The old helping the new
We pair up the "older" students with the "new" students in lab to help better integrate the new students with classroom flow, where to find equipment, etc. and it works wonderfully.
Shaghayegh,
Excellent idea...and I am sure there are other benefits as well that go on in the conversations.
Susan Backofen
We have student mentors who are introduced during orientation, so that the new students have a friendly face with a name to connect to when classes begin. Our mentors continue provide peer support throughout their semester and ensure that they are engaged with other students as well. New students seem to really appreciate this!
We have students already in the program come to the classroom and talk with the students starting their first programmatic class. It helps to hear from someone, who is already successfully completing required classes especially for hard programs with a lot of skills to learn.
