Advisor Network Logistics: NSO 2022

On May 19, 2022 the professional advisor network heard from key campus partners involved with registration and orientation for incoming Fall students.

Download the Documents (Zipped Folder)

Summary of Topics and Action Items

• Start: Probation and Suspension Updates

  hayley.blackburn@unco.edu 

  • 48 Suspended Students received 3 emails: 1 from laura.beyers, 1 follow up inviting them to Zoom from hayley.blackburn, and 1 with the Zoom recording + links and resources they need from probation. May 25 is hard deadline for appeals. Decisions will be made by June 2 with record updates June 3.
  • 80% ASW Completion Rate for P1 students (79% in Fall). ASW complete group ended with an average GPA of 1.69 compared to 1.46 for the non-ASW group* with many known confounding variables
  • 32% of our Spring cohort back to GS (37% in Fall) and 19% were suspended (18% in Fall)
  • Hayley will provide a full report and strategy recommendations in June.
• ~8 minutes: Bear Central Updates

  Registrar charlie.couch@unco.edu 

  • Will be hiring 1 Bear Central Specialist
  • Reviewing tools for registration tools (i.e. College Scheduler and Ellucian Degree Works with Planner for registration). These are being tossed around with more info to come
  • They are writing a policy around the new House Bill to not withhold transcripts due to outstanding bill: Read about the Bill and Read news article about the bill for context. Stephanie is on the committee and will keep advising leadership in the loop.
  • Need to solidify major changes for NSO season. Will follow-up during the NSO Working Group Sessions

  ~16 minutes: Financial Aid, marvin.somero@unco.edu 

  • Reminders that SAP is separate from the Academic Suspension policy. 2.0 GPA and 67% completion rate for all courses they enroll in (withdraw often impacts that completion rate): Review the SAP Policy
  • The admissions-based scholarships do not consider Test Scores in the automatic scholarships, just HS GPA.
  • Cares Act funds are still remaining and they are doing very targeted outreach to eligible students. There is a very small amount left—like less than 10k.
  • Will have verification relief again—this is the audit process for FAFSA. Around 40% of students are selected for auditing (down from close to 90%)
  • UNC lost over 1k Pell-E students. There has been a slight increase in the max Pell Grant by a few hundred dollars.
• ~26 Minutes: New Student Orientation and Slate Overview

  pablo.valentin@unco.edu

  cedric.nixon@unco.edu 

  jennifer.rehnberg@unco.edu 

  Schedule for the Day:

  • • Arrive with early morning placement exams from 8-9 am. Placements are for Math, Writing, and World Languages
    • Check In with Bear Breakfast. The check in process will update through Slate to let advisors know who actually arrived for the event
    • Welcome to outline the day and check for major changes. Students will get their "advising letter" to explain what college they are in and where to go for advising and other special population information
    • Two tracks for information sessions. Students go to the Community of Bears and the Support People go to different sessions.
    • Bear Central Presentation with students and support people back
    • Two Tracks for lunch and information sessions to stagger the meals.
    • Afternoon dedicated to Advising with support people going to additional information sessions

  ~44 Minutes Slate Overview:

  • • Students register through their Admissions Portal (Bear App). They see the available dates along with the pre-orientation checklist with videos, placement exams, immunization, and other tasks.
    • Advising Portal shows those with access (directors + selected folks from colleges) the registration data for all the orientation as well as college-specific information to let you prepare ahead of time.
      • Select the college, run the query, and export as excel file. Remember to enable editing
      • If you and Director decide that you need access to something in Slate, please follow up with Jen Rehnberg

  ~57:00: Last Update for the New Student Days

  • • • Resource and Information Fairs will be embedded into the New Student Days
• ~1:02:00 English Placements

  tara.wood@unco.edu

  • Students are recommended for ENG 123 based on their DSP score. The DSP asks about attitudinal, reading comprehension, and grammar/mechanics. They recommend everyone takes it and orientation has built in many checks related to it.
    • The recommended placement is available in Slate
  • Option A includes the extra support with 123. This is just a recommendation that you will see in Slate based on DSP
  • Option B includes a standard track of 122
  • Option C starts with the intermediate track and is recommended based on ACT/SAT or if they already have credit for a LAW2 course.
  • Tara is on contract this summer to check emails and teams for support and questions.
  • The linked ENG 122/132 sections are listed in the table below. You can also view the information for individual courses by selecting "Co-requisites" when looking at course details.

  

• ~1:16:00 Math Placements

  nancy.geisendorfer@unco.edu 

  • Scores place students into course tracks and will impede registration. All the scores are posted into Slate for advising.
  • Refer to the chart (in the Zipped folder of documents at the start of the blog post) for specific course breakdowns
  • MATH 181 and 182 do not require Aleks
  • MATH 125 and 115 will not be running
  • MATH 127 is the pre-calc course with 1 section being offered
  • ALEKS uses the single-sign on. Students just need to use their unco credentials
  • Review the Placement Website
• ~1:22:00 Language Placements

  lucas.mccamon@unco.eduheidi.romero@unco.edu 

  • Reach out to studentsuccess@unco.edu for more information French and German given the changes in HSS World Languages.
  • Students need to create an account with Emmersion Learning for Chinese and Spanish placement.
  • The score that they receive corresponds to the level of the course. The scores are stored in SOATest with Banner or they can turn in a screenshot to get the override.
  • Review the document located in the Zipped Folder at the start of the blog post
  • Review the Prior Learning Policy
• ~1:32:00 New Learning Cohort

  susan.andersen@unco.edu

  • New cohort being offered in Fall 2022. It is only open to incoming students.
  • The intent is to create connections across “people, planet, prosperity" interests. There is a Qualtrics survey to officially join the cohort, which will be coded by the HSS Dean’s Office.
  • Review the Ages Homepage
  • Three linked courses across the LAC (ANT, ENST, GEOL)
• ~1:37:00 Univ 101

  angela.vaughan@unco.edu 

  • Sections are organized by majors and programs. See the document in the Zipped Folder at start of blog.
  • Some majors are required to take it:
    • Psychology
    • CHE
    • Undeclared
    • Honors
  • International Students tend to find support with the sections to learn about the US Educational System.
  • All are face-to-face except the one section for the extended-campus psychology students
  • There are class leaders and peer mentors for every section, already selected. These are 2^nd year students who will join every class and plan events outside of class.
  • Any student who wants to take the course, Angela will find a spot if a section is already full. They do have flexibility in determining caps. Email for overrides and support.
• 01:45:00 Immunizations

  debra.miller@unco.edu

  nicky.weglin@unco.edu 

  • Goal is to make sure students can register, so they are trying to remove holds day of. The Hold will be re-placed afterwards with outreach during future semesters
  • The COVID Hold does not stop students from registration. It is an FYI hold. All students are required to be vaccinated for the Fall semester. They will need to upload their statement in OnBase. Admissions sends out the information. 
  • Call 351-1919, email, or send a Teams for problems during the day

  You can post in the Summer 2022 New Student Orientation group for additional support from the Registrar during sessions.