Welcome Week 2013
Faculty Orientation Guide (FOG) Volunteer Information
Join the fun! Complete the volunteer form to sign up to be a Faculty
Orientation Guide for Welcome Week 2013.
Academic Day is a key component of
Welcome Week, where first-year students are first
introduced to our academic culture through shared experiences with
Butler students, faculty, and staff. Academic Day begins
successful academic transitions for our students before the first
day of class. A special focus is the discussion of a common
reading, led by faculty and staff who serve as Faculty Orientation
Guides. Students also converse with faculty and staff about
expectations in college-level academic work and what constitutes
engaged learning.
Faculty Orientation Guides, or FOGs as they are
affectionately known, collaborate with Student Orientation Guides
(SOGs) to spend Academic Day with an assigned orientation
group of students drawn from across Butler majors and
programs. Academic Day is Monday, August 26, 2013.
Approximately 60 faculty and staff will be needed to serve as
FOGs. If you are interested in volunteering, complete a
volunteer form by Friday, May
31.
New Orientation Group Structure for 2013!
For Welcome Week 2013, orientation groups will be organized by
First Year Seminar class. (For example, all students enrolled
in FYS101 section 01 will be in the same orientation group.) This
structure aims to accomplish the following:
- Foster a diverse mix of colleges, majors, and interests within
a small orientation group, averaging just 18 students
- Build connections with peers who will share a class together in
the fall term
- Model interactive classroom-like discussions with each
group
- Enable a broad array of faculty from all colleges, departments,
and academic units to volunteer as Faculty Orientation Guides
- Develop a sense of wider belonging as diverse faculty and staff
welcome new students into the Butler academic community
Components and Objectives for Academic Day:
- Introduce new students to faculty through informal,
out-of-the-classroom interaction
- Attend the Academic Day Convocation (often featuring the author
of the Common Reading)
- Lead the book discussion about the selected Common Reading to
connect the book's themes to college and new student transition
issues
- Engage new student in discussion about academic transition,
classroom expectations, communication etiquette, and other
academic-oriented topics
- Facilitate the annual CIRP Freshman Survey
Common Reading for 2013:
The common reading for 2013 will once again be
Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and
One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference. Learn more about the book, author, and
the Butler University Common Reading Program.
Time Commitments:
- Read the selected common reading by August 20,
2013. Upon completion of the volunteer form, a book will be sent to you via
campus mail. If other book delivery arrangements need to be made,
contact Jennifer Griggs at jgriggs@butler.edu.
- Attendance at all FOG events (see schedule
below). If you are unable to attend any of the following,
please contact Jennifer Griggs at jgriggs@butler.edu for
alternative arrangements.
| FOG
Training |
Tuesday, August 20,
2013 |
TBD (afternoon) |
Lunch included |
| FOG / SOG
Planning |
Friday, August 23, 2013 |
TBD (morning) |
Brunch included |
| Academic
Day |
Monday, August 26, 2012 |
8:30 a.m. - 3:00
p.m. |
Lunch included |