BGeXperience
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Moseley Hall, 419-372-7247
http://www.bgsu.edu/students/bgexperience/index.html
The
BGeXperience is an academic program designed to help all
first-year students make a successful transition to college
and jump start their college career. Through BGeX, students
develop relationships that connect them to the BGSU community
and skills that prepare them to succeed academically.
The program's focus on values exploration also encourages
students to reflect on their values and decide what is
truly important to them. BGeX helps first-year students
make connections with faculty that are critical to academic
success. It also connects them to an upper class student
who can provide valuable guidance and helps them make
friends with other first-year students.
All
first-year students are required to participate
in the BGeX Introduction that runs from Thursday
to Sunday preceding the beginning of the fall
semester. During the Introduction, first-year
students are assigned to an Introduction group
of 25 led by a professor, who will be one of
their teachers during the fall semester, and
an upper class peer mentor. During the Introduction,
students participate in lively, interactive
small-group sessions that help them learn about
expectations, introduce them to concepts useful
in exploring values, discuss a common reading,
and examine the roles values play in decision-making.
These sessions help students get to know one
of their professors, an upper class student,
and 24 other first-year students. They also
help them develop critical thinking and communication
skills that are important for success in college
and beyond. Because this is an integral part
of the curriculum, there is no additional cost
for the program.
Once
the fall semester begins, students take a BG
Perspective class—along with other students
in their introduction group—taught by
the professor who led their group. The peer
mentor also participates in the class, assisting
the professor and serving as a resource for
students. BGeX courses are offered in a wide
variety of academic disciplines. They focus
on values in the discipline being studied, help
students understand the roles that values play
in scholarship and decision-making, and encourage
them to reflect on their own values. Students
select their BGeX course in consultation with
an academic advisor during Summer O-Reg.
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