This Issue At-A-Glance

• Faculty Focus - Dr. Brynja Kohler, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Department

• Faculty Focus - Troy Oldham, Lecturer, Journalism and Communication Department

• Advising and Retention

• Fostering Student Success

• USU Major Fair: Connecting Major Selection to Retention Efforts

• What's New in Federal Financial Aid?

• Tracking Students for Success

• Retaining Secondary Education Students Beyond the Classroom

• Student Support Services Aids in Retention of Students

• Power Advising in Physics

Faculty Focus - Dr. Brynja Kohler, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Department

Dr. Kohler coordinates teaching experiences for math education majors, and guides them through the transition from student to teacher.  Read more...

Faculty Focus - Troy Oldham, Lecturer, Journalism and Communication Department

Troy Oldhan provides hands-on experience for public relations students as they prepare for life after graduation.  Read more...

Advising and Retention

Advising and retention go hand-in-hand. The positive actions of an advisor working with students can make all the difference in retaining them at the University. With the collective effort of campus-wide advisors utilizing complete and accurate student data, student retention multiplies. Read more...

Fostering Student Success

The Department of Theatre Arts supports a number of initiatives which contribute to the success of our students and, in particular, to the success of our freshmen. Read more...

USU Major Fair: Connecting Major Selection to Retention Efforts

The USU Major Fair is one of several tools designed to help all students discover a major path that is most suited to their interests, abilities, and career goals.  Read more...

What's New in Federal Financial Aid?

Students can receive financial aid through Pell grants, supplemental grants, subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans, Perkins loan, and the federal Work-Study program.   Read more...

Tracking Students for Success

The Uintah Basin Campus recently implemented a new student tracking system. When a student walks through the doors of the Uintah Basin Campus in either Roosevelt or Vernal, the registration staff immediately gathers information about the student’s educational needs. Read more...

Retaining Secondary Education Students Beyond the Classroom

The path to professional competency can be a lonely journey. Students who complete a supportive and challenging teacher education program, such as the program offered by USU’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership can feel isolated and overwhelmed as new teachers in their own classrooms. Read more...

Student Support Services Aids in Retention of Students

Utah State University is fortunate to have Student Support Services (SSS), a federally funded TRiO program for low-income, first-generation, or disabled students who demonstrate a need for academic support.   Read more...

Power Advising in Physics

In the Physics Department, recruitment and retention of engaged, high-performing students has been made possible by a combination of caring, hands-on, professional advice, maintenance of an active undergraduate research program that the faculty is committed to, socialization through club activity; and aggressive encouragement of its students to strive for lofty goals.    Read more...

Retention is a campus-wide effort.Twice a year this newsletter will provide you with information about current initiatives focusing on student success, which are in place throughout the Utah State University system.