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W138·FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

Technical First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

Wed. June 29, 2011 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM

East Building - Room 13, Vancouver International Conference Centre

Session Description

This session provides a look at several summer bridge programs and transition programs aimed at helping students cross over from where they were in high school to where they need to get to in college. Such programs can be of significant help to students who want and need to be more successful in their first year.

Moderated by

Ms. Norma L Veurink

Papers Presented

An Online Alternative to the On-Campus Summer Bridge Program [view paper]
E. Bernard White (George Mason University), Eileen Patricia Mazzone (George Mason University), and Vicki L. Dominick (George Mason University)
Undergraduate Academic Experience for First-Year Engineering Students Through a Summer Bridge Program [view paper]
Jacqueline Q. Hodge (Texas A&M University), Margaret Hobson (Texas A&M University), Bugrahan Yalvac (Texas A&M University), Magdalini Z Lagoudas (Texas A&M University), Jefferey E. Froyd (Texas A&M University), Natela Ostrovskaya (Texas A&M University), Tatiana Erukhimova (Texas A&M University, Department of Physics and Astronomy), Cesar O. Malave (Texas A&M University), and Prof. William H Bassichis (Texas A&M University)
Summer Bridge Program: A Jumpstart for Engineering Students [view paper]
Danny King (Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis) and Laura Masterson (Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis)
What Happens After a Summer Bridge Program: The DPO Scholars Program [view paper]
Mr. Theodore Demetrius Caldwell (Michigan State University, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering), Kyle P. Foster (Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University), Mrs. Tonisha Brandy Lane (Michigan State University), Rickey Alfred Caldwell, Jr. (Michigan State University), Claudia Elena Vergara (Michigan State University), and Jon Sticklen (Michigan State University)
The Idaho Science Talent Expansion Program: Freshman Orientation for STEM Majors [view paper]
Janet Callahan (Boise State University), Judith A. Garzolini (Boise State University), Gary LeRoy Hunt (Boise State University), Joe Guarino (Boise State University), Doug Bullock (Boise State University), Susan Shadle (Boise State University), and Cheryl B. Schrader (Boise State University)