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Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

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2013

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Recruiting Parents, Retaining Families, Micquel Little, Michelle Price Jan 2013

Recruiting Parents, Retaining Families, Micquel Little, Michelle Price

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to share St John Fisher College Library's marketing approach to recruiting and retention of parents within the higher education community. Design/methodology/approach - The objectives of this paper are achieved by connecting local experiences with other parent initiatives on university campuses throughout the country. The paper takes the approach of addressing marketing strategies for recruitment and retention of parents, while also including opportunities for these strategies to be applied. Findings - The findings display the library's ability to contribute to their campus recruitment and retention goals while assisting parents in connecting to the …


Assessing Critical Thinking Skills In First-Semester Freshmen: A Case Study: A Collaboration Between St. John Fisher College Freshmen Seminar Faculty And Lavery Library Librarians, Nancy M. Greco, Melissa Jadlos Jan 2013

Assessing Critical Thinking Skills In First-Semester Freshmen: A Case Study: A Collaboration Between St. John Fisher College Freshmen Seminar Faculty And Lavery Library Librarians, Nancy M. Greco, Melissa Jadlos

Lavery Library Faculty/Staff Publications

First-year programs assist new students in adapting to college life, developing skills for academic success and increasing retention. The Freshmen Seminar course at St. John Fisher College is such a course, taught by college faculty and staff with collaboration from departments across campus. Participants will experience a stand-alone lesson created by the college archivist with the objective of identifying a baseline assessment of critical thinking skills. Presented as a complete package from learning objectives to assessment tools, the class session is purposely designed to be easy to replicated.