“MAKE YOUR MARK”Orientation 2011

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC SUCCESSDr. Patricia O’Connell Killen

Academic Vice President

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

WHAT THE FACULTY WANTS FOR YOU

SIX GUIDELINES

WHAT GONZAGAWHAT GONZAGA PROFESSORS

WHAT GONZAGA PROFESSORS WANT FOR YOU

THAT YOU GRADUATE FROM GONZAGA

THAT YOU BECOME A TRULY HUMANISTICALLY EDUCATED PERSON

BECOME HUMANISTICALLY EDUCATED PERSON

DISCERN DIMENSIONS OF A PROBLEM, SITUATION, OR OPPORTUNITY

DRAW ON KNOWLEDGE, CONCEPTS, THEORIES, INSIGHTS, PROCEDURES FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES

REACH CONCLUSIONS THAT ARE REASONED AND RESPONSIBLE AND ACT ON THEM

ANALYTICAL, INTEGRATIVE, ETHICAL, CREATIVE THINKER AND ACTOR -- HUMAN BEING

ACADEMIC SUCCESS:

SIX GUIDELINES

# 1 SHOW UP!

GO TO CLASS, LAB, PRACTICE, etc.

TIME ON TASK

TAKE POSSESSION OF YOUR OWN LEARNING

# 2 SLOW DOWN THE LEAP

EXPERIENCE

INTERPRETATIONEXPLORE THE

SPACE - DISCOVER

# 3 RESPECT YOUR QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ARE YOUR GYROSCOPE

# 4 READ, NO, REALLY READ

READING IS A HIGHLY COMPLEX ACTIVITY

READING IS ACTIVE

LITERACY IS POWER

# 4 READ, NO, REALLY READ

TRACK YOUR READING PROCESS

THOUGHT REACTIONS: What do they tell youABOUT YOU? ABOUT THE MATERIAL?

FELT REACTIONS: What do they tell youABOUT YOU?ABOUT THE MATERIAL?

#4 READ, NO, REALLY READ

MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE – YOUR READING MIND — YOUR THINKING

MAPS (of concepts, arguments, processes)

SCHEMATIZE -- I C EIdeas, Connections, Extensions

Relationship and Relative Significance

#5 GET YOUR VIEW OF TALENT STRAIGHT

FIXED VIEW OF TALENT/ABILITY/INTELLIGENCE You’ve got it or you don’t

GROWTH (MALLEABLE) VIEW OF TALENT/ABILITY/INTELLIGENCE

You cultivate your basic qualities through effort and perseverance

# 5 GET YOUR VIEW OF TALENT STRAIGHT

BEFRIEND YOUR FEAR AND FRUSTRATION

CULTIVATE CURIOSITY

# 6 USE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE HERE FOR YOU

ACADEMIC ADVISING AND ASSISTANCE

YOUR PROFESSORS

YOUR FACULTY ADVISOR

THE WRITING CENTER

LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

STUDY GROUPS

ETC.

WHY AND HOW DOES ALL THIS MATTER?

THE UNIVERSITY IS A “NURSE LOG”

FOR EACH OF YOU

FOR THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN AND THE MORE THAN HUMAN COMMUNITY

YOU WILL SHAPE THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY

WELCOME TO

THE LIFE OF THE MIND

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GONZAGA UNIVERSITY