College of Fine and Performing Arts NSE Presentation

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[00:00:00.000]Hello, my name is Emily Griffin Overrocker and I'm the Senior Director of Student Success in the
[00:00:11.960]Hixson Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. On campus, you'll most likely hear it known
[00:00:17.560]as the Fine and Performing Arts College or FPA for short. We're so glad to have you with us.
[00:00:23.600]I hope in this next few minutes, I can share some insights that will help you as you start
[00:00:28.580]your journey in our college. Some of the goals is I want to introduce you to our team
[00:00:35.560]here in the college so you'll know who to go to when you have questions.
[00:00:39.380]We're going to spend most of our time exploring our degree programs. We're going to learn about
[00:00:44.380]advising and success planning tools, identify key resources, and discover the opportunities
[00:00:50.160]available to you. As we get started, I want to explain a little bit about how our college fits
[00:00:57.160]into the overall university structure. It can be kind of confusing because we
[00:01:01.760]use a lot of acronyms and abbreviations here on campus. FPA is just one of several colleges
[00:01:08.860]that make up the University of Nebraska. You'll most likely have at least one class in another
[00:01:15.040]college throughout your time here at UNL. A lot of colleges are made up of departments,
[00:01:20.580]but the Hixson Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is made up of schools.
[00:01:25.740]We have the School of Art, Art History and Design, the Glenn Korff School of Music,
[00:01:30.620]and the Johnny Carson School of Theater and Film. I'm excited to introduce you to the student
[00:01:38.760]success team here in the Hixson Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. This team of
[00:01:44.200]professionals is here just to help you get through your next few years. First up is Chris Watson.
[00:01:50.660]Some of you may have met Chris as you went through your audition and portfolio process,
[00:01:55.140]or just had questions about coming to UNL. The next three folks, Courtney, Jackie, and Sam,
[00:02:01.220]are your academic advisors. If you haven't already, you'll be meeting with them to plan
[00:02:06.560]out your first semester classes. Next up is Sarah Troupe, our academic navigator. Sarah's a great
[00:02:13.580]person to go to if you have questions or concerns and just don't know who to ask. Sarah's available
[00:02:19.960]to help you navigate any kinds of personal or academic challenges you may be facing.
[00:02:25.980]And finally, there's me. That's my fancy picture, I like to say.
[00:02:30.280]Our team is happy to have a Student Success Center located in the Woods Art Building,
[00:02:38.160]room 116. In the Student Success Center, you'll find Sarah Troupe, our academic navigator,
[00:02:45.300]so you can always stop in to say hello or ask questions or talk about any concerns you have.
[00:02:51.040]One of the things we're most proud of, though, is our pop-in pantry.
[00:02:55.020]You can think of it as a satellite to the main Husker Pantry on campus,
[00:02:59.760]but right here in your own academic college.
[00:03:02.800]All of the food and hygiene items are free to students,
[00:03:06.520]and we want you to pop in any time you need groceries or food,
[00:03:11.340]or maybe just a snack between classes.
[00:03:14.060]So I mentioned your academic advisors.
[00:03:18.620]Some of you may have already met them, and some will be meeting them soon.
[00:03:22.960]We want you to think about your academic advisors as a partner in this journey.
[00:03:28.200]It's a collaborative relationship.
[00:03:30.100]You're only going to get out of it what you put in it.
[00:03:32.880]It's best to always come prepared with your questions
[00:03:35.900]and think about the fact that your advisors don't know unless you tell them,
[00:03:40.760]meaning if you are interested in a new area or you have some questions
[00:03:45.860]or maybe you're thinking of an internship, they aren't mind readers,
[00:03:49.740]so make sure that you ask them or tell them about those special
[00:03:52.880]interests that you have.
[00:03:54.140]You can connect with your advisor through the Student Success Hub,
[00:03:58.780]which I'll be telling you a little bit more about soon.
[00:04:01.500]Many of you have already selected your major here in the Fine and Performing Arts College,
[00:04:10.020]but in case you're not totally sure, I want to go through all of our different majors
[00:04:14.680]and explain a little bit of differences between the different degree types.
[00:04:18.820]You'll see on all of our degrees,
[00:04:21.840]either the letters BFA, which stands for Bachelor of Fine Arts,
[00:04:27.240]BA stands for Bachelor of Arts,
[00:04:31.180]and in the music area, you'll also see BM, Bachelor of Music,
[00:04:35.480]and BME, Bachelor of Music Education.
[00:04:38.660]We like to think of those BA degrees as more generalist.
[00:04:43.260]They're a great pathway for folks who want to combine multiple interests
[00:04:47.660]or add other majors and minors
[00:04:51.000]to create kind of your own path.
[00:04:52.920]The BFA, BM, and BME degrees
[00:04:57.360]are what we call professional degrees,
[00:04:59.060]which are really spelled out curriculum by the accrediting boards.
[00:05:03.400]Regardless of which path you choose,
[00:05:06.000]you're going to have access to similar career outcomes.
[00:05:09.540]There are a lot of nuances between the different degree types,
[00:05:13.600]and the best people to help you with this are your academic advisors.
[00:05:16.900]They can tell you about the difference.
[00:05:18.900]You don't have to decide now
[00:05:20.780]which is the best path for you,
[00:05:22.360]or if you want to change your mind, that's okay too.
[00:05:24.900]We're going to spend the next few minutes
[00:05:28.760]talking a little bit about your degree program.
[00:05:31.120]When you think about your degree,
[00:05:33.580]there's so many pieces that go into it,
[00:05:36.080]and if you've never really thought about it before,
[00:05:38.840]it can be kind of overwhelming.
[00:05:40.340]The chart on the screen shows a little bit
[00:05:43.500]of the primary components that go into your degree.
[00:05:47.000]We're going to talk about a few of them in more detail now.
[00:05:50.560]The first piece of your degree
[00:05:54.200]is called the ACE requirements or ACE courses.
[00:05:57.640]A lot of people will think of these as your Gen Eds.
[00:06:01.540]Some universities require you to take your Gen Eds
[00:06:05.440]before you take other courses in your degree program.
[00:06:08.280]It's not like that here in FPA.
[00:06:10.640]You'll see that when you meet with your advisor
[00:06:13.360]that these ACE courses will spread out
[00:06:15.680]throughout your four years or five
[00:06:18.440]that you're working on your degree.
[00:06:20.340]You'll see on the screen that there's 10 different categories
[00:06:24.820]of these ACE courses.
[00:06:26.200]Some will be spelled out for you of what you need to take.
[00:06:30.540]Some you'll have a ton of choices
[00:06:33.000]like the humanities ACE 5 area.
[00:06:35.460]And some will overlap with the degree requirement.
[00:06:38.980]And so you'll take care of two things with one course.
[00:06:42.200]If you had AP credit, IB credit, or dual enrollment,
[00:06:47.140]some of these ACE courses may be already complete for you.
[00:06:50.120]The biggest piece of your degree, of course, are your major requirements.
[00:06:57.400]Every degree and department has individual major requirements.
[00:07:02.020]Within FPA, we often talk about your core requirements.
[00:07:06.300]These are the same for everybody in the major.
[00:07:08.960]You can think of these foundational classes like history and theory.
[00:07:13.500]A lot of our degree programs also have options or tracks.
[00:07:18.820]So if you're an art major, you can think of these as options.
[00:07:19.900]If you're an art major, you might want to focus in photography or sculpture or drawing.
[00:07:27.300]Within music, you might be an instrumentalist or a vocal person.
[00:07:31.720]That's what we mean by the options.
[00:07:33.900]The next part of your degree requirement, at least for some of you, are what we call a minor.
[00:07:41.980]Minors, you can think of like a secondary area of study.
[00:07:46.540]Some of our degrees, which are listed on the screen,
[00:07:49.680]require you to have a minor.
[00:07:51.800]Our BFA, BM, and BME degrees do not require a minor
[00:07:57.420]because there are more requirements in the major section of the degree program.
[00:08:02.340]But if you're in one of those programs, the BFA, the BM, or the BME,
[00:08:09.220]you're always welcome to add a minor if you have a secondary area that you're interested in,
[00:08:14.680]but it's just not required.
[00:08:16.280]And I'd like you to keep in mind that it may mean
[00:08:19.460]staying here a little bit longer to finish all of those requirements.
[00:08:23.160]Another requirement for some students in our college is a foreign language requirement.
[00:08:31.440]Our BA and BM degrees require language,
[00:08:35.260]but your academic advisors will tell you more about this requirement and how it might apply to you.
[00:08:41.000]After you've taken care of all of your requirements that are spelled out for you
[00:08:49.240]anything that's left to get to the university's required 120 credit hours become electives.
[00:08:57.100]These are choice courses that you get to take to round out your degree program.
[00:09:03.020]You can see on the chart below that our BA degrees tend to have a little bit more room for electives
[00:09:10.020]and this is why we want you to take a minor in these degree programs.
[00:09:14.960]Again, the BFA, the BM, and the BME,
[00:09:19.020]have a lot more requirements spelled out for you and so therefore less room for electives,
[00:09:24.160]but you can still take courses you're interested in,
[00:09:26.900]just know it may be more than 120 total by the time you finish.
[00:09:30.460]The other thing to think about in terms of your degree are the grade requirements.
[00:09:38.120]Within your major requirements, you have to take all of those classes for grades
[00:09:44.560]rather than pass, no pass, and you have to earn a C or better
[00:09:48.800]in those courses. This is why we want you to ask for help early if you're struggling
[00:09:54.280]because we want you to hit those benchmarks. If you fall below that C in a course,
[00:10:00.560]you will be required to retake it for your major requirement.
[00:10:04.260]As a student at UNL, you can be in good standing if you maintain a cumulative
[00:10:11.200]and a current GPA of a 2.0 or C average. If you fall below this standard, then we'll
[00:10:18.580]put you on what's called academic warning or notice, and you'll work with your
[00:10:22.900]academic advisor on a plan to get back on track. This isn't the end of the world.
[00:10:28.720]It happens to students, and many, many, many, almost all of them go on to graduate.
[00:10:33.140]Please keep in mind that your major may require higher than a C average for your major classes.
[00:10:41.600]Likewise, you may have scholarships that require a higher GPA. You'll want to keep
[00:10:47.160]those GPA requirements at the front of your mind. All of these rules and responsibilities
[00:10:56.170]and requirements are outlined for you in what we call the undergraduate catalog. The catalog is
[00:11:02.670]published annually online, and you can think of it like a contract with the university. If the
[00:11:07.690]requirements change down the road, you'll still be on your catalog, but you can always go to a newer
[00:11:13.990]catalog if the requirements fit your degree better. Within the catalog, you'll see course
[00:11:20.350]descriptions and prerequisites. Prerequisites are courses that you have to, or requirements that
[00:11:26.310]you have to complete before you can take a particular class. In some cases, these requirements
[00:11:32.150]are things like must be a junior or must be a particular major, but most often they're sequences
[00:11:38.810]like you can't take English 2 until you've had English 1.
[00:11:43.630]Within the catalog, you'll see sample four-year plans to get an idea of how you could lay out
[00:11:48.230]all of your courses, and you'll again see those degree requirements that I talked about just a
[00:11:53.530]little bit. Finally, you'll find the criteria for earning honors and other questions you may
[00:12:00.190]have about your degree program. A few resources I want to share. Start with the
[00:12:08.250]registrar's office. For most students, this isn't a place you visit, but it's a website.
[00:12:13.270]It's stock full of good resources for you. One of the things that I use most is the academic
[00:12:19.010]calendar. This is where you'll find when our breaks are, add and drop and refund dates,
[00:12:25.210]deadlines like that. You'll also find your priority registration date. This is important
[00:12:32.430]because priority registration is when you enroll for the future semester. It's going to come up
[00:12:38.550]quicker than you're ready for this first semester. We want you to enroll when
[00:12:42.910]your window opens, your date comes up, so that you can get the courses and schedule that fit
[00:12:48.370]best for you. You'll also find the final exam schedule. Here at the university, your finals
[00:12:55.110]week schedule might be different than your regular schedule because some classes may meet at different
[00:13:00.370]days and times than you are used to. Finally, the registrar's office website has tutorials for all
[00:13:06.930]university systems that we have, including the Student Success Hub, which we're going to talk
[00:13:11.550]about in a minute.
[00:13:12.550]The degree audit and the enrollment scheduler tools.
[00:13:16.670]Another resource that I want to make sure you know about is the Office Services for Students
[00:13:23.190]with Disabilities. If you had any kind of accommodations in high school, such as an IEP
[00:13:30.070]or a 504 plan, you'll want to make sure and take that documentation to the SSD, Services for
[00:13:36.870]Students with Disabilities office. Those won't automatically come from your high school to the
[00:13:42.190]university. They'll meet with you and talk about what accommodations that you'll need in college,
[00:13:47.590]and then it will be your responsibility to share those accommodations with any instructors that
[00:13:53.090]you have. This process can be pretty easy, but you just have to make sure and get it started by
[00:13:59.210]taking your paperwork from high school. If you didn't have accommodations, but you think you
[00:14:03.930]might need one, I recommend you go to the SSD office and talk with them as well. They are great
[00:14:08.970]to help with that too.
[00:14:11.830]One piece of information that I think is important for students and their families to be aware of is
[00:14:19.230]what we call FERPA, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. This is a federal law that protects
[00:14:27.190]student privacy. You had it in high school, but it's a little bit different now. All enrolled
[00:14:33.350]students have full control over what the university can share with others. And it's up to you to let
[00:14:41.470]who and what we can share information with. In your MyRed account, students, you can go in
[00:14:48.490]and designate what the university can share with particular individuals. Those individuals
[00:14:54.410]will be able to set up a guest access so that they can see what you share. For example,
[00:14:59.270]you may want to share financial information with a parent, but maybe not your grades or
[00:15:04.630]conduct information. There may be people that you share everything with, and you can also change
[00:15:11.110]access at any time. We will all, all university offices, be checking FERPA before we talk with
[00:15:18.450]anybody about your educational experience, your grades, or your finances. If you have any
[00:15:26.090]questions, your advisors can fill you in a little bit more, or I'm happy to talk with you later
[00:15:30.250]about it as well. As you get started on your journey, there's a couple of tools I want to
[00:15:37.010]make sure that you're aware of. The first is the website,
[00:15:40.750]my.unl.edu. You can see a screenshot of what that website looks like when you go to it.
[00:15:47.190]This is your home base for everything you'll need as a student. The first box you'll see is
[00:15:52.770]Canvas. This is your online learning portal. So if a faculty member says their syllabus is
[00:15:58.570]online or turn in your paper online, they mean through Canvas. MyRED is all of the business
[00:16:06.090]of the university, updating your address, looking at your grades or your financial
[00:16:10.390]aid, accepting scholarships. Most of you have probably been in myRED already. Some courses
[00:16:16.290]will require you to schedule exams. That's in the DLC exam comments. Below, you'll see your email.
[00:16:23.710]Once you're enrolled, you'll have access to your Husker email and we'll want you to make sure that
[00:16:28.430]you check that on a regular basis or at least have it forwarded to an email that you do check. The
[00:16:34.890]Student Success Hub. I mentioned that a couple of times already. That right there in the middle of
[00:16:40.030]the screen. That's where you'll schedule appointments with your academic advisor or Sarah Troupe, our
[00:16:45.130]academic navigator. You'll be able to select when you want to meet with them just by looking at
[00:16:50.230]availability on their calendars. It's a great tool also to see what you talked about when you were in
[00:16:56.770]your meetings. Your advisors and Sarah will put notes in there about what you discussed so you can
[00:17:02.290]always refer back to that. Handshake is where you can find internships and jobs on campus. You'll see
[00:17:09.670]access to the library, NvolveU is finding student organizations to be involved in. I want
[00:17:16.390]everyone to think about being involved in at least one thing, whether that's something related
[00:17:21.490]to your major or something that's just a passion area not connected to your major. We have religious
[00:17:27.130]or spiritual organizations, fraternities and sororities, intramural sports, all kinds of things,
[00:17:33.370]including being connected to folks who have hobbies just like you.
[00:17:39.310]Global experiences there, we can look at about studying abroad if that's something in your mind
[00:17:44.690]for down the road. Bridge is an online tool and then if you are doing anything with printing
[00:17:50.990]that's available too. We also have a Nebraska app that is a great resource especially on the
[00:17:57.330]first week of classes because there's campus maps, you can pull up your schedule, you can
[00:18:02.870]look up the directory to contact faculty and staff all right there from that app.
[00:18:07.170]Within FPA we have some opportunities especially for our students. There are a number of student
[00:18:16.950]organizations related to our various majors including clay club and photography, there's
[00:18:23.590]organizations within the school of music and one of the popular ones is theatrics where you don't
[00:18:28.390]even have to be a theater major to be part of a performance on campus. Both music majors and
[00:18:35.370]non-majors can be a part of our
[00:18:37.150]ensembles. Whether you're interested in singing or playing an instrument, that was something I
[00:18:43.690]did as a college even though I wasn't a music major just to find my people. We want everyone
[00:18:48.690]to find their people in some format while you're here at UNL. We have faculty-led study abroad
[00:18:55.570]trips. Sometimes those could be just a week or a couple weeks. Sometimes they're a longer full
[00:19:01.390]semester experience. Think about that as a great way to enhance your degree program.
[00:19:06.570]We're also lucky to be affiliated with some fantastic organizations like the Lied Center
[00:19:12.530]for Performing Arts, the Sheldon Museum of Art, the Ross, we call it the Ross for short, the Mary
[00:19:18.450]Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, and the Nebraska Rep, which we call the Rep. All of these offer free or
[00:19:25.090]reduced tickets for you, especially as a Hixson Lieds student, you'll be able to have access to
[00:19:31.030]all kinds of incredible opportunities through these organizations. And you definitely don't
[00:19:35.810]want to miss our next
[00:19:36.550]visiting scholars and lecturers that come and artists that come to campus thanks to the Hixson
[00:19:42.010]Lieds Foundation for supporting that program. Think of those as like master classes where you
[00:19:47.490]can work with experts in your field before you even graduate. So as we wrap up, I just want to
[00:19:55.010]kind of boil everything down for you and in a few keys to success. First, please check your email,
[00:20:01.770]your professors, the university, whether it be financial aid,
[00:20:06.530]my office, we're not going to send letters home. We're going to communicate with you via email. So
[00:20:11.130]please make sure you check that Husker email account. Take advantage of all the opportunities.
[00:20:16.070]There's going to be so many things to do and see. Unlike any time in your life, many of those are
[00:20:22.070]going to be free and right here in your own yard. And finally, don't be afraid to ask for help.
[00:20:28.230]The only bad question is the one you don't ask. In August, as part of Big Red Welcome,
[00:20:36.510]which I know you'll be hearing more about, the college offers a welcome event that we hope you'll
[00:20:42.190]join us for. It'll be on Thursday, August 21st, where you'll get to meet other new students.
[00:20:48.390]We'll have food, you'll get your new t-shirt, we'll have some fun, and it's all free to you.
[00:20:54.570]We'll start at 2:30 that afternoon, and you'll hear more about this in the coming weeks and months.
[00:21:00.450]Please reach out and connect with us if you have any questions.
[00:21:06.490]If you have any questions or just want to share your experiences, we can't wait to meet you in person and see you in August here as a member of the FPA student community.
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