A nationally known advocate for first-year, first-generation students will be offering a workshop from 8-10 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, in the CUB Jr. Ballroom at WSU Pullman. The event will also be live-streamed.
Gregory Eiselein is a professor at Kansas State University, and the founding director of K-State First, the university’s first-year experience program. He will discuss pedagogies that improve faculty responsiveness to first-year, first-generation college students.
In Fall 2014, 40 percent of WSU undergraduates were first-generation. At WSU Pullman, 37.8 percent of undergraduates were first-generation.
The CUB event includes an open breakfast buffet from 8-8:30 a.m., an overview of WSU’s Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program (CLASP) and the Suder Initiative for Faculty Professional Development, as well as time for small group sessions.
Eiselsein has won several prestigious teaching awards, including Kansas Professor of the Year. His 1993 doctorate degree is from the University of Iowa, and his 1987 bachelor’s degree is from the University of Idaho.
To attend either the in-person or live-stream session, visit the WSU eLearning trainings page and select “faculty-led” from the dropdown menu.
