May 5, 2025Sense of Belonging in Internshipsby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 8 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Dr. Melinda Adams and Dr. Jody Jessup-Anger about the relational aspects of internships. Our guests’ research explores how trust and sense of belonging contribute…
May 1, 2025The Role of Trust in Peer Support Programsby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 57 This episode features an open access article exploring how peer support initiatives can facilitate meaningful relationships and sense of belonging when they attend to social connection, shared experience and culture, and interpersonal trust: Hamshire, Claire, Mimi…
April 15, 2025Strategies and Resources for Mentees Developing Mentoring Constellations by Jessie L. MooreGiven that mentoring relationships are learner-centered, mentees should have significant agency in developing their mentoring constellations. In this section, we explore strategies and resources mentees can use to identify and develop meaningful and mentoring relationships. Mentoring relationships “promote academic, social,…
April 7, 2025AI and Engaged Learning in Higher Educationby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 7 In this episode, Amanda Sturgill shares insights from her ongoing exploration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and engaged learning in higher education. Dr. Sturgill is the 2024-2026 Center for Engaged Learning…
January 6, 2025Attending to Equity in Work-Integrated Learningby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 5 In this episode, Anne-Marie Fannon and Soumya Garg from the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo share new research on the work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences of equity deserving groups. They…
December 10, 2024Mentoring in a Constellation: Supervisors and Mentors of Student Employeesby Jessie L. Moore, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, and Tim PeeplesIn our 2020 institutional survey on mentoring, fourth-year students identified on-campus student employment as the fifth most common experience that prepared them to connect with potential mentors. Supervisors of student employees offer a dynamic example of meaningful relationships that can…
December 5, 2024Metacognitive Intervention and Student Successby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 56 This week’s episode focuses on a metacognitive intervention for first-year students on academic probation and features an open access article from Teaching & Learning Inquiry: Swanson, Holly J., and Bryan Dewsbury. 2024. “The Impact of a Metacognitive…
December 2, 2024Undergraduate Research and Implications for Life Developmentby Jessie Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 4 In this episode, we consider how undergraduate research impacts a student’s inquiry, sense of belonging, and long-term career. Drawing from in-depth interviews with alumni across the disciplines, Kristine Johnson and Michael…
November 4, 2024Exploring the Value of Work-Integrated Learning by Jessie Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It”- Season 2, Episode 3 This episode covers the complexities of a work-integrated learning experience, including both the benefits and the challenges. With guests, Dr. CJ Fleming, an associate professor of psychology, and Annelise Weaver, a senior…
October 7, 2024Perspectives on Using Generative AI in College Assignments by Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMaking College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 2 This episode explores what AI integration in college assignments can do for student learning. With guests Aaron Trocki, a math professor at Elon university, and Alyssa Collins, who is studying to…
