Event Title
Our Stories with Class Beyond the Classroom: Story Sharing as Outreach
Location
Hart 113
Start Time
12-5-2016 11:45 AM
End Time
12-5-2016 12:00 PM
Description
Sociological research demonstrates that working class, first-generation, and financially insecure students face unique challenges in their matriculation through college. Class Beyond the Classroom (CBtC) invited faculty, administrators, and students to share their personal experiences of attending college as working class, first-generation, or financially insecure students with the goals of normalizing such experiences and supporting student success. Among other efforts, CBtC has held Our Stories events which involve faculty and staff members sharing their stories with students and small group discussion. These efforts have broadened awareness of these issues, created opportunities for students to ask questions and find informal mentors, and normalized these kinds of experiences for the members of the campus community. We will review research on outreach to first-generation students and story-sharing, delineate the processes and outcomes of the Our Stories events, and provide an overview of an initial pilot study documenting the efficacy this program at BSU.
Our Stories with Class Beyond the Classroom: Story Sharing as Outreach
Hart 113
Sociological research demonstrates that working class, first-generation, and financially insecure students face unique challenges in their matriculation through college. Class Beyond the Classroom (CBtC) invited faculty, administrators, and students to share their personal experiences of attending college as working class, first-generation, or financially insecure students with the goals of normalizing such experiences and supporting student success. Among other efforts, CBtC has held Our Stories events which involve faculty and staff members sharing their stories with students and small group discussion. These efforts have broadened awareness of these issues, created opportunities for students to ask questions and find informal mentors, and normalized these kinds of experiences for the members of the campus community. We will review research on outreach to first-generation students and story-sharing, delineate the processes and outcomes of the Our Stories events, and provide an overview of an initial pilot study documenting the efficacy this program at BSU.
Comments
Moderator: James Pearson