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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Greetings Agvisors::<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">First off, thank you for all your student outreach efforts and for being a great, caring group of professional academic advisors. This past academic year including the summer orientations, degree
map validation project, general retention initiatives, etc. have been non-stop. Students and the college as a whole are fortunate to have you all.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">On behalf of Dean Burgess, Associate Dean Staten and I, thank you for the outreach in phone calls, emails, nudges, and your creative approaches in reaching out to students from the non-enrolled
lists you have worked on since priority registration ended. As reported at the Retention Academy in late July, the UA has met its goal going into this Fall term (UA goal was 83%). You will also notice that CALS is doing well. The impact you have with
student efforts does pay off, thank you! </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We also<span style="color:#1F497D"> thank everyone for representing</span>
<span style="color:#1F497D">CALS overall as we do. It truly does take a village to make an impact, and co</span>llaboratively co<span style="color:#1F497D">ntinue to make students feel welcome and
</span> as part of a family, <span style="color:#1F497D">“home</span> away from home.” As mentioned in former meetings CALS is seen as a college that models efforts in various areas, advising being one of them.
<span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you for all you continue to do. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Below<span style="color:#1F497D"> are the enrollment rates for CALS F16 FTFT/Wildcat Academy/Schedule for Success students for the week of 8/7 as reported by the UA Institutional Research . The list also
includes the Fall 2015 FTFT students (sophomores returning for junior year). To help with comparison the numbers for the university from Vin’s email
</span>below <span style="color:#1F497D">are in parenthesis. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Please let me now if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">CALS F16 FTFT –
<b>86.35%</b> (84.29%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Residents –
<b>86.72%</b> (87.22%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Non-Residents –
<b>85.06%</b> (78.92%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> International –
<b>88.89%</b> (85.52%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">CALS F16 Schedule for Success –
<b>57.69%</b> (60.95%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">CALS F16 Wildcat Academy–
<b>61.25% </b>(62.86%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">CALS F15 FTFT –
<b>76.19% </b>(71.00%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Residents –
<b>82.62% </b>(75.38%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> Non-Residents –
<b>66.26% </b>(63.86%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> International –
<b>53.33% </b>(74.75%)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Nancy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040">Nancy G. Rodriguez-Lorta, M.Ed. | Senior Director, Advising and Student Services<br>
UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Office of Career & Academic Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040">Forbes Room 203 | PO Box 210036 |Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040">Phone: (520) 621-3616 | Fax: (520) 621-8662<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040">Twitter: @CALS_UA | Website: cals.arizona.edu/cas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#404040">To schedule an appointment call (520) 621-3616<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
</span><a href="mailto:caac-request@list.arizona.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">caac-request@list.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <</span><a href="mailto:caac-request@list.arizona.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">caac-request@list.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">>
on behalf of Jones, Kimberly A - (kjones) <</span><a href="mailto:kjones@email.arizona.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">kjones@email.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 31, 2017 3:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'caac@list.arizona.edu'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [caac] FW: Email for Distribution</span><span style="color:#212121">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Message from Vin Del Casino:</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">I am writing with some exciting news. As of this morning our FTFT F16 cohort retention rate sits at
<b>84.21% </b>(up from 80.22% last year at this time)! Within this number, resident retention is
<b>87.22%</b> (up from 83.57% last year), nonresident is <b>78.92%</b> (up from 74.91% last year), and international is
<b>85.52%</b> (up from 84.73% last year)!!! That’s right, in this crazy year, we are retaining a higher percentage of international students!!!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">As you might recall, our ABOR goal for this year is
<b>83%</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Everyone across campus has engaged to make this happen – we are truly working across the “low walls” of this institution.
<i>And, we are not done yet!!</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The momentum that has been building from the work this entire year has been pushed forward by some great summer initiatives, including Roxie Catt’s very successful series of Retention Academy events as well as
calling campaigns by the advisors in the academic colleges and the staff in our Office of Academic Success and Achievement (ASA).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">We will soon be pushing forward several other initiatives to not only retain all those students who have registered already but further increase the retention number above. This will include a year-long nudging
campaign that will begin this week with a broad message from Jenny Nirh our Assistant Director in ASA.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The non-FTFT F16 populations is a slightly different story. Our Wildcat Academy retention number sits at almost 63%, while our Schedule for Success retention number sits at almost 61%. Everyone is working hard
to bring these F16 students back to campus as well (evidence from the winter suggests these students tend to enroll much later). We don’t have point-in-time comparisons, but these are groups appear to be tracking slightly below last year’s numbers for these
same populations. Three weeks to the first class, though! Lots of time!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">More to come as we get even closer to the start of semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Vin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Ph.D.</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Vice President, Academic Initiatives and Student Success</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Administration 412 | 1401 E. University Blvd. | Tucson, Arizona 85721</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">O: 520-621-6688 | F: 520-621-3766 | </span><a href="http://www.studentaffairs.arizona.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">studentaffairs.arizona.edu</span></a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Personal Website: </span><a href="http://geography.arizona.edu/vdelcasino"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:purple">http://geography.arizona.edu/vdelcasino</span></a><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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