Proposals for This Summer's 'Are We HIP and Well Enough?' Conference Due May 22
Over 300 members of the campus community have attended one of the previous HIP events.
The next installment of the High-Impact Educational Practices or 'HIP' conversations on campus will include a dose of wellness at the "Are We HIP and Well Enough?" Conference from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development.
Proposals for the conference are currently being accepted until Wednesday, May 22. To submit a proposal, please visit Hogsync
The conference goals include:
- Accentuating High-Impact Educational Practices (HIPs) implemented on our campus;
- Highlighting activities concerning wellness and well-being of campus students, faculty and/or staff;
- Exploring the creation of a culture of wellness that promotes HIPs; and
- Promoting conversations among faculty and staff centered on students and student success programs and projects.
The conference will include a variety of presentation types - lectures, round table discussions, panel discussions and posters - given by faculty, students and graduate assistants from across our campus community.
"I am excited about exploring answers to the question, 'Are We HIP and Well Enough?' together," said Trevor Francis, director of Student Success. "The conference, which will discuss links between high-impact practices and wellness, is sure to produce new collaborations, new research areas, and new approaches to our high-impact practices. See you there!"
According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, research indicates that HIPs promote success, especially for under-served students.
Examples of success-promoting HIPs include but are not limited to:
- First-year experiences
- Common intellectual experiences
- Learning communities
- Writing-intensive courses
- Collaborative assignments and projects
- Undergraduate research
- Diversity/global learning
- ePortfolios
- Service learning
- Community-based learning
- Internships
- Capstone courses and projects
After the July 31 retreat, participants are invited to gather at Farrell's Lounge on Dickson Street.
This conference is sponsored in part by the U of A Office of Student Success and the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education.
To sign up, please visit https://hogsync.uark.edu/submitter/form/start/262226
Topics
Contacts
Deborah Korth, Director of Fulbright Student Success
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-7661,
dkorth@uark.edu
Brande Flack, Director of Retention Programs
Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education
479-575-5014,
bmflack@uark.edu
Trevor Francis, Associate Vice Provost and Director for Student Success
Office of the Provost
479-575-7617,
tafranc@uark.edu
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