Denise L. Rode
Featured Articles
The Use of Ritual Ceremony in Strengthening Institutional Affiliation Among First- Year Students
Michael J. Siegel
Increasing Participation in Student Governance Through First-Year Programs
Jennifer Miles, Michael Miller, and Daniel P. Nadler
Managing the Transition to College: The Role of Family Cohesion and Adolescents’ Emotional Coping Strategies
Vanessa K. Johnson, Susan E. Gans, Sandra Kerr, and Kelly Deegan
An Investigation of Extracurricular Activities in Relation to Sense of Identity of College Freshmen
John W. Lounsbury, John D. Richardson, Richard A. Saudargas, and Jacob J. Levy
Regular Versus Shorter Orientation: A Comparison Study of Student Characteristics and Retention
Carla Abreu-Ellis, William Knight, and Jason Brent Ellis
Campus Notes
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for an Orientation Program: A “SOARing” Transformation
Erin Bentrim-Tapio and Kim Sousa-Peoples
“Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration”: The Merging and Partnering of New Student Orientation and Student Activities/ Student Organizations
Sarah E. Howard and Gloria Roldan-Schieb
Book Reviews
Review of Shedding Light on Sophomores: An Exploration of the Second College Year (Monograph No. 47)
Darrell C. Ray
Review of Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
Abbey Wolfman and Daniel W. Murphy
Review of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Jessica A. Hale
Perspectives
Emptying the Nest
Kimberly Barrett and Jacqueline Bonneville