Meeting Minutes 10.22.13

Met at UC

• Meeting began at 8:45am
• Meeting ended at 9:20am

Next meeting time will be:

• Either Caribou in Stillwater, or on Campus (T.B.D.)

Group members that attended meeting:

• Allissa, Abbie, Haley

Went over some fine details of presentation

• Basics of everyone's notes/what is being said 
• How we're going to stand/position ourselves during presentation
• transitions
• working on group paper 

For next meeting:

• Will discuss with missing group members during class when it works for everyone to work on the paper (we are hoping sometime Thursday), and run through the presentation more. 

Meeting Minutes 10-17-13

Meeting Minutes 10-17-13

Met in the Classroom

• Meeting began at 12:30

Group members that attended meeting:

• Allissa, Amanda, Nichole, Abbie, Haley

Collaborated on an Issue for the UWRF campus

• Issue:  How can we implement a solution to better help transfer students feel acclimated to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus?
• Powerpoint presentation-Divided up presentation sections: 
• Haley- will introduce the parameters of the problem
•  Allissa- will elaborate on the causes for the background
•  Nicole- will talk about who/what is affected by the problem. 
• Amanda -will provide evidence and prove why it is a concern. 
• Abbie- will conclude the presentation.

Team Meeting Minutes: 10/3 - 10/16

Meeting via Google Docs Collaboration:
From week of 10/3 - 10/16

Next meeting time will be:
Caribou in Stillwater, MN on October 17th at 6:30pm.
Until that time, will continue to work/collaborate via Google Docs

Group members in attendance: 
Allissa, Amanda, Nichole, Abbie, Haley

Further Defining Problem at Hand:

• The following is still being hashed out to come to a consensus, but from everyone's own ideas, these seem to be a good starting point of our problem in terms of what/cause/effect/why concern. We will expand on these during presentation including some facts/data to justify claims:
• What is the problem: transfer students lack of campus acclimation 
• Causes: lack of communication, and not providing pertinent information, not an adequate orientation program relevant to transfer students
• Effects: lack of awareness to campus and it’s resources, transfer students feeling confused, anxious, and stressed. Transfer students may also second guess decision, and want to transfer to a different school. 
• Why this is a concern: not being appropriately/adequately informed, and feeling “out of the loop” in a new environment can have negative impacts on the student’s success, and overall wellbeing. As a public university, we should aim at having all students feel like they are equipped to handle the pressures of their new environment, and make them feel included and welcomed.

Single Problem Question (from Class on 10/10):
How can we implement a solution to transfer students to help them feel better acclimated to the River Falls campus and community? 

For next meeting:We will work on creating the powerpoint presentation, and going over our problem more in depth based on our google docs collaboration to form presentation.

Team Meeting Minutes: 10/10/13

Forming a Single Unambiguous Problem Question & Criterion 

Group Members in Attendance: Allissa, Amanda, Nichole, Abbie

Problem Question: How can we implement a solution to transfer students to help them feel better acclimated to the River Falls campus and community?

Criteria Solution Must Meet: 

• Time Effective 
• Thoroughness 
• Accessible to all Transfer Students
• Cost Effective
• Organization Involvement
• Transfer Student Acclimation to Campus