RN to BSN Program
Director
Dr. Melissa Gibson Hancox
Communication and Media Studies
First Year Experience Committee
Dr. Lisa Brightman
Elementary Education
Cindy Corsi
Graduate Assistant
Denise Dobos
Records and Registration
Dr. Carol Gleichsner
Academic Support Services
Dr. Susan Hegel
Speech, Language & Hearing
Patricia Hillman
Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Bill Hunter
English & Theatre Arts
Dr. Rhonda Matthews
Sociology
Kerri Watson
Science, Management & Technology
The First-Year Experience is designed to orient first year, transfer and first time Edinboro students during their transition to university life. It is specifically designed to acclimate the student to college and increase the probability that they will attain academic success.
Objectives
- First-year students will develop essential academic skills related to student success.
- First-year students will develop the critical thinking skills essential to the transition to the college learning environment.
- First-year students will develop a sense of academic self-confidence and personal responsibility, and a positive attitude toward the teaching/learning process.
- First-year students will develop a sense of community with peers, faculty and staff, and a respect for diversity.
- First-year students will be aware of the university resources available to them.
