Partnership Activities with High Schools
Student Success and SOAR
In an effort to positively impact enrollment/registration and retention, Student Success, under the auspices of Enrollment Management, organized and implemented four Summer Orientation Advising and Registration (SOAR) sessions for Summer, 2011. Each session was structured as a two-day event.
As a result, a total of 467 new students were oriented to the university and 400
(86%) completed the registration process prior to the first day of classes.
| |
Registered |
Expected |
Male |
Female |
| New Student Orientation 1 |
64 |
88 |
18 |
46 |
| New Student Orientation 2 |
108 |
141 |
36 |
72 |
| New Student Orientation 3 |
115 |
160 |
33 |
82 |
| New Student Orientation 4 |
180 |
262 |
61 |
119 |
| Total |
467 |
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Student Success and Early Orientation
Following instructions of the Provost/Academic Vice President, the New Student Welcome
Week activity for Student Success was revised for Sping, 2012. The Student Success
activity (Black Carpet Introductions) developed around a “Welcome Skit” that highlighted
certain situations/circumstances that the student might encounter while attending
school. Each scenario was a lead-into the introduction of a key GSU administrator,
who briefly addressed the audience. A total of at least 36 new students attended
this activity and by way of a survey, 100% positive feedback about the activity was
provided. The questions and responses to the survey were:
| *Did the session provide helpful information? |
36 out of 36 responded – Yes |
| *Was the session of relevance to you? |
36 out of 36 responded – Yes |
| *Was the information in each session effectively presented? |
36 out of 36 responded – Yes |
| *Did the session meet your expectations? |
36 out of 36 responded – Yes |
| *My overall impression of the Orientation Session: |
29 out of 36 responded – Excellent
7 out of 36 responded – Good |
Their overall suggestion/comment was that this activity be expanded on for future
orientation sessions.
