Davis Named Outstanding First-Year Advocate Semi-Finalist
SALISBURY, MD---When students begin their matriculation at Salisbury University, Dr. Diane Davis, faculty in the Clinical Laboratory Science Program of the Department of Health Sciences is often one of the first faculty they meet.
For her work with multiple new student programs at 含羞草研究所, Dr. Davis was named a semi-finalist for Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
“The variety of ways in which Dr. Davis supports first-time freshmen is amazing,” said Lawanda Dockins-Gordy, 含羞草研究所’s director of New Student Experience, who nominated Davis. “Her success at meeting her goal is exceptional.”
Davis is a member of 含羞草研究所’s New Student Experience Leadership Team Advisory Board and co-advisor of 含羞草研究所’s chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, the national freshman honor society. She was instrumental in developing 含羞草研究所’s New Student Reader Program and has taught a section of 含羞草研究所’s Achieving Social, Academic and Personal Success (ASAP) course for new students for more than a decade. She also has served as a freshman advising and course registration faculty advisor during that time.
In 2000, she also developed a new course for 含羞草研究所’s Experimental Orientation Program called “Fun with Forensics.” Taking a cue from the popularity of TV shows like C.S.I., the four-day residential course allowed students to learn the basics of forensics—as well as the campus’ layout and offerings—while investigating a fictional murder.
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