expectations OF students

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expectations OF students

• David L. Hennings
• Assistant Dean of Students
• Knight Hall, Room 128, (307)-766-3296
  
• hennings_at_uwyo.edu 

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• How are you feeling at this point?
• About this time, parents are saying  
• Dont know what hurts more, my brain or my
  feet. 
• Im suffering from information overload. 
• Can I come back to school? 
• I got dropped off at campus and did most things
  myself as a college freshman. I made a lot of
  mistakes. This is much better.

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• Parents can only give good advice or put them
  on the right paths, but the final forming of a
  person's character lies in their own hands.
• Anne Frank

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To be successful, we expect our students to

• Be scholars
• Class is like life, students do much better if
  they show up!
• Connect with faculty adviser/faculty
• Make use of campus resources. Writing Center,
  Math Labs, Free Tutoring, Counseling Center,
  Disability Support Services, etc.
• Seek out those fields of endeavor, of study, of
  search and research, that fill your heart and
  mind with passion and your spirit with hope.
  Follow your heart!
• Believe in, and practice academic honesty.

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UW students are expected to

• Be servants leaders
• Want to give something back to each other and the
  University community
• Get involved with student government, civic,
  activities, churches, etc. and
• Center for Volunteer Service received more than
  2000 student inquiries about community service.
  Thousands of student volunteer hours are donated
  each year, including various alternative spring
  break trips.

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Our expectation is our students will

• Make peace with each other civility, tolerance,
  respect -
• To be able relate to one another despite a
  persons race, creed, color or sexual
  orientation. We want them to leave the
  University valuing diversity, not being afraid of
  it
• Develop new leadership and people skills
• Prepare to be part of the global community and
• Widen their perspective by being a friend to all
  who would be their friend.
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We expect that UW students

• Should be individuals of character
• Always do right. This will gratify some people
  and astonish the rest.
• Mark Twain
• Aspiration vs. basement ethics. Want students to
  take responsibility for their actions
• Tell each other, faculty, and staff the truth in
  order to gain their respect
• Each student has rights and responsibilities they
  need to aware of and follow at UW. The Student
  Code of Conduct provides guidance and assures
  students will be held accountable for their
  actions
• Becoming a person of character and integrity
  means narrowing the distance between what you say
  and what you do
• We will assist students in becoming better
  citizens, neighbor and a member of our community.
  This means trying to show them the way
• If a student fall short, then well talk with
  them. Behavior can be an impediment to success
  and
• Our goal is encourage and train leaders for
  tomorrow and not subject to be featured on
  COPS, or, on the front page of their hometown
  newspaper.

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We want our students to

• Be men and women of spirit The happiness of
  your life depends upon the quality of your
  thoughts. Marcus Aurelius
• Be happy with and take care of themselves as
  students at UW
• Take care of themselves physically and mentally.
  Spend time daily acquiring exercise,
  nourishment, and rest
• Develop healthy habits that will last a lifetime,
  not just as a student at UW and
• Help them understand the difference between your
  obligation to me vs. my obligation to you.

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Expectations for success say that

• Students should not be dependent upon
  drugs/alcohol
• Note the term dependent. Cant say dont
  drink because that message may not work.
  Student habits have already been determined by
  the time they arrive on a college campus
• If someone has problems when they drink then they
  have problems, period. We need to offer
  assistance and guidance when they have a problem
  
• In support of the above we offer the AWARE
  program and a Parental Notification policy as
  part of our assistance to students with drug and
  alcohol problems
• Through our judicial system the focus is on
  educational not punitive actions, but,
  consequences will fit the offense and
• This past year we intervened in 219 (165
  freshmen) alcohol offenses and 25 drug (all
  freshmen) judicial offenses.

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We hope that UW students

• Wont be embarrassed of who they are or what they
  are seeking-
• Difficult position, half way between an
  adolescent and taking on the role of being an
  adult
• Real struggle in college is to find and be
  yourself. No need to pretend to be someone you
  are not
• Secret of college life is for a student to find
  something he or she loves to do, learn to do it
  well, and find someone who will pay them to do
  it
• We want them to actualize their full potential.
  May take time to find that niche
• Encourage them to communicate with their families
  on a regular basis. DOS Early Alert Program!
  and
• Families can help by becoming involved and
  keeping in supportive contact with their son or
  daughter and involvement through Cowboy Parents.

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Thank YOU