First year Experience Conference 2005 -Program

The Liberal Arts and the First-Year Experience

Hosted by

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter 191

Morgan University Center

Austin Peay State University

Conference Agenda

9:00-9:30 Conference Check-In & Continental Breakfast UC 303/305

9:30-9:55 Welcome and Conference Overview UC 303/305

Susan Calovini, President-elect, PKP Chapter 191

Bruce Speck, APSU Vice President for Academic Affairs

Linda Davis, Northeast High School

Fall 2004 APSU 1000 Students

11:30-12:45 Lunch & Keynote Address

UC Ballroom

Welcomes: Linda Thompson, President, PKP Chapter 191

Sandra Holt, Regional Vice President, Phi Kappa Phi

Houston Davis, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Introduction of Speaker: Harriett McQueen, Director of Academic Support

Keynote Address: Jeanine Varner, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Oklahoma Christian University

1:00-2:15 Presentation: Information Literacy in the First Year of College: UC 303/305

Research, Writing, & Assessment in APSU 1000

Lori Buchanan, Instructional Services Librarian

Susan Calovini, Professor of English

Gina Garber, Digital Services Librarian

2:30-3:45 Roundtable Discussion:

UC 303/305 The Liberal Arts as a Foundation for College and Life

Linda Barnes, Coordinator of Honors Program—Moderator

Aleeta Christian, Professor of Developmental Studies

Richard Gildrie, Professor of History

Charles Frazier, Student Accounting Major

Jaime Taylor, Professor of Physics

Co-organized with The Office of Academic Support

Co-sponsored by Division of Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Support, and College of Arts & Letters