“make your mark” orientation 2011 gonzaga university
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“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