Fostering Student Achievement

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Fostering Student Achievement

• Ursinus College
• Board of Trustees
• June 2004

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Career Services Student Outcomes
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The Data Collection

• Cap gown survey
• Mailed survey 6 months out
• Follow-up phone calls 10 months out
• Faculty Staff information sharing
• Final Class report 12 months out

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Class of 2002
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Trends in Post Graduation Status 1992-2002
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Employment 2002

• Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
• Merck
• ICON Clinical Research
• Wyeth
• Cendant Mortgage
• SEI Investments
• The Vanguard Group
• Commerce Bank
• Bloomberg L.P.
• Harleysville Insurance Company
• Independence Blue Cross
• Academy of Natural Sciences
• University of Pennsylvania
• USDA/Agricultural Research Service

• The New Republic Magazine
• ESPN
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom, LLP
• Pottstown Mercury
• American Infrastructure
• Kennett Area YMCA
• Milestones Healthcare Systems
• Lippincott, Williams Wilkens
• Various public school districts
• McGraw-Hill
• Cape Counseling Services
• PA State Police
• Glen Mills School
• Equity Risk Partners

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Medical School Acceptances 2000-2002

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Boston University
• (Medical Dental)
• Cornell University
• Columbia University
• Drexel University
• Duke University
• Duquesne University
• George Washington University
• Georgetown University
• Howard University
• Jefferson Medical College
• KCOM
• LECOM
• New York Chiropractic

• NYCOM
• Penn State Hershey
• PCOM
• Temple University
• (Medical Dental)
• Tufts University
• (Medical Vet Med)
• University of Maryland
• UMDNJ
• University of Minnesota
• University of Pennsylvania
• ( Medical, Dental Vet Med)
• University of Puerto Rico
• University of Southern California
• WVSOM
• Yale University

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Law School Acceptances 2000-2002

• American University
• Boston College
• Boston University
• Catholic University
• Columbia University
• Dickinson School of Law
• Duke University
• Emory University
• George Mason
• George Washington
• Georgetown
• Howard University
• Indiana University
• Loyola University
• Michigan University
• New York University
• Northeastern University

• Pepperdine University
• Rutgers University
• Seton Hall University
• Temple University
• University of Iowa
• University of Kentucky
• University o f Michigan
• University of Maryland
• University of Miami
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Vermont
• Vermont Law School
• Villanova University
• Wake Forest University
• Widener University
• William Mary School of Law

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Graduate School Acceptances 2000-2002

• MASTERS DEGREES
• Biomechanics, University of Toledo
• Exercise Physiology, University of Virginia
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Lehigh University
• Adult Organizational Development, Temple
  University
• Computer Science, Villanova University
• English, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Creative Writing, Mills College
• Organizational Dynamics, University of
  Pennsylvania
• Technology in Education, Harvard University
• National Security Studies, Georgetown University
• Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal
  Justice
• Social Work, Bryn Mawr College
• Theology Literature, Harvard Divinity School
• Applied Psychology, Clemson University
• Physicians Assistant, DeSales University

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Graduate School Acceptances2000-2002

• DOCTORAL DEGREES
• Physical Therapy, University of Delaware
• Biology, Johns Hopkins University
• Microbiology/Immunology, University of Rochester
• Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
• Chemistry, University of California-Irvine
• Germanic Languages, University of Pittsburgh
• Human Development, University of Maryland
• History, Temple University
• Theatre Arts, Cornell University
• Political Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
• French Literature, Rutgers University

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Career Life PreparationCareer Services

• Self-Assessment
• Career Research Networking
• Testing it Out- Internships
• Implementing the Plan
• Graduate Professional School Planning
• Job Searching

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Self-Assessment

• Career Counseling
• Interest Testing
• SIGI Plus- computer assisted guidance program

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Career Research Networking

• Comprehensive Web Page Library
• Panel Programming
• Alumni Career Profiles
• GrizzlE Network

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Testing it out- Internships

• An internship is a structured and supervised
  professional experience for which a student may
  receive academic credit. It is a career
  development opportunity that allows students to
  test the field of work
• Fulfills the ILE
• The Independent Learning Experiences (ILE) will
  help students take responsibility for their
  education, and foster student initiative and
  independence by enhancing their confidence in
  their own abilities.
• The ILE requirement is fulfilled by a completion
  of a single project of at least three credits in
  a single semester or summer in one of these
  categories (a) an independent research project
  or a creative project (including but not limited
  to honors) (b) an internship (c) approved study
  abroad programs (d) student teaching or (e) a
  project in the Summer Fellows Program or a
  comparable summer research program.

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Internship Benefits

• Apply classroom theory to life situations.
• Develop self-understanding, self-discipline, and
  confidence.
• Cultivate networking/mentoring relationships.
• Develop career-related and transferable skills.
• Investigate organizational culture.
• Bridge the gap between collegiate life and full
  time employment.
• Confirm career choices and/or identify new areas
  of interest.
• Be more competitive in the job market following
  graduation.
• In some instances, internships can be financially
  rewarding.

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Internships 2000-present
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Internship Sites

• Montgomery County Detective Bureau
• Elmwood Park Zoo
• Wyeth
• ABC/Good Morning America
• Center for Arts and Culture
• Girl Scouts of Freedom Valley
• Rood Riddle Equine Hospital
• Pennsylvania Ballet
• The Boys Club of New York
• WCAU-TV (NBC 10)
• Citicorp Trust Bank
• Ernst Young
• Reading Phillies
• US State Department
• GlaxoSmith Kline

• Dupont Performance Coatings
• Boston Celtics
• MTV Network
• Merrill Lynch
• SEI Investments
• Legal Aid Society
• Salomon Smith Barney
• Wilma Theatre
• Tierney Communications
• Citifinancial Mortgage
• Franklin Institute
• Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Penndel Mental Health Center
• Karen Beasley Sea Turtle
• Rescue Rehabilitation
• USDA

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International Internships (I)

• JUSTICE Promotions assistant London
• The Enterprise Forum Ltd. Researcher London
• British American Business Inc. Communications
  Assistant London
• Tatler Journalism/Publishing Intern London
• The Conservative Party Researcher at the
  Parliament London
• European Atlantic Corporation IR/Publishing
  Intern London
• Leonard-Carter Comm. Ltd. Business Development
  Intern London
• British Water Researcher London
• APEX Human Resources Intern London
• The Anna Freud Centre Research
  Assistant London
• Children Nationwide Event Planning
  Intern London
• Sion Manning School Support Teacher London
• JAC Travel Accounting Intern London
• Dioramo Arts Centre Publicity Associate London
• Regent Street Association Marketing/PR
  Intern London
• Chelsea Westminister Hospital Physiotherapy
  assistant London
• Enterprise Corporate Finance
  Marketing/Business Intern London

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International Internships (II)

• University Hals-Nasen-Ohren Klinik, Clinical
  Researcher Tübingen,Germany
• Tübingen Hawks Coach and player
  Tübingen.Germany
• American Consulate General Intern
  Frankfurt, Germany
• US Embassy Intern Brussels, Belgium
• Irish Parliament Research Intern
  Ireland
• Off Theater Intern Avignon, France
• Proyecto Hombre of Madrid Intern
  Spain
• Collegio Logos of Madrid Teaching Assistant
  Spain

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• This experience gave me a significant amount of
  practical training and experience that will be
  useful to me in the future. The experience also
  was beneficial in helping me network with
  professionals in the psychology and mental health
  field, and I was even offered a full time job
  with the organization after I graduate!
• Stephanie Perkins (04) Resident Assistant,
  Penndel Mental Health Center -Langhorne, PA
• I gained firsthand insight into the world of
  journalism and entertainment, including observing
  control room staffers and receiving advice from
  hosts Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer during
  breaks and weekly brownbag lunch meetings. As a
  side perk, I also enjoyed meeting many of the
  guests who stop by the set.
• Peter Elek (04) Production Assistant, Good
  Morning America- New York, New York
• "I met contacts, learned about potential
  employers, and explored career ideas. I
  developed my writing skills, particularly grant
  writing skills, and my sense of professionalism.
  Through this experience I have friends and
  mentors who are willing to advise me, write
  recommendations, and even hire me after I
  graduate.
• Sarah Kauffman (05), Cultural Policy
  Intern - Center for Arts Culture- Washington,
  DC

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• I gained insight into many different
  professions that deal with the protection and
  management of endangered species which is an area
  I wish to pursue. My daily tours and
  presentations to the public helped me to develop
  my public speaking skills.
• Emily Durkin (04) The Karen Beasley Sea
  Turtle Resuce Rehabilitation Topsail, NC
• "I learned a lot about what I do and dont
  like to do, and based on this knowledge was able
  to narrow my career options. I plan to focus on
  foreign affairs. I am specifically interested in
  working for a law enforcement agency and the
  foreign service. My international relations
  foreign language courses and my involvement in
  the Model United Nations organization prepared me
  to live and work in the heart of the European
  Union."
• Michelle Fontaine (04), Assistant
  Regional Security Officer
• US State DepartmentUS Embassy
  Brussels, Belgium

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Implementing the Plan-Graduate School

• Testing Information and Petersons Guides
• Collaboration with Kaplan
• Grad School Alumni Panel
• Don Asher (The grad school guru) speaks

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Implementing the Plan-Job Searching

• Workshops Programs
• Interview preparation Resume Critique
• Dining Business Etiquette
• Job Internship Fair
• UC CareerNet

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Fostering Student Achievement through ILE
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Independent Learning Experience (ILE)

• Prepares students to become independent,
  life-long learners.
• Internship
• Independent research or creative project
• Summer Fellows Program
• Study abroad
• Student teaching

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Summer Fellows
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CLASP Summer Stipends 2003
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Snapshots of Summer Fellows from the Class of
2004     Derese Getnet Biochemistry
Molecular Biology Summer Fellow (HHMI grant)
in Summer 2002 A Qualitative Analysis of the
Effects of Estrogen and Bisphernol A on the Level
of Cathepsin Expression in a Dendritic Line
and Splenocytes UNCF/Merck Award in Academic
Year 2002-2003 Summer Fellows research helped
him win the Merck Award Merck internship Summer
2003 and Summer 2004 Currently awaiting
responses from graduate programs to which he
applied   Clarissa Crain Business and
Economics Summer Fellow in Summer 2003
Effects of Government regulation on
pharmaceutical innovation Summer Fellows
research gained her an internship in Wyeth
pricing division and was the basis for senior
Honors Project Honors Project will be presented
at the Omicron Delta Epsilon International
Economic Honor Society Annual Economic
Conference in April 2004 Has full-time position
at Wyeth from May through September then may
change positions at Wyeth      
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Snapshots of Summer Fellows from the Class of
2004(continued)
Lisa Minardi History and Museum Studies Summer
Fellow (IMLS grant) in Summer 2003 Berman
Museum Fractur Project Summer Fellows research
is part of her senior Honors Project This
research was major part of application that won
her admission to the Winterthur /University of
Delaware graduate program in museum studies
  Meg Gallagher English Summer Fellow in
Summer 2002 Irelands first Catholic
Novelists Continued research during her study
abroad in Ireland during Spring 2003 Summer
Fellows research is basis for Distinguished
Honors Project Plans to work for a year to make
decision between graduate school in English and
medical school
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Study Abroad
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Faculty-led semester programs

• 2000-01 N/A
• 2001-02 London, Florence, Sevilla
• 2002-03 London, Florence, Sevilla
• 2003-04 Germany, Madrid
• 2004-05 London, Florence
• 2005-06 Germany, London, Florence, Costa Rica,
  Paris
• 2006-07 London, Florence, Costa Rica
• 2007-08 Germany, London, Florence, Costa Rica

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Faculty-led short-term programs
2000-01 Costa Rica, Senegal, Mexico, Japan,
Germany 2001-02 Senegal, Mexico, Japan, Germany,
Madagascar 2002-03 Costa Rica, Senegal, Mexico,
Japan, Germany, South Korea 2003-04 Senegal,
Mexico, Japan, Cuba 2004-05 Costa Rica, Senegal,
Mexico, Japan, France 2005-06 Senegal, Mexico,
Japan 2006-07 Costa Rica, Senegal, Mexico,
Japan, France 2007-08 Senegal. Mexico,
Japan   additional programs are in various
stages of planning
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  Preliminary Comparison of Ursinus College Study
Abroad Program with Pennsylvania and Delaware
Valley Institutions 2002-03      

• Numbers are approximate and appear as reported by
  representatives of institutions indicated
• 2. Short term represents summer and/or
  interim/winter program participation

    NOTES  

• Numbers are approximate and appear as reported by
  representatives of institutions indicated
• Short term represents summer and/or
  interim/winter program participation

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  Preliminary Comparison of Ursinus College Study
Abroad Program with Pennsylvania and Delaware
Valley Institutions 2002-03      
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Student comments about Study Abroad
 I have become very independent. I love the
city, taking public transportation, seeing new
sites. Studying abroad has encouraged me to get
to know Philadelphia better and not just
Philadelphia but my home, the US. I was
embarrassed about how little I knew about the US
when people abroad asked me about it. I am far
more interested in Eastern European affairs than
I was before. I have learned to love
traveling Oksana Yaworsky 05 CIEE,
Czech Republic Spring 2003    My three
months in Spain were the best of my entire life.
Everything that I learned in the classroom was
more meaningful and relevant. We learned about
Moorish architecture, and then saw it, analyzed
the symbolism in works of art and then saw the
actual pieces, read a short story by Galdós and
then walked the streets that he wrote about.
There was no division between my academic life
and my personal experiences the two were
constantly feeding into one another. I
learned a lot about myself, and I think I came
back to the U.S. changed for the better.
April Eakin 05 Ursinus in
Madrid Spring 2003     
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Student comments about Study Abroad Being
abroad during Sept. 11 was a unique experience
that proved both challenging and helpful. We came
home with a perspective like no one
elses. Ryan McLeod, 04 Ursinus
in Florence Fall 2001 I had absolutely no
interest in art before this program. The
instructors opened my mind to the art
world. Lindsay Alleger, 04 Ursinus in
Florence Fall 2002  
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Student comments about Study Abroad

•    I have become a more worldly person with
  broader views. After seeing how other people
  live, I am more grateful for what I have and more
  frustrated that people in the US live so much
  better than people in other parts of the world. I
  am more grateful for things that we didnt have
  in Kenya, such as internet, phones, 24-hour
  electricity, paved roads, cold drinks, hot water,
  etc. I feel more called to my career goals in
  conservation, and I hope to be able to help
  conservation efforts in Kenya either directly by
  working there or indirectly by supporting
  organizations that do.
•   Mark Zolandz, 04
• School for International Training,
• Kenya, Spring 2003
•    I used to be very willing to let other
  people make choices for me. Now I really question
  things other people say and I dont take much of
  anything at face value. Ive also gained an
  appreciation for the rest of the world and the
  US. I dont trust the news anymore, and I look
  for what I believe and not just what Im told.
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• Katherine (Kelly) Northrup, 04
• St. Andrews Society Scholarship
• St. Andrews University, Scotland
• Academic year 2002-03.

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Student Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants
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2003-2004 PRESTIGIOUS UNDERGRADUATE AWARD
APPLICANT DATA Award Name
Inquiries Applicants Finalists
03-04 Awards Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
7 5
4 (April) Morris K. Udall Scholarship
7 4
n/a (April) St. Andrews Society of
Philadelphia Scholarship 4
4 1 (March) Thomas L.
Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs
Fellowship 3 2
n/a (April) UNCF-Merck
Undergrad. Science Research 2
2 n/a 1  
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2003-2004 PRESTIGIOUS GRADUATE AWARD APPLICANT
DATA Award Name
Inquiries Applicants Finalists
03-04 Awards Fulbright Grants
2 1 n/a (March)Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation Graduate Scholarship
20 10 2 (May) Marshall
Scholarships 2 2 n/a
NoneAndrew J. Mellon Fellowships in the
Humanities 3 0National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship 2 0 Thomas J.
Watson Fellowship 20 9
4 1 (Alternate)Harry S. Truman
Scholarships 2 0
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1999-2004 URSINUS AWARD RECIPIENTS
  Year Award Recipient_________________
2003-04 UNCF-Merck Monique
Spencer Watson Leslie Carter,
Alternate Fulbright US nominee awaiting UK
decision Goldwater Pending Jack Kent
Cooke Pending 2002-03 UNCF-Merck
Derese Getnet Watson Joseph Klim St.
Andrews Katherine Northrup (St.
Andrews)   2001-02 St. Andrews Neil Shah
(Edinburgh) Watson Aaron Ranck   2000-01 Goldw
ater Lucas Dennis   1999-200 Fulbright Thomas
Malia (Tech. U. Munich) 1997-98 St.
Andrews Melissa Grafe (Edinburgh)
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How does Ursinus foster student achievement?

• Dedicated faculty and staff working across
  divisions
• Purposeful, creative, developmental curriculum
  and programs
• Focus on mission

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Ursinus College Mission

• Through a program of liberal education
• Enable students to become independent,
  responsible and thoughtful
• Prepare them to live creatively and usefully, and
  to provide leadership for their society in an
  interdependent world

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Liberal Education

• Empowers intellect
• Enhances capacity to think analytically,
  critically, and creatively
• Develops skill to express thoughts with logic,
  clarity, and grace
• Awakens moral sensitivity
• Challenges students to improve society
• Helps students gain understanding of who they are
  as persons, and what they ought to do as citizens

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Ursinus Liberal Studies Curriculum

• Graduation requirement of 32 courses (128 credit
  hours)
• Core (12)
• Major (8-15)
• Independent Learning Experience
• Electives (5-12)

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Core

• Common Intellectual Experience (2)
• English composition
• Foreign language (2)
• Mathematics
• Laboratory science
• Social Science
• Humanities
• Diversity courses (2)
• Art

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Majors

• 28 majors with opportunity for student-initiated
  majors
• Recent additions
• Neuroscience
• Environmental Studies
• Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
• Theater
• Dance
• Media Studies

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Unique curricular elements enhance student
achievement

• CIE (Common Intellectual Experience)
• ILE (Independent Learning Experience)

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Project DEEP

• Findings validate effectiveness of Ursinus
  initiatives to foster student achievement
• Level of Academic Challenge
• Student-faculty interaction
• Enriching educational experiences