Michael Cooley, Director of Enrollment Information Systems discusses the goals of the new student orientation working group that is part of the First-Year Student Success Initiative at UMaine

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  First-Year Student Success Initiative: New Student Orientation Working Group March 15, 2019 Run Time : 00:00:58 https://youtu.be/MiVU-evdpR4 Michael Cooley, Director of Enrollment Information Systems discusses the goals of the new student orientation working group that is part of the First-Year Student Success Initiative at UMaine.  [background music] Michael Cooley: The work of the new student orientation group is to better prepare students for what to expect when coming to college. The first step in increasing retention, increasing student success is letting them know what to expect and letting them know where to go to get help.  We were thinking in this group all about restructuring what we do to better support that and to help a student not just at orientation but all throughout their college experience.  I work in enrolling management, so orientation is something that I see every year. I see how it goes, we hear the feedback. I’m in a good spot in that department to help out. I think there’s a lot of potential for collaboration. Some of the ideas that our working group came up with could easily fit right into what they’re doing and further support student’s success.           The University of Maine in Orono is the flagship campus of the University of Maine System, where efforts toward racial equity are ongoing, as is the commitment to facing a complicated and not always just institutional history. The University recognizes that it is located on Marsh Island in the homeland of the Penobscot nation, where issues of water and its territorial rights, and encroachment upon sacred sites, are ongoing. Penobscot homeland is connected to the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations — the Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac — through kinship, alliances, and diplomacy. The university also recognizes that the Penobscot Nation and the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations are distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self-governance and self-determination. 

First-Year Student Success Initiative: New Student Orientation Working Group Video

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