Topic
Innovative Teaching Strategies, Retention/High-Impact Practices, First-Year Experience
Panel Title
Serving Students
Session Abstract
Just as learning occurs in the classroom, it also occurs out of the classroom. In Winthrop University’s Department of Residence Life, professional and student staff instructs residential students in the “laboratory of life” with emphases on civility, integrity, communication, conflict management, and community building. With an increased demand from employers looking for students with strong soft skills and the ability to communicate with others, the value of a residential education cannot be overstated. Residential Learning Coordinators get to facilitate this out-of-the-classroom learning regularly. Attend this session to discover ways that Residence Life professional staff blends students’ academic and residential lives through programming, mentoring, and recognition to create a high impact experience.
Keywords
Retention, Academics, Recruitment, Recognition
Location
West Center 221
Start Date
24-3-2017 3:30 PM
Alternative Facts: Learning Only Happens in the Classroom
West Center 221
Just as learning occurs in the classroom, it also occurs out of the classroom. In Winthrop University’s Department of Residence Life, professional and student staff instructs residential students in the “laboratory of life” with emphases on civility, integrity, communication, conflict management, and community building. With an increased demand from employers looking for students with strong soft skills and the ability to communicate with others, the value of a residential education cannot be overstated. Residential Learning Coordinators get to facilitate this out-of-the-classroom learning regularly. Attend this session to discover ways that Residence Life professional staff blends students’ academic and residential lives through programming, mentoring, and recognition to create a high impact experience.
