In case you are unfamiliar, which most people should be considering it's brand new, the Freshman Academy will be a new program designed by Joe Sendelbaugh to "ease the transition into college and increase the likelihood of student success." It will be a manditory, year-long, three-credit course for all incoming freshman which will include workshops, exercises, presentations and group projects. For a general overview, look here.
Now you may be wondering why I would be writing about this. It so happens that I have been selected to create the web program that will essentially run all the parts, admin and academy sides. It's a good size project and the first deadline is coming up June 18 (just before the first SOAR) for the admin side. It's hoped that all students will be assigned groups after the SOAR programs. Fortunately, this will be the easy part, and I am close to having it completed. Some extensive testing is still needed and I'm hoping to have some integration with Banner to decrease input time and errors (but if you've read my previous entry, you may think this will never happen). There is a preliminary web page up discussing the Freshman Academy. The "under construction" part at the bottom is where my program will fit in.
