Florida Consortium's Online Meetups
Florida Consortium's Online Meetups are led by practitioners, researchers, faculty, and tech experts. Presenters share best practices, strategies, and solutions they are using to support student success.
Florida Consortium's Online Meetups are designed to foster meaningful collaboration and facilitate ongoing interaction despite the disruptions and changes posed by COVID-19. The full roster of sessions are posted below.
Special thanks to the Helios Education Foundation for its generous support of the Florida Consortium Online Meetups.
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Student Engagement, Student Support Regardless of Distance
Samyr Qureshi, Co-Founder & CEO of Knack Technologies
The rapid shift to online instruction and remote learning has created challenges to delivering many student support services. Join the Florida Consortium and Samyr Qureshi, Co-Founder & CEO of Knack Technologies to discover how large institutions have transitioned to virtual tutoring centers and maintained student engagement. Knack helps colleges and universities put their high-achieving students to work with their peer to peer tutoring platform. Knack's battle tested approach provides high quality support and a steady job for high-achieving students. Knack ensures no student is left behind.
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Post-COVID-19 Workplace: Career Ready Skills, Badging, Micro-credentialing & more
- Bridgette Cram, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President, Academic & Student Affairs, Florida International University
- Lynn Chisholm, Director - Office of Internships and Career Readiness, University of South Florida
- Peter Thorsett, Communications & Marketing Officer - Community Engagement & Career Readiness, University of South Florida
Verifiable credentials helps job seekers standout. Employers report that recent college graduates lack communication, leadership, and other career readiness skills. However, research shows students are learning career readiness competencies but haven't yet developed the skills to identify, articulate, and apply them in the workplace.
Join this session to learn about badging programs at Florida International University and University of South Florida. Presenters will provide an overview of their badging programs, early insights from pilot programs, and their impact in a post-COVID-19 workplace.
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Post-COVID-19 Workplace: Helping Students Convey their Co-Curricular Experiences
Adam Peck Ed. D. Assistant Vice President & Dean of Student Affairs, Stephen F. Austin University
Michael Preston, Ed. D. Executive Director, Florida Consortium of Metropolitan Research Universities
Students work on many projects throughout their college journey. In this session participants will learn how to map career and professional goals which are the elements of a personal career blueprint. Participants will leave this session prepared to replicate this exercise with students so that they can confidently convey their co-curricular and academic experiences as they work to secure career track occupations in the post-COVID-19 economy.
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How Colleges and Universities Communicate with Vulnerable Students Through Their Websites
Lynell S. Hodge, Researcher, Adjunct Faculty, University of Central Florida
Amanda Wilkerson, Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
Emmanuela Stanislaus, Researcher, Associate Director, Florida International University
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a prevailing question, how might institutions support first-generation students when in-person interactions are limited? How does a move to remote support services look for post-secondary institutions? How can existing communication intended for first generation students be analyzed and/or overhauled?
Presenters will share findings from a recent study that was published in the Metropolitan Universities Journal on communications and student services specific to first generation students and share implications to the current higher education environment.
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Centering First-Generation Student Success with Chatbot Technology
- Cynthia L. Alvarez, Ph.D. Assistant Director of Student Success, California State University Office of the Chancellor
- Mitzy Gonzalez, M.S.W., University Innovation Alliance Fellow & Assistant Director, Center for Higher Education Innovation, University of Central Florida
As first-generation students enter higher education they are faced with the challenge of learning and successfully navigating their institution. Chatbot technology can be leveraged by universities to meet the needs of students and in a way that is familiar to them.
Join this session to discover the process of developing and launching a chatbot campus-wide, the key factors needed to engage with chatbot vendors, and potential pitfalls.The strategies needed to create a chatbot that serves as a navigational tool for first-generation and transfer undergraduates will be featured.
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The Last Strategy to Start the Semester: Combating Drop for Non-Pay
Jacob Bonne Director - Data and Success Initiatives, University of Central Florida
Kelly D’Agostino - University Bursar, University of Central Florida
Alicia Keaton, Director - Student Financial Assistance, University of Central Florida
Karemah Manselle Ed.D. - Associate Director - Student Financial Assistance, University of Central Florida
The Retention Intervention Team at University of Central Florida takes a collaborative approach at addressing student success issues for first-year students at UCF. This interactive session will provide an overview of retention efforts at UCF. Presenters will highlight how various departments collaborate throughout “Drop for Non-Pay” to assist students. They will also discuss how attrition/exit survey data is used. Session attendees will hear about practices and principles designed to support students at risk of not continuing their academic journey. This an important session as institutions grapple with retention and the implications of the CARES Act.
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