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BAYLOR UNIVERSITYLaunch Pad: Building a First-Year Residential College Retreat Sarah Miller and Hannah Glisson... Overview TALKING POINTS Teal Residential College Background Info & Recen

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

Launch Pad: Building a

First-Year Residential

College Retreat

Sarah Miller and Hannah Glisson

Overview

TALKING POINTS

Teal Residential College Background Info & Recent Stats

Long-Term Vision and Goals

Retreat Overview Retreat Evaluation Future Implicatios

Q&A

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Teal Residential College is designed to foster a balance between serious intellectual pursuits

and social interaction both in the classroom and living room This environment is geared towards high quality students who believe in community and who are dedicated to learning outside of just the lecture setting It also encourages close interaction with fellow students,

as well as professors

About Teal Residential College

Background Info R C S

C A P A C I T Y

347 Bed Spaces

G E N D E R

60% Male 40% Female

C L A S S I F I C A T I O N

50% First-Year 50% Upper-Division

Recent Stats RETENTION OF FIRST-YEAR

Average: 88%

FIRST-YEAR GPA

Average: 3.11

MAJORS

ECS: 63%

NUR: 19%

Other: 18%

UPPER-DIVISION STUDENTS

SOPH: 41%

JUN/SEN: 6%

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RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS

RELATIONSHIP WITH CREATION

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RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

RETREAT GOALS

Student Led

High Engagement

Learning Styles

LONG-TERM GOALS

Retention

Classification-Based Programming

Transformative Experience

Retreat Overview

S C H E D U L E

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Check-In at Teal & Travel

Welcome & Lunch Large Group 1: History & Traditions Small Group 1: Relationship with Others

Gordon Games Free Time & Dinner Small Group 2: Relationship with Creation

Free Time Large Group 2: Campfire Small Group 3: Relationship with Self

Late Night Activities

Breakfast & Packing Large Group 3: Chapel Small Group 4: Relationship with God Large Group 4: Pinning Ceremony

Travel to Baylor

Small Group Concept

STRUCTURE OF SMALL GROUPS

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VISION FOCUS

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Large Group

Experiences

HISTORY

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NAMESAKE

TRADITIONS

PINNING CEREMONY

CREATION - CLAY POTS

CAMPFIRE - ALUMNI SPEAKER

CHAPEL

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Retreat Evaluation

Participant Feedback

Successes

Challenges

Future Implications

Immediate Changes Long-Term Considerations

Lessons Learned

Questions?

T H A N K Y O U !