA) students through the Graduation Planning & Strategies (GPS) Office to include various social opportunities, a one-on-one meeting with a Graduation Specialist in GPS in their first term, the High School AA Mentorship Program and the Degree in Three & More in Four programs.
3. Beyond learning about the community of high school AA students at FSU, students will be encouraged to explore additional communities through campus engagement and involvement. In addition, peer leaders will have multiple opportunities throughout the semester to present on what struggles and successes they have faced related to campus involvement. Peer leaders will present on resiliency in pursuing campus involvement.
4. Students in this course will proactively reflect on how the high school AA degree impacts their identity and plans at Florida State, equipping students with personal awareness.
5. One of our weeks in class will be spent focusing entirely on intentionality in campus engagement and involvement. This will involve thinking deeply about how students can achieve their academic and personal goals.
Students will also connect their interests in engagement with their academic and personal goals through various homework assignments to include:
Students must select and listen to a minimum of three (3) podcasts available from “The More You Nole: A Podcast About FSU,” at https://admissions.fsu.edu/podcast. Students should select podcasts based on what they have a sincere interest in learning more about at and pursuing at FSU. In addition to learning about FSU resources by listening, students will write a reflection on what they learned and how it connects to their plans at FSU.
Students will also write a High School AA Reflection and Game Plan Assignment where they will use what they have learned in class, FSU’s online resources, or informational interviews with campus partners to research opportunities available at FSU that help them thoughtfully consider what they want to accomplish while at FSU given their earned credits.
Students also must attend and write a reflection on one (1) campus cultural, involvement, or wellness activity or event at FSU. Students may choose activities or events that are connected to their interests or plans for involvement at FSU.
Each homework assignment will be discussed in class. Beyond what students research themselves, they will also learn from their fellow classmates about other engagement opportunities.
How will your program/college/department evaluate the effectiveness of this Engage 100 initiative? Surveys, Evaluations, Retention
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Which category would this program fall into? Interest Based
In which semester(s) will this course be offered? Fall, Spring