Eagle Reach
Freshmen students in USI instructor Ron
Mitchell's Living Learning Community English class are developing a
webzine to encourage communication between current and former USI
students. The webzine at
http://www.usi.edu/libarts/english/RMitchel/EagleReach/eagle_reach.htm includes
photos and bios of the students along with archival photos of ISUE/USI. The
students hope to hear from alumni via e-mail telling them about the photos
and also about alumni experiences in classes and student activities. The
goal is to share experiences and career path information. Alumni may
e-mail the students at
eaglereach@usi.edu.
The students are part of Freshmen
Interest Groups (FIGS). More than 75 freshmen are going to class together
and living on the same floor in the residence halls in a special pilot
program designed to enhance their overall college experience. Students
not only live together, but they also are scheduled into the same sections
of classes in history, English, and seminar.
Dane Partridge, director of the Honors
Program and a member of the committee who put together the FIG concept,
said "The faculty who are teaching these courses have been meeting to talk
about what they are doing so they can link these to the greatest extent."
Partridge said that the committee looked at what was going on nationwide
at universities that have combined the living environment with a learning
opportunity.
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