To: First-Generation College Student Advising Interest Group Members
From: Joe Murray, Chair

Greetings to all members of NACADA's First-Generation College Student Advising Interest Group!!

I am excitied to let you know about some upcoming planned communications with members via our interest group listserve. The subjects for these communications were suggested at the NACADA conference in Indianapolis last fall. We invite your conversation, questions, input, etc. via the interest group listserve.

To be a part of this conversation, you must join the interest group listserve -- for instructions to subscribe, visit www.nacada.ksu.edu/InterestGroups/C31/listserve.htm. All topics for discussion will be posted to the interest group listserve address (N-TRIO-L @LISTSERV.KSU.EDU). 

The first communication for discussion will be presented soon by Chris Bennett Klefeker , Academic Adviser and Retention Specialist at Miami University- Hamilton Campus. Chris would like to start a conversation about how we can better serve the largely First Generation student population of foster care youth and further our efforts in retaining this truly at-risk population.  She will include links to free resources compiled for use in working with these students as well as her notes highlighting some of the key things she learned recently at the Second National Convening of Postsecondary Education Support Programs for Former Foster Youth Conference. Questions for discussion will include "Do other schools work with this population directly?", "What programs/services do you offer?", and "What have you learned that could help other schools as they support foster care students at their schools?"

Join us for these discussions on the listserve! If you have ideas for additional topics, let us know. 

Thanks for your interest,

Joe

Joseph E. Murray

Director for Academic Advising and Retention
Miami University - Hamilton Campus
E-mail: Murrayje@muohio.edu