1. UC|Great Beginnings

3. 117 Learning Communities across 8 schools and colleges Approximately 1,800 first-year students enrolled Nearly 70 upper-class Peer Leaders LC Core Great Beginnings Certificate Program 57 Unique courses from 10 schools and colleges

4. When a student requests permission to drop a class, the advisor must send an email to Amanda Middleton including the student’s UCID number, the course and section that need to be dropped and why the course needs to be dropped Once the drop permission has been approved by Amanda and entered into UniverSIS the student will receive an email (with the requesting advisor copied) letting them know that it is okay to drop

5. Autumn Quarter The student MUST be in a Learning Community and no other LC fits Examples: AP Credit for an Engineering student, Football practice for a CJ student Winter/Spring Quarters The student cannot continue with a course sequence The course conflicts with an inflexible commitment Examples: A student did not pass CHEM101 so cannot continue to CHEM102, Choir practice is only offered at a certain time.

6. Drop permission is no longer required after calendar day 21 of each quarter Drop permission is never required for dropping the entire LC (15MLTI111) Drop permissions are typically purged one week after they were granted

7. Beginning with Spring we will be piloting a new course permission function for LCs Deadlines for registration will be changing with the new permission system If you are interested in joining the spring quarter pilot please contact Amanda Middleton ASAP

8. Planning is happening NOW! If you have any ideas/suggestions/comments please let Amanda Middleton or your college rep know ASAP Upper-level LCs? Peer Leader Recruitment

9. January-meet with the colleges February 1-configurations due to Amanda Middleton Late February-secure department permissions Mid-March-publication deadline for orientation materials April-create autumn LC configurations May-create LC templates June-orientation!

10. Meetings with the colleges Ongoing We would love to involve advisors whenever possible 2009 Advisor Workshop When? What would you like covered? FYE 10 th Anniversary at UC First Year Expo Ohio First-Year Summit Great Beginnings Certificate Ceremonies March 11, 6pm, TUC Great Hall June 3, 6pm, TUC Great Hall

11. Pam Person, Director First-year Experience & Program Initiatives 556-4741 pamela.person@uc.edu Greg Metz, Assistant Director Peer Leader Program 556-4749 gregory.metz@uc.edu Amanda Middleton, Program Manager Learning Communities 556-2541 amanda.middleton@uc.edu Amanda Cluxton, Executive Staff Assistant Grant Programs 556-4949 amanda.cluxton@uc.edu