Category: First Two Years
July 17, 2019
TERRAIN Update July 3, 2019
Summer TERRAIN Update Interest among incoming students in the Fall 2019 Pilot Expedition continues to grow and has warranted the addition of a second section. As shared previously, this fall Kate Coseo will lead one Wildlife in Place expedition, with the second one led by Aly McKnight. Kate..Read more
July 17, 2019
TERRAIN Update – 7.12.2019
Summer TERRAIN Update As made clear through recent communications by President Khoury, TERRAIN remains a high priority for sustaining the Flagship. Incoming students continue to respond positively to this learning experience crafted by faculty and staff representing multiple functions at the College. As of today we have 63 students..Read more
June 28, 2019
TERRAIN Update: June 28, 2019
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team Wrapping up the Spring Term Throughout the spring term, the TERRAIN implementation team addressed its charge and accomplished several goals. Below I summarize this work and provide details of the goings-on since our last TERRAIN update. Summary of work led by the..Read more
May 10, 2019
TERRAIN update: May 6-10, 2019
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: May 6-10, 2019 What is the Team Up To? This has been an eventful week on campus, starting with Student Conference on Monday and wrapping up with graduation on Saturday. Our engagement in many of these end-of-year events left less time than usual for..Read more
May 10, 2019
TERRAIN update: April 29 – May 3
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: April 29- May 3, 2019 What is the Team Up To? Linda Povey of Brand Alchemy is developing a source document to inform marketing and recruitment. Brian, Erica, and I met with Linda this week to provide her with additional information about TERRAIN…Read more
April 29, 2019
TERRAIN update: April 22-26
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: April 22-26, 2019 What is the Team Up To? As you know, Saturday, April 20th was Accepted Student Day at Unity College. Roughly 70 students, along with members of their families, visited the campus to learn more about the College and to participate in learning experiences throughout..Read more
April 23, 2019
TERRAIN update April 15-19, 2019
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: April 15-19, 2019 What is the Team Up To? During the meetings this week the Student Life team engaged the rest of the TERRAIN participants in thoughtful discussion about the Living Learning Community (LLC) component of the program. A living learning community is a themed residential housing..Read more
April 01, 2019
TERRAIN update March 18-29
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: March 18 – 29, 2019 What is the Team Up To? While most of our students have been away enjoying spring break, the TERRAIN team has been hard at work! On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Advancement Team will be reaching out to students admitted for..Read more
March 19, 2019
TERRAIN Update: March 9-15
Highlights from the TERRAIN Implementation Team: March 9-15, 2019 What is the Team Up To? This week the TERRAIN team focused much of our work on responding to the Recruitment, Marketing, and Advancement team’s plan for communicating with accepted students (both deposited and not-yet-deposited) and their parents/families about the..Read more
March 11, 2019
F2Y Update: February 23-March 8
Highlights from the F2Y Implementation Team: February 23-March 8, 2019 What is the Team Up To? A team of FIT members (Pieter deHart, Ray Phinney, Brian Hull, Kate Coseo, and Josh Kercsmar) along with Associate Director of Admissions Emily Valli, traveled to Tacoma, Washington, to explore models of immersive learning and meet..Read more
February 25, 2019
F2Y Update: February 18-22, 2019
Highlights from the F2Y Implementation Team: February 18-22, 2019 What is the Team Up To? Monday and Wednesday FIT meetings were focused on ironing out remaining questions about Portfolium and fall testbed registration. The big event of the week was the finalization of our contract with Portfolium! We are..Read more
February 18, 2019
F2Y update: February 11-15, 2019
Highlights from the F2Y Implementation Team: February 11-15, 2019 What is the Team Up To? This week the Student Support design team completed a draft of the Fall 2019 co-curricular programming. Their design includes activities and support designed to: help students understand the importance of community service, become familiar with..Read more
February 11, 2019
F2Y Update: February 1-8, 2019
Highlights from the F2Y Implementation Team: February 1-8, 2019 What is the Team Up To? This week’s team meetings were focused on discussing the most recent Scope and Sequence draft produced by the academic design team. Comments and suggestions for further development included: As we develop Pathways, it will be important..Read more
February 01, 2019
F2Y Update: January 26-February 1
Highlights from the F2Y Implementation Team January 26-February 1, 2019 What is the Team Up To? The team wrapped up the process of evaluating different digital portfolio vendors and recommended to CAO Latty, CSSO Doore, and President Khoury that we adopt Portfolium: [excerpted from the FIT recommendation] The F2Y..Read more
January 18, 2019
F2Y Update: January 18, 2019
Dear Colleagues: This was an energizing week for the F2Y Implementation Team! What is the Team Up To? We are pleased to be settled into the F2Y project office on the first floor of Constable Hall which we have stocked with an impressive array of snacks and tea…Read more
January 14, 2019
F2Y Update for Week of January 7
Dear Unity Community, The FIT group has been hard at work over the past week! Below I’ve shared a summary of activities from DCI Cartier. FIT provided feedback to the “onboarding” design team (led by Ray) that is developing programming to support students when the first arrive on campus.This..Read more
January 02, 2019
F2Y update: year end edition
Dear Unity Community, I wanted to share an update from the F2Y Implementation team as our final update for 2018. On behalf of CAO Latty, President Khoury and I also wanted to commend DCI Cartier, CADO Hutchinson, DOS Phinney, and the rest of the F2Y team for all of their..Read more
December 21, 2018
F2Y Update: February 14, 2018
From: Dr. Erika Latty and Dr. Sarah Cunningham To: The Unity College Community During the last several months, we have been collating our community efforts on the First Two Year Initiative, to develop a framework to build out the vision for a novel curriculum that is relevant, accessible, and valuable..Read more
December 21, 2018
F2Y Update: March 16, 2018
From: Dr. Erika Latty and Dr. Sarah Cunningham To: The Unity College Community Dear Unity College Community, While the weather this week threw a small kink in our plans by cancelling a planned visit by Dr. Ron Mahurin, we have been moving ahead with the F2Y initiative on a number..Read more
December 21, 2018
F2Y Update : February 23, 2018
From: Dr. Erika Latty and Dr. Sarah Cunningham To: The Unity College Community Dear Unity College Community, Since the campus visit with our external curricular consultant, Dr. Ron Mahurin, we have been reviewing previously gathered materials and summarizing the results of recent conversations to focus the next steps of the..Read more
