2023 FYRE Facilitator Sign Up and Course Incorporation

Thank you for your interest!

We are very excited that Ties that Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps (edited by Dave Isay) has been chosen as the 2023 FYRE selection! We appreciate you taking the opportunity to get involved with the First Year Experience as a facilitator of a discussion group by completing this survey.

We also encourage you to consider helping us coordinate an event or program throughout the year based off of the themes presented in the book OR if you are teaching a course, incorporating the themes of the book into your course.

Please fill in the information below depending on your interest in either (1) serving as a facilitator and/or (2) incorporating the FYRE selection into your fall course!

We are happy to mail the book to your home address or inter-campus mail it to you if you'll be on campus!

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* 1. Name:

First Name

Last Name

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* 2. I am...

Faculty

Librarian

Staff/Administrator

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* 3. Would you like to serve as a facilitator on TUESDAY September 5th (early afternoon after Convocation) for a discussion group about the book with first-year students?

Yes

Not this year

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* 4. If you have signed up to facilitate a discussion with students on Opening Day, select the option below to receive your copy of the book:

Hold the book for me in the FYE Office (101A Dining Commons) and I will stop by to pick it up

Inter-campus mail the book to my office

Mail the book to my home address (see below)

I already have a copy of the book

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* 5. Contact Information mailing the book IF you chose the mail home option:

First Name

Last Name

Preferred SUMMER phone number

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

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* 6. Do you have an idea for a campus event related to this book? Are you interested in helping coordinate or co-sponsor an event? Please share any specific ideas you have below:

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* 7. Are you interested in incorporating the FYRE book into a class you are teaching which has a high first-year student enrollment?

Yes: I will try and join FYE at an informational Zoom meeting on Tuesday August 22 to learn more! (Zoom information can be found in the First Year Experience channel: First Year Reading Experience Page in Polaris and will be emailed to you if you select this option.)

Not this year/NA

Other (please specify)

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* 8. I would like to attend one of the following August sessions to prepare for the facilitation on Wednesday September 5 (all the Zoom information will be available on the First Year Experience Polaris channel, on the First Year Reading Experience Page and emailed to you):

I will decide later (by looking at the options on the FYE Polaris channel)

Monday August 28 at 11am

Wednesday August 30 at 9am

Friday September 1 at 1pm

Thank you for volunteering - your participation is critical to help the incoming first-year students begin their college journey on a positive note! Please click "Submit my Information" below to finalize your responses.