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About SERT
The Student Engagement Retention Team (SERT) is composed of faculty and staff who meet roughly two times monthly usually on Mondays at 3:00. We focus of the first-year experience of freshmen students to increase retention.

Best Practices to follow for more positive first-year experiences. [Kuh,G., Schuh, J., Whitt, E. & Associates, (1991). Involving Colleges, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.]
  • Four or more grading opportunities per quarter
  • Frequent feedback on performance
  • A first assignment required, graded and returned by the third week of class
  • At least one collaborative project
  • An early warning system for struggling students
  • Use of hands-on-experiences to apply theories and core skills
  • Reward attendance and class participation
  • Use a variety of teaching methods for diverse learning styles
  • Increased informal and out-of-classroom faculty contacts
  • Encourage ability to synthesize knowledge and skills

You are welcome to become an active member of SERT. Also, you are welcome to have discourses with SERT members.

Contact Bob Trumpy at 963-1876 for further information.
 
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