Geoff Halberstadt, LAUC Faculty Senator and AAC Delegate; Katelyn Perry, CLA Adviser; and Mary Fleming, Director of CLA Advising Programs join episode 6 of LAUS Radio to discuss this weekend’s inaugural Link U.P. event.
Link U.P. is designed to assist Commonwealth Campus students in their transition to University Park campus. This Saturday, April 10th, approximately 500-700 Commonwealth Campus students will participate in this university-wide initiative. Advisers and staff from the College of the Liberal Arts will be there to interact with, answer questions from, and provide resources to students interested in the College of the Liberal Arts.
Katelyn, Mary, and Geoff discuss several of the unexpected challenges and stresses that students transitioning to the University Park campus may face. Katelyn and Mary point out specific advising and course scheduling issues that are important for change of campus students to consider. Also, the group considers how social media, and our LAUS blog in particular, could play a role in this kind of transitioning experience by blurring the boundaries between campuses and opening a more fluid dialogue between students, administrators, etc. Associate Dean Long asks these students to use our blog as a space to ask questions. What are the issues that you are facing? What are your concerns? What do you want to know?
Also, the group discusses last week’s Liberal Arts Week Team Trivia night. Katelyn, Heather, and Jillian (as well as Ashley Tarbet and Suzanne Bennett) were members of the amazing, yet losing blue team. They discuss what went wrong and how they should strategize for next year. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Chris Long takes advantage of this opportunity to call out the trivia teams who did not know the answer to the following question: “Who is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of the Liberal Arts?” (Hint: the answer rhymes with Liss Chrong.)
Lastly, Jillian makes a few announcements. This most important announcement being that Associate Dean Long just got his new iPad, so you should be jealous.
I just enjoyed listening to Episode 6 of LAUS Radio. Great episode (although I admit to having some bias on this issue.) Thanks for all your enthusiasm for this project and for making the change of campus experience better!