Building a Degree Fit For You!

Creator

Amanda Donohue

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Creation Date

11-2025

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The topic I chose to teach is “Building a Degree Fit For You!” which will entail explaining resources provided to students at Cortland that make registration less chaotic and stressful. Tools such as schedule builder, degreeworks, and starfish are all resources that students can utilize to make sure they are registering for classes they need and create a plan for their upcoming years of college. A study done by Ashley Mowreader at the Inside Higher Education Department found that when students were asked what services are most important in their decision to continue enrolling in college, 37% responded that academic advising was most important and 28% of students said academic registration was second most important for their success. When I was a first semester freshman I had no clue how to register for classes and felt unsupported in every way. If I can be a person in these students' lives that makes them feel uplifted and encouraged I will do anything I can. Especially if that simply means providing them with these resources and demonstrating how to utilize them. The same report stated, “the report found a direct correlation between awareness of support services and feeling of belonging–students who had higher levels of resource awareness also felt higher levels of belonging in their community.” This project is super important for these students and will assist them in succeeding during registration and each semester that follows.