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First Year Florida: Projects

ASSIGNMENTS/EVALUATION

In-class attendance and participation

Discussion and participation is not only critical to the learning that takes place in the classroom it will help you make the most of your FYF experience.

Because this class only meets once a week, there is really no such thing as a "freebie" when it comes to absences. If you do miss a class for some reason, it is your responsibility to obtain any material or assignments from a fellow class member. Excused absences include:
Required student participation in a University sponsored event: These events will be excused with official documentation from the appropriate faculty or staff member. Documentation should be received PRIOR to the event.
Religious Holidays: Religious holidays are always excused; however, please notify the instructors, in writing, within the first two weeks of class so that appropriate accommodations may be made.
Medical Emergencies: Medical emergencies are excused with appropriate documentation from a health care provider.
Family Emergencies: These emergencies are only excused with written documentation.
After 1 absence from the classroom, 5% points will be deducted from the final grade.

Out-of-class attendance and participation

To supplement class discussions and actively engage you in opportunities at UF, attendance and participation will be required for a handful of out-of-class activities. Excused absences for the following activities follow the same absences guideline as noted above.

Gatorfest – Wednesday, August 30; 7pm; O’Connell Center
Gator First Year Experience Speaker Series
- September 14: Dr. Sherrie Nist
- September 27: Alcohol insanity tour; Reitz Union Grand Ballroom
- October 3, Dr. Karin Kratina, Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, 7pm
- November 14, Patti Ramey, Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, 6:30pm and 8pm
Undergraduate Experience Fairs
- Student Organization Fair – September 13-14, 10am-3pm Reitz Colonnade
- Volunteer Fair – Sept 12, 10am-3pm Reitz Colonnade
- Career Fair –
- Study Abroad Fair – Sept 27, 10am-3pm Reitz Union Colonnade
Diversity activity – You are required to attend an activity with a group diverse to you on your own time.
Service learning project – November 1, 6:30pm, mtg at the Orange and Brew (ground floor of the Reitz Union)
Advising Appointment – Schedule this on your own; extra credit!
Faculty Interview – Schedule this on your own; due by November 3rd.
Movie Nights – One movie night during the semester to watch Lord of War or Crash (movies chosen by class). Date will be given.
Library Orientation – You are required to attend a Capt. Book orientation with Laurie and Evan, a regular orientation on your own, or undergo online orientation.

Journals/Reaction papers

Various journal/reaction paper entries will be assigned throughout the semester. In order to obtain full credit for the journals, journals/reaction papers must:

Meet journal entry deadlines (late journals will receive partial credit)
Be at least 1 page, (unless otherwise specified) typed, double spaced, 10-12 point Times New Roman font, and have margins no larger than 1" top and bottom and 1.25" left and right
Focus on the topic assigned
Be attentive to grammar, syntax and flow in journal entries
Be sure to type the question to be answered or the topic to be addressed in the assignment on the top of your entry, along with your name and date (calendar date, that is…not your date for Friday night!) A sample format for the journal assignments is attached to this syllabus.
Journals/reaction papers should be submitted to Evan W. Lauteria at aeonmagu@ufl.edu and Laurie N. Taylor at ltaylor@dce.ufl.edu from your university email account (Gatorlink) by 8:00am. A hard copy is to be turned in at the beginning of the class on the due date.

Class assignments (details are at the end of the syllabus)

FYF Photo Portfolio
Campus Resource Presentation
Faculty Interview
Advising appointment
Library assignment/field trip
Diversity assignment
Community Service Project
MyStudentBody.com
3 Journal Assignments
Involvement Interview
MyStudentBody.com

GRADING

90-100 (A); 87-89 (B+); 80-86 B; 77-79 (C+); 70-76 (C); 67-69 (D+); 60-66 (D); Below 59 (E)
A grade of Incomplete (I) will not be issued under any circumstance.

270 In-class attendance and participation (20 pts/class, 10 pts/movie night)
150 Portfolio
100 Reaction papers (33.3 pts. each)
50 Diversity assignment
50 Community service project
75 Campus resource activity
100 First-year Speaker Series (25 pts. each)
25 Gatorfest
50 Advising appointment
50 Faculty interview
50 Library orientation/tour
30 MyStudentBody.com online assignment
1000 TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE

COURSE TOPIC OUTLINE

See the course schedule.

FYF Photo Portfolio Format

“Discovery, intention, action”

At the end of the semester you will turn in your First-year Florida “Portfolio” highlighting your first semester. The FYF experience is about assisting you in your transition to UF by connecting and engaging you in the UF community.

Through your enrollment in FYF the objectives are for you to develop:

skills for academic and personal success
an appreciation for and commitment to being a part of a diverse learning community, and
the personal, social, emotional, and intellectual skills necessary for involvement in leadership and service throughout the student’s career in the university community.

Show us how you have chosen to meet these objectives.

Collect. Plan. Assemble. Present.

To obtain full credit for the portfolio you must “collect”, at a minimum, the following photos (with you in them):

Gatormania
Diversity activity
Student Organization Fair
Campus Resource Presentation (ie. a picture of you meeting with the contact person or you at the office)
Faculty Interview
Advising Appointment
Service Learning Project

Include a brief table of contents, a short summary about your overall experience of meeting the FYF objectives, and titles and captions for each photo. Titles and captions can include information about who was involved with it, what you did, when it was, where you were, and why, in your eyes, was the experience important.

Feel free to also include “artifacts” to supplement your photo, such as ticket stubs, printed programs, business cards, clip art, or things that reveal something about you.

Things to think about as you “plan” your portfolio:

What you did to create value from this class? For example, the things you learned (about UF or yourself), skills you developed.
Celebrate your first semester accomplishments. What is/was important to you? What goals did you create this semester.?
What do you value? Show these things in what you’ve done or skills you have.

When you “assemble” your portfolio think quality, not quantity. Your portfolio can be on a large piece of poster board or in a three-ring binder or on-disk in a PowerPoint presentation.

While you won’t “present” your portfolio to the class, think of your portfolio as a presentation of sorts to us.