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HIPs are practices & strategies that have been shown to promote student success. Join us as we share HIPs at UARK!

HIPs are practices and strategies that have been shown to promote student success, persistence, and graduation.

02/28/2024

HIPs are in the news!

On Feb. 12 and 19, World Languages and Digital Humanities Studio graduate assistants Larissa Rocha, Chy'Na Nellon and Michael Hall, and Studio FLTA Alena Shestopalova led a series of ePortfolio workshops with Elementary Italian undergraduate students overseen by Italian Section Head Ryan Calabretta-Sajder and Assistant Director Cheyenne Roy.

Read more: https://bit.ly/wldh-studio-eportfolios.

02/22/2024

Interested in an 8-week course that will help you prepare for your future career? Consider Special Topics in Student Success (ARSC 104V 001)! This course will help you prepare for internships, build your resume, and provide career-related resources.

📅 Begins March 6, 2024
🕐 Mondays & Wednesdays 10:45 - 11:35 AM
🏫 GRAD 239
📚 Taught by Michelle Pribbernow & Emerald Hames from the Offices of Career Connections

This course is variable credit; please email Michelle Pribbernow ([email protected]) to enroll.

02/12/2024

Forge your own path at the Experiential Education Fairs! The All Careers Fair and HIPs (High-Impact Practices) Show & Tell are both happening in the Union tomorrow, February 13 from 10 AM to 2 PM.

02/05/2024

ICYMI: The deadline for submissions to the Undergraduate Research Symposium Poster Competition has been extended! Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12. Undergraduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit a research abstract.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/deadline-extended-research-symposium.

12/12/2023

12 days of HIPS - ✍️ Writing-Intensive Courses

These courses emphasize writing at all levels of instruction and across the curriculum, including final-year projects. Students are encouraged to produce and revise various forms of writing for different audiences in different disciplines. The effectiveness of this repeated practice “across the curriculum” has led to parallel efforts in such areas as quantitative reasoning, oral communication, information literacy, and, on some campuses, ethical inquiry.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/writing-intensive-courses/.

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12/11/2023

12 days of HIPS - 🪴 Wellness

Whether a student, instructor, or staff member, many factors impact both short-term and long-term wellness. Those who take the time and effort to invest in their holistic well-being—physical, emotional, spiritual, and social—are more likely to reach their personal and academic potential. All of the dimensions are interconnected and important to a well-rounded and balanced lifestyle.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/wellness/.

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12/10/2023

12 days of HIPS - 🤝 Service Learning, Community-Based Learning

The idea is to give students direct experience with issues they are studying in the curriculum and with ongoing efforts to analyze and solve problems in the community. A key element in these programs is the opportunity students have to both apply what they are learning in real-world settings and reflect in a classroom setting on their service experiences. These programs model the idea that giving something back to the community is an important college outcome, and that working with community partners is good preparation for citizenship, work, and life. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with course content and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach social and civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/service-learning-community-based-learning/.

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12/09/2023

12 days of HIPS - 🔬 Undergraduate Research

Many colleges and universities are now providing research experiences for students in all disciplines. Undergraduate research, however, has been most prominently used in science disciplines. With strong support from the National Science Foundation and the research community, scientists are reshaping their courses to connect key concepts and questions with students’ early and active involvement in systematic investigation and research. The goal is to involve students with actively contested questions, empirical observation, cutting-edge technologies, and the sense of excitement that comes from working to answer important questions. Undergraduate research fosters an environment where community partners, the administration, staff, faculty and most importantly students create a high-impact academic experience.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/undergraduate-research/.

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12/08/2023

12 days of HIPS - 🏘️ Learning Community

The key goals for learning communities are to encourage integration of learning across courses and to involve students with “big questions” that matter beyond the classroom. Students take two or more linked courses as a group and work closely with one another and with their professors. Themed learning communities enhance student learning by cultivating interdisciplinary understanding and integrative learning. The theme of each learning community provides a foundation for curricular connections between disciplines, and out-of-classroom experiences enhance the academic experience. Some deliberately link “liberal arts” and “professional courses”; others feature service learning.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/learning-community/.

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12/07/2023

12 days of HIPS - 💼 Internships

Internships are another increasingly common form of experiential learning. The idea is to provide students with direct experience in a work setting–usually related to their career interests–and give them the benefit of supervision and coaching from professionals in the field. If the internship is taken for course credit, students complete a project or paper that is approved by a faculty member.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/internships/.

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12/06/2023

12 days of HIPS - 🏫 First Year Seminar

Many institutions now build into the curriculum first-year seminars or other programs that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis. The highest-quality first-year experiences place a strong emphasis on critical inquiry, frequent writing, information literacy, collaborative learning, and other skills that develop students’ intellectual and practical competencies. First-year seminars can also involve students with cutting-edge questions in scholarship and with faculty members’ own research. First-year seminars are designed to assist entering students as they form connections with the U of A community, including other students, faculty, and advisors in a prospective major.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/first-year-seminar/.

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12/05/2023

12 days of HIPS - 💻 ePortfolios

ePortfolios can be implemented in a variety of ways for teaching and learning, programmatic assessment, and career development. ePortfolios enable students to electronically collect their work over time, reflect upon their personal and academic growth, and then share selected items with others, including professors, advisors, and potential employers. Because collection over time is a key element of the ePortfolio process, employing ePortfolios in collaboration with other high-impact practices provides opportunities for students to make connections between various educational experiences.

Learn more at https://hips.uark.edu/eportfolios/.

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