Conference Presenations - Student Retention

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Thursday Presentations

9:30 – 10:30 am Concurrent Sessions T1

T1 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
52 - Mapping the Path to Graduation: The Grand Valley State University Four-year Blueprint for Student Success	Salon D	Diana Pace & Nancy Giardina
68 - Summer Bridge Program: Holistic, High Impact Student Development Program	Salon E	Dwight Fontenot, Margaret Noori, & Makeda Turner
56 - Evaluation of PhD Time-to-Completion	Perry	Claire Rammel, NingNing Fu, & Darlene Schott-Baer
59 - Pathways to Success: A Multicultural Model	Baldwin	Anne Samuel-Crain & Darrell King
62 - Holistic Academic Advising and Its Impact on Student Retention	Wisner	Namrata Murthy & Cheryl White
110 – First-Year Analytics and Initiatives that Support Student Persistence	Featherstone	Steven Johnson, Michelle Howard, & Jason Bentley

10:45 – 11:45 am Concurrent Sessions T2

T2 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
77 - Enhancing New Freshman Success and Retention at Northern Michigan University: A Return on Investment (ROI) Based Initiative	Salon D	Paul Lang & Paul Duby
55 - Using Institutional Data to Improve Retention Rates	Salon E	Reuben Ternes & Cassandra Barragan
63 - First Year STEM Transfer Students - From Community College to Four-Year University to Graduate School: Transfer Scholars Research Program	Perry	Madeline Mercado Voelker
69 - Be a Part of Something Great! Learning Communities at Wayne State!	Baldwin	Amy Cooper
97 - Show Me The Money: Financial Literacy Programming as a Retention Strategy	Wisner	Jim O’Neill & Connie Tingson-Gatuz
108 – Michigan Center for Student Success: A Model for Aligning Efforts to Improve Community College Student Outcomes	Featherstone	Jenny Schanker

2:15 – 3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions T3

T3 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
107 - Moving Retention Efforts from Talk to Action	Salon D	John Matlock & Katrina Wade-Golden
73 - Creating a Culture of Success: Retention Strategies for Disadvantaged Students	Salon E	Michelle Snitgen & Kelly Simmons
78 - Two Worlds Collide: The Underprepared Student and You	Perry	Angela Zanardelli
72 - Retaining Student Veterans	Baldwin	Tracey Quada
64 - First Year Writing and the First Year Experience	Wisner	Marshall Kitchens
99 - Structured Learning Assistance..It Works!	Featherstone	Arlene Krellwitz

3:30 – 4:30 pm Concurrent Sessions T4

T4 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
79 - Working as a Consortium to Assist our Veterans	Salon E	Patricia Farrell-Cole, Michael Brennan, & Chris Engle
81 - Turning Theory into Task: Academic Advising Theory and Assessment Based on Tinto’s Retention Model	Perry	Julie Borkin, April Thomas-Powell, & Nichole Moninger
98 - Stairway 2 Success: A Practical Example of Supporting Transition	Baldwin	Nick Wagner, Craig Aimar, & Bryan Crainer
54 - Developing an Engaging Leadership Course	Wisner	Josh Bench
84 – The Elephant in the Room: The Academic/Student Affairs Divide in Retention	Featherstone	Beth Talbert

Friday Presentations

8:45 – 9:45 am Concurrent Sessions F1

F1 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
95 – Learn how SVSU has Improved their Student Success on Campus in Multiple Areas	Salon E	Haley Zitnitsky & Craig Aimar
51 - Academic and Student Affairs Collaborations for Student Persistence	Perry	Andy Beachnau & Mike Messner
75 - First Year Advising: A Holistic Approach to Student Retention	Baldwin	Nancy Schmitz & Sara Webb
80 - Mental Health and College Student Success	Wisner	Sarah Lipson
86 – A Proactive and Intrusive Approach to Academic Recovery for First Year Students	Featherstone	Casey Berkshire & Anne Jackson
112 — Creating a Culture of Success Through Academic Advising - Part 1 112 — Creating a Culture of Success Through Academic Advising - Part 2	Salon D	Charlie Nutt

10:00 – 10:45 am Concurrent Sessions F2

F2 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
90 - First Year Academic Support Programs through the Lens of High School Grade Point Averages (Eastern Michigan University)	Salon E	Ellen Forsman
93 - Student Success and Retention Efforts at the College of Engineering at Western Michigan University	Perry	Andrew Kline &
76 - The Community College Completion Corp (C4) agenda at Delta College	Baldwin	Brigit Dyer & Joshua Trader
50 - Experiences of LGBT Students: Effects on Retention in Higher Education	Wisner	Rose A. Wedemeyer & Tim Larrabee
91 – Addressing Student Retention and Graduation Through Higher Education Performance Funding	Featherstone	Roger Larocca & Douglas Carr

11:00 – 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions F3

F3 - Session Number and Title	Room	Presenter
48 - The First-Year Student on Academic Probation: Lessons Learned from the Wayne REACH Intervention Program	Salon E	Helen Wilson, Pynthia Caffee, & Ruthie Flowers
49 - Instructional Support Initiatives: Collaborations for Student Success	Perry	Joyce Van Baak & Jackie Rautio
67 - Organic Retention: Student Success Collaboration in “Write Spaces”	Baldwin	Sherry Wynn Perdue & Kim Ballard
94 - Sophomore Slump to Sophomore Jump - SVSU's Second Year Connection Plan	Wisner	Kim McDonald & Craig Aimar
66 - Peer Assisted Study Sessions: A Match for Student Success	Featherstone	Christine Huang & Michelle Bruner