COMPONENTS OF OUR FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE PROGRAM Orientation

COMPONENTS OF OUR FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE PROGRAM • Orientation • College Success Course • Campus Community

ORIENTATION • Mandatory starting Fall 2010 • Components: • Welcome Session • Advising Session • Registration for Classes

COLLEGE SUCCESS COURSE • College Skills 103 – specific first year classes • Components Included: • Community Service • Career Awareness (QEP) • Peer Mentoring (Fall 2013)

COLLEGE SKILLS (CONT’D) • Financial Literacy – • Partnership with Sun Trust Bank • GTC’s Financial Aid Office

CAMPUS COMMUNITY • Information Fair for new students • Welcome tents • Workshops hosted in Fall 2012 • Stress Management • Time Management • Note Taking

ORIENTATION DATA ` Number of Students in NSO Students in intervention as % of total enrollment Students in intervention as % of target population (Students New to GTC) 2010 FA 3, 951 23. 65% 95. 01% 2011 SP 1, 704 12. 00% 90. 54% 2011 FA* 4, 785 29. 83%* 90. 86%* TOTAL 9, 538 18. 73% 96. 40% Term Source: GTC Datatel Colleague, XPAS Screen *Note that Fall 2011 includes Summer 2011

ORIENTATION PERSISTENCE All Students Black/African American White/Non-Hispanic Other Races/Ethnicities Pell Recipients Fall 2010 Spring 2011 Fall 2011 Spring 2012 NSO Participants Percent Returned 3, 951 69. 12% 4, 785 69. 01% 984 71. 85% 1, 191 72. 80% 2, 268 75. 66% 2, 517 75. 73% 699 44. 06% 1, 077 49. 12% 2, 134 80. 88% 2, 651 79. 52% Source: GTC Datatel Colleague

ORIENTATION RETENTION Fall 2010 All Students Black/African American White/Non-Hispanic Other Races/Ethnicities Pell Recipients Fall 2011 Fall 2012 NSO Participants Number Returned Percent Returned Data Not Yet Available 3, 951 1, 718 43. 48% N/A 984 398 40. 45% N/A 2, 268 1, 114 49. 12% N/A 699 206 29. 47% N/A 2, 134 1, 081 50. 66% N/A Source: GTC Datatel Colleague

COLLEGE WIDE PERSISTENCE: ALL STUDENTS Spring 2008 Spring 2009 Spring 2010 Spring 2011 Percent Returned All Students 62. 50% 66. 80% 71. 70% 72. 50% Black/African American 57. 50% 64. 70% 72. 50% 71. 50% White/Non-Hispanic 64. 60% 67. 90% 72. 40% 72. 80% Other Races/Ethnicities 61. 00% 64. 80% 67. 70% 72. 60% Pell Recipients 76. 50% 79. 10% 79. 90% 78. 90% Source: CERS Extract, GTC Datatel Colleague

COLLEGE WIDE RETENTION Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Percent Returned All Students 41. 80% 43. 20% 45. 00% 46. 50% N/A Black/African American 37. 80% 40. 10% 43. 40% 44. 20% N/A White/Non-Hispanic 43. 10% 44. 40% 45. 80% 47. 20% N/A Other Races/Ethnicities 43. 40% 43. 00% 44. 00% 47. 30% N/A Pell Recipients 52. 90% 50. 80% 49. 70% 50. 30% N/A Source: CERS Extract, GTC Datatel Colleague Fall 2012 Percent Returned

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CONTACT INFORMATION • Steve Valand, Vice-President Academic Affairs • Email : Steve. Valand@gvltec. edu • Phone: 864 -250 -8185 • Lori Trumbo, Faculty Leader for Achieving the Dream, Speech • Email: Lori. Trumbo@gvltec. edu • Phone: 864 -250 -8788