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The SOAR program.Our residential summer SOAR program runs from Saturday, July 6, through Friday, August 9, 2013. A partnership among Hartwick’s Center for Student Success (CSS), faculty, staff and upper-class students,the five-week program provides the right balance between academic coursework and co-curricular opportunities.

The SOAR program provides a structured schedule that includes:

Academic Coursework• Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)• Introduction to College Composition (2 credits)• Physical education (1 credit)• SOAR 101• Morning and evening study sessions

Additional Activities• College life workshops• One-on-one meetings with CSS staff• Peer tutoring for classes• Social events

Introduction to Sociology

This course examines the nature of sociology and ways in which sociologists go about their work. Students will examine sociology as a distinctive perspective on human behavior and the links between personal experience and wider social forces while covering the main fields of the discipline.

The class is taught by Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Sarah Whiteford, who has been with Hartwick since 2010. Originally from Western Kentucky, Whiteford received her B.S. in sociology and B.A. in psychology from Lambuth University in Jackson, TN. She went on to receive a master’s degree in Social Science Research from Florida State University in 2003 before beginning

her doctoral work at the University of Tennessee. Though she has been teaching sociology for eight years, her personal research interests lie in the areas of criminology, and she is the coordinator of the criminal justice minor.

Introduction to College Composition

In Introduction to College Composition, students will gain experience writing in the major rhetorical modes, including description, argument, comparison and contrast, and research. Emphasis will be placed on revision as students work closely with tutors and the instructor to improve the content, grammar, and style of their work. Students will also gain experience reading and interpreting a variety of texts and learn strategies for participating in college-level discussions.

The class is taught by Carolyn Cooper, who has taught reading and writing at the secondary and college level for 15 years. She has a B.A. from Middlebury College and a master’s degree in education from Harvard University.

SOAR 101

SOAR 101 is a course that supports academic and personal transition from high school to college. SOAR 101 classes focus on topics critical to becoming a master student who thrives in the college environment. Topics include: independent thinking and problem-solving skills, decision making, academic learning strategies, personal and social responsibility, academic and career planning, as well as the fundamental college success skills of communication, personal assessment, and library research methods.

SOAR Staff

Robin A. Diana, Dean of Student SuccessRobin Diana brings 28 years of higher education experience to her role as Dean of the Center for Student Success. She obtained her B.S. in Communications from SUNY Brockport and her master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration from Buffalo State College.

Jennifer Marciniak, Coordinator of Learning Support Services and Director of the SOAR ProgramJennifer Marciniak is an academic support specialist. As Hartwick’s Coordinator of Learning Support Services, she works individually with SOAR students to ensure the development of academic success skills. Her B.S. in Elementary Education is from the College of Saint Rose. She obtained her master’s degree as a Reading Specialist from The State University of New York, Albany. She is currently working toward her master’s certification in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose.

Staying on track through your first year.Once you get on the right track by completing the SOAR Summer Program curriculum, it’s important that you stay focused and successful. The SOAR Program includes intensive academic support throughout your first year (at no additional cost), including:

’Wick 101: You will participate in ’Wick 101, an introduction to Hartwick and to the College’s academic and co-curricular support services. You’ll meet bi-weekly with the instructor to ensure you are on track to meeting your academic goals.

Academic Success Plan: Your ’Wick 101 instructor will work with you to develop an Academic Success Plan to meet academic and career goals.

Skill Building Workshops: Based on your individualized Academic Success Plan, you will be in at least two academic, skill building and leadership workshops per term.

Tutoring: You will have access to peer tutoring for your fall classes.

Study Hours: You will be encouraged to have six to eight assigned study hours each week in our tutoring center.

Successful SOAR students receive a minimum of $55,000 in aid over four years.• The all-inclusive cost for the program is $4,000.• All SOAR students automatically receive at least $5,000 in financial aid.• Students who perform at a very high level in the summer program receive an additional $5,000 for a total of at least $10,000 in aid the first year. • If a student gets at least a 2.0 in the first year, aid increases to at least $15,000 for each of the last three years.

Making it affordable.FIRSTYEAR

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$10,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $55,000

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1-2 p.m.

2-3 p.m.

3-4 p.m.

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7-9 p.m.

Breakfast in the Commons

Breakfast in the Commons

Breakfast in the Commons

Breakfast in the Commons

Breakfast in the Commons

Sociology Sociology Sociology Sociology Sociology

Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation

Study Session Study Session Study Session Study Session Study Session

Dinner in the Commons

Dinner in the Commons

Dinner in the Commons

Dinner in the Commons

Dinner in the Commons

Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation Recreation

Study Session Study Session Study Session Study Session Study Session

SOAR 101 SOAR 101 SOAR 101

Tutoring help Tutoring help Tutoring help

Composition Study Session Composition Study Session Composition

Lunch in the Commons

Lunch in the Commons

Lunch in the Commons

Lunch in the Commons

Lunch in the Commons

Physical Education

Physical Education

Providing a structured schedule

every week.

1. Complete application to SOAR.

2. Provide official high school transcript and test scores (SAT/ACT).

3. Provide two letters of recommendation.

4. Submit a personal essay: Please describe the learning challenges you’ve faced and what you’ve done to overcome these.

5. Schedule an interview by contacting Admissions at 888-HARTWICK or admissions@hartwick.edu.

Your next steps.We provide accommodations for students with documented learning disabilities. Accom-

modations include:

• Extended time on tests/quizzes in a distraction-reduced environment

• Adaptive reading technology

• Note-takers

• Peer tutoring in a group setting

• Advocacy aid

• Study skills assistance

• Alternate text format

Learning Support Services has resources to help you in a variety of academic areas includ-

ing test-taking and note-taking, surviving midterms/finals, organizational skills, time

management, textbook reading, problem solving, improving concentration, overcoming

procrastination, and increasing motivation.

Learning support.

Many highly successful, intelligent men and women have struggled through high school. Some understand the mate-rial, but freeze when it comes time for a test. Others know what they want to say, but have trouble putting the words on that blank sheet of paper. If you’re one of these students, you’re not alone.

Some of our greatest thinkers and most successful people have experienced similar struggles: John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Agatha Christie, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, to name a few. They were all smart and highly motivated, they just needed some extra support — and a plan. That’s where SOAR, or Start Out Academics Right, comes in.

SOAR is a five-week summer program featuring credit-bearing college coursework. SOAR students use the course-work they’ve completed over the summer to reduce their course load in the fall, taking some of the pressure off. With committed staff and peer leaders, you will discover your own academic and personal strengths and abilities.

And their academic support continues right through their first year at Hartwick. SOAR is designed with one purpose in mind: your academic success. Our SOAR students have achieved that kind of success — and so can you.

Start Out Academics Right.

People are talking.Get familiar. “Not only did SOAR help improve my work and study habits from high school, but I got a chance to become familiar with most of the campus and where my fall semester classes would be. My professors for my SOAR classes were excellent and I could tell they truly cared about getting us ready to take on college. I also met some fantastic people in the SOAR group who I still enjoy talking and hanging out with today.”

Jared Babinec ’16Little Falls, NY

SOAR is supportive. “I would recommend SOAR to everybody. It was very supportive, which is what I needed. I got a taste of the college workload, I got familiar with the campus, I learned how to handle the stress, and I formed great relationships with the other students in SOAR. We stick together even now. I was set up to succeed because of SOAR.”

Julie Moore ’15Scarsdale, NY

They want studentsto succeed.“SOAR was very good for my son, Jared. It really helped get him prepared. We found that everyone involved with the program was so helpful. They were very caring and really wanted the students to succeed. When he started the fall semester he felt so confident and inspired, I couldn’t recommend the program more highly.”

Krista Babinec P’16Little Falls, NY

Hartwick College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the National Association of Schools of Music, and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The Bachelor of Science degree program in chemistry is approved by the American Chemical Society.

The Advisory Committee on Campus Security will provide, upon request, all campus crime statistics as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.You can obtain a copy of this report by contacting Campus Safety at 607-431-4111. The report also is available at www.ope.ed.gov/security andwww.hartwick.edu/crimestatistics.

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About HartwickHartwick is a small, private liberal arts college located in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. For more than 200 years, Hartwick has been preparing its students to meet future challenges through a comprehensive liberal arts education supported by experiential learning opportunities that apply classroom lessons to the real world.

Hartwick is ranked as a Tier 1 Best National Liberal Arts College by US News & World Report. Payscale.com last year ranked Hartwick among the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the nation for graduates’ average starting salary. The prestigious Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Hartwick among the best and most interesting colleges in the nation. Hartwick is consistently counted among the best colleges in the country for study abroad, with a Top 10 ranking in Open Doors: Report on International Education Exchange.

Hartwick College is dedicated to ensuring that all students are supported and challenged in equal measure. In this sense, the Center for Student Success and the SOAR program are central to what we do. From acceptance through career or graduate school placement, Hartwick College is firmly committed to student success and satisfaction above all other goals.