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Making Connections in the First Year Experience Classroom to Improve Retention

How DSCC Uses Our FYE Course For Academic Success

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • On-demand
  • Composition Lunch & Learn
  • Student Success
  • First Year Experience
  • 40 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

Connections matter; connecting with our students is critical. Watch this session to learn how Dyersburg State Community College uses our FYE course to make connections with our students and improve retention.

About Your Speaker

  • Andrea Franckowiak -

    Andrea Franckowiak

    Andrea Franckowiak is an Associate Professor of English at Dyersburg State Community College, located in the corner of Northwest Tennessee. She has worked at DSCC for 22 years. She teaches Composition I and II, World Literature, and the freshman seminar course, both on-ground and online. She is the Chair of the English Department, Coordinator of the freshman seminar course, Director of the Academic Success Centers, which offers tutoring services, review sessions, workshops, and a Midterm Recovery program. Andrea is passionate about student success and the positive impact that well-developed courses and programs can have on students; more so, she loves being in the classroom. Andrea is an educator, a trainer, a course and curriculum designer, a program architect, and a presenter on a local, state, and national level.