Fall 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019 from Noon – 1 pm. Location: Drinko 138
Present: Jennifer Sias, Sherry Early, Eugenia Damron, Beth Wolfe, Andy Stringfellow, Kay Lawson, Sheila Fields, Jill Underhill, Allyson Goodman, Sandy York, Sandra Reed, Sumeeta Patnaik, Siham El Ougli, and
Topics:
a. FYS business:
- Where to find the link to the FYS Final Exam and other content loaded for you in Blackboard
- Reminder – our spring 2020 textbook orders are due by Oct. 29 – even if you are NOT using a textbook – you need to notify them that you will NOT be using a textbook. You can do so via Follett Discover in Blackboard or by emailing the bookstore (Matt Gothard (0419txt@follett.com OR gothard5@marshall.edu) or stopping by and telling them in person
b. A short and simple metacognitive thinking activity to use with students – Provide students with a template of a blank head and ask them to write metacognitive questions of their own following this model
c. Dr. Beth Wolfe highlighted how she ties her course theme to the fundamentals of FYS
FYS Faculty Meeting Packet Beth Wolfe
d. Dr. Sherry Early shared her FYS theme and two examples of students’ final projects
e. Discussion – Professor Sheila Fields shared how she gets students to get the most out of group work
Fall 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018 from 3-4:30 pm. Location: SH 335
Topic: What services are available to first year students?
Prospective guests include representatives from Student Affairs, Student Support Services, Counseling Center, Autism Services, HELP center, University College, and …
Miss the meeting? View meeting videos here:
Handouts from guests:
- 3106_CampusResourcesBooklet18 (17)-email
- 3000_StudentsDistress_Folder (2)
- 3106_academicsuccessworkshop_card (5)[2]
Friday, Nov. 9 from 3-4:30 p.m. Location: SH 335
Topic: The Hidden Curriculum
Fall 2017
Dec. 1, 2017. John Spotts Room. Topic: “Anchoring in the midst of a storm: The importance of self-care for faculty and students affected by trauma and the opioid crisis” by Dr. Lori Ellison
Spring 2017 meetings
FYS Faculty Meeting 1: Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 8-9 am. Location: Drinko 138. Agenda Includes: Robin Riner – COLA Research and Creativity Conference and possible FYS submissions. Information Literacy and Fake News: Librarian Sabrina Thomas – suggestions for activities instructors can use to cover source reliability in the midst of fake news
FYS Faculty Meeting 2: Friday March. 31 from Noon to 1 pm. Location: Drinko 349. Agenda Includes: Jeradi Cohen – GHWD. Kay Lawson.
FYS Faculty Meeting 3: Friday, April . 21 from 11 am – noon. Location: Memorial Student Center MSC 2W16 SRC Conference room. Agenda Includes: Inquiry based and Metacognitive Thinking: Jennifer Sias – Introduction to the StoryCorps app.
*We are busy, busy folks. No one time seems ideal for anyone, except perhaps 8 am on MW when according to MUBert, no one is scheduled to teach. However, many may argue that 8 am is gruesome! So, I only scheduled ONE meeting at 8 and am trying to try a different approach this semester for other meetings, which is to find two other times that may exclude a few (sadly) but perhaps will work better for the majority. Our hope is that you could attend two or at least ONE meeting during the semester so that you can stay informed about FYS happenings!
SPRING 2017 FYS INSTRUCTORS SCHEDULES
Fall 2016 meetings – schedule
- FYS Faculty Meeting 1: Tuesday, September 13 from 8-9am. Location: Drinko Library 349. Agenda includes: 1. Attendance initiative – Dr. Kateryna Schray. 2. FYS Summer Workgroup Show and Tell – update FYS instructors on what the summer workgroup did/improvements to existing scenarios and tweaks to instructions as well as development of new scenarios – Mary Welch, Isaac Wait & Jennifer Sias. 3. FYS faculty funds – encourage faculty to apply 4. Demo of a successful activity/instruction plan – Mary Welch
- FYS Faculty Meeting 2: Thursday, October 13 from 8-9 am. Location: Drinko Library 349. Agenda includes: 1. How are you meeting your min/max reading and writing requirements in FYS – share. 2. Demo of a successful activity/instruction plan – Isaac Wait. 3. Call for volunteers – New video testimonials from FYS instructors on the benefits of teaching FYS.
- FYS Faculty Meeting 3: Tuesday, November 15 from 8-9 am. Location: Drinko Library 349. Agenda includes: 1. FYS Exam reminders 2. Demo of a successful activity/instruction plan – Sabrina Thomas & Jayme Waldron 3. HIP Project presentation – Damien Arthur, Bill Gardner & more
Agendas
- Agenda 2_22_17 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 11_15_16 FYS Faculty Meeting
- agenda-10_13_16-fys-faculty-meeting
- Agenda 9_13_16 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 2_29_16 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 11_9_15 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 04_17_15 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 9_11_14 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 3_12_14 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 2_14_14 FYS Ad Hoc Group Meeting
- Agenda 11_15_13 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Agenda 10_2_13 FYS Faculty Meeting
Minutes
- Minutes 11_15_16-FYS-Faculty-Meeting
- Minutes 9_13_16 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Schray 9 13 16 Herd Path Program Banner Instructions
- Schray 9 13 16 _1601_herdpathresource_handout (003)
- Minutes 9_11_14 FYS Faculty Meeting
- Minutes 4_23_14 FYS Faculty Meeting
