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UNIV 201
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Modules Week 0: The First Assignment Week 1: Getting to Know One Another and Setting the Foundation Week 2: Getting to Know Campus and Campus Resources
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Due Dates
Points
Meet UNIV Class during WOW Syllabus Review Prior to Week 1
8/23
10
Letter to Yourself Getting to Know One Another Discussion Post It’s Week One! What do you Need?
8/30
25 10 10
Values Assignment Share Your Huskie Pride Attend First-Year Success Series Event Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio) Read Listen: When they Call https://www.spreaker.com/user/nius you a Terrorist: je/episode-1-feat-joe-flynn-agent-ofA Black Lives chaos Matters Memoir Intro-CH2
9/6
15 10 5 -
Post: 1: Childhood, racial profiling, safety and security. 2: Poverty/class, incarceration, school to prison pipeline, policed schools 3: Family, accountability, privacy, guilt/shame, honesty
10
Week 3: Being A Responsible Huskie Read CH 4-5
9/13
15 10 -
Post 4: Mass incarceration, access, racial profiling, police
10
Post What Does Being a Responsible Huskie Mean to You? E-Portfolio Post Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/nius je/hcccep2final
violence 5: Religion, exploration, gender Week 4: Managing Time and Academic Strategies Week 5: Health and Wellness
Email to a Faculty Member Academic Integrity Quiz
9/20
5 10
Attend First-Year Success Series Event Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio) UNIV Assessment Listen https://www.spreaker.com/niusje/epi sode3
9/27
5 5
Post Sexuality, Queerness, intersectionality
10
Week 6: Academic Planning
Academic Road Map Activity Meeting with Academic Advisor Attend First-Year Success Series Event
10/4
30 30 5
Week 7: Individual Meetings Read CH7
Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio)
10/11
-
Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/nius je/hcccep4final
Post Resiliency, trauma, white supremacy, drug use, law, loss
10
Week 8: Financial Literacy
Writing for a Scholarship: MyScholarships Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio)
10/18
30 -
Read CH 6
File your FAFSA
Read CH8
Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/niusj e/episode5
Post Structural barriers to access, incarceration, mental illness, healthcare 10/25
10
Week 9: Financial Wellness 1 on 1 Read CH.9
Catch up on Podcasts and reflections
Meeting with Instructor Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/niusj e/ep6ch9
10/29 Post Storytelling, spirituality, sexuality
30 10
Week 10: Financial Wellness
Creating a Budget Attend First-Year Success Series Event Cash Course
11/1
25 5 15
Read CH.10
Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/niusj e/ep7ch10-part-2-final
Post Statesanctioned violence, torture, trauma, transformative justice
10
Week 11: Networking and mentorships Read CH.11
Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio) Reflection Post UNIV Assessment Listen https://www.spreaker.com/user/niusj e/hccc-ep8
11/8
10 5
Post Justice, school to prison pipeline, activism, self-care
10
Week 12: Connecting your Academic
Career Exploration Assignment using Career Pathway Dashboard Meeting with a Career Counselor
11/15
40 5
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Plan with Career and Engagement Goals Read CH. 12
Week 13: Motivation Read CH. 13-16
Week 14: Student’s Work on EPortfolio Week 15 and 16: Individual Meetings
Listen https://www.spreaker.com/show/hus kie-conversation-cafe-podcast
Post Trauma, poverty, crime, police brutality
10
Common Reading Podcast and Reflection (E-Portfolio) Listen https://www.spreaker.com/show/hus kie-conversation-cafe-podcast
11/29
-
Post Activism, movements, resiliency, longevity Post Activism, protests, violence, action Post family, pregnancy, Queerness, chosen family, parenting Post movement/moment, protest, civil rights
10
Work on portfolio
11/29
-
Turn in Final E-Portfolio Assignment Final UNIV Assessment
12/6
40 5 30
10
10
10
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When in doubt reach out! I am here to help you navigate your new journey at NIU! Get out there and be a part of our Huskie Community. ~Best, Tedra
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