TransitionU: Community, Identity, and Inquiry was created by many hands and hearts in collaboration across Lakehead University. We wish to acknowledge the following people for their contributions, support, and vision.
Thank you to Rhonda Koster (Deputy Provost) and Betsy Birminghan (Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities) for their vision, collaborative leadership, and ongoing support of the University Seminar Project at Lakehead University.
Thank you to Abhi Rao for his invaluable contributions to the initial design and ongoing collaborations with the University Seminar Project at Lakehead University.
We wish to acknowledge and thank the Lakehead University Campus Partners for your tireless efforts in supporting student success on our campuses and for their contributions to and participation in the University Seminar Project. Thank you!
- Student Affairs, Andrea Tarsitano
- Student Success, Sarah Lewis
- Academic Support Zone, Abhi Rao
- Health and Wellness, Irene Pugliese
- Student Accessibility, Nancy Cahill
- Student Conduct, Joel Symonds
- Indigenous Curriculum Specialist, JerriLynn Orr
- University Librarian, Madeline Donnelly
- International, Sabreena MacElheron and team
- Human Rights and Equity, Dylan Mazur
- Student Affairs, Chris Glover and Orillia campus partners
Special thanks Siddhant Gupta for their assistance with the closed captioning of the Campus Partner Presentation videos.
Special thanks and appreciation for consultations with and valuable input from the following people at Lakehead University:
- Tram-Anh Bui and Sara Melvin, LUInternational
- JerriLynn Orr, Indigenous Curriculum Specialist
- Dylan Mazur, Director of Human Rights and Equity
The TransitionU course is inspired and adapted from The University 101 Faculty Resource Manual (Friedment and Sokol, 2021). We are grateful to the National Resource Center for The First Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina for the work they do to support first year students and the training and resources that they provide to the instructors who serve them.
The UNIV Seminar Project team is committed to student learning, development, and success. We hope that this project contributes to the academic success and wellbeing of the students we are privileged to support.
A very special thanks to Kelly Brennan (Instructional Designer) for her assistance with the instructional design considerations and advice throughout this project. Additionally, thank you to Kelly for lending her technical expertise and knowledge with the creation of the course in Pressbooks and as we considered the digital tools that may be used for the activities and assignments throughout the course. Finally, thank you to Kelly for her knowledge and advice when it came to the “Open” components of this textbook – from consideration of the graphics we used to the texts and materials we referenced throughout the course. Your expertise, professionalism, and positive attitude are much appreciated in helping to make this project a success!
In gratitude and appreciation to all those who contributed to the vision, work, and support of this project. It has been an honour working with each of you.
Jill Greenwood (Project Manager )
Lakehead University, February 2022.
