UNIVERSITY

OF CHICAGO
AND
NODA

Joseph Bond Chapel

 Overview
opics to Cover Fast Facts about The University of
• Defining Teamwork Chicago and NODA
Developing Collaboration NODA at UChicago
The Power of Teamwork
Why Teamwork Matters
Relevant Theories and LO
The Benefits of Teamwork Teachable Content: NODA
Application Process / National
Search
 The University of
Chicago

Founded in 1890
Highly Selective Institution
6,800 students at The College

Botany Pond (undergraduate students)

Research Institution
For the Class of 2023,
what was the
acceptance rate for
UChicago?
A) 10.7%
B) 4.3%
C) 8.4
D) 5.9%
D) 5.9%
 NODA Summer
Internship Program
Founded in 1994
Focused on orientation, transition
and retention (OTR)
Multiple month application process
 True or False:
You have to be a current
graduate student to apply to
be a NODA Intern.
False
There are two categories of NODA
Internship candidates :
Students that are current graduate
students when applying
Individuals that will obtain a
Bachelor's degree prior to internship
starting
 For the summer of 2019, what
was the placement rate for
students that applied for a
NODA internship?
A) 75%
B) 45%
C) 54%
D) 80%
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C) 54%
 Typical NODA Internships aim
to challenge students to grow in
the following (and more)
Staff supervision
Diversity Training & Awareness
Welcome Week Program
Parent and Family Program
Program Assessment
opics to Cover
UChicago CPO and
• Defining Teamwork
NODA
Developing Collaboration
Welcome Week Program
The Power of Teamwork
Why Teamwork Matters Program Assessment
The Benefits of Teamwork NODA's Core Competencies: 1, 3,
5, 7, 12
 My Role at
UChicago
Program Assessments Create Orientation
Reviewed Assessments from incoming
students to tailor Summer and Week
Newsletters
of Welcome Programming Bi-Monthly Incoming Student
Created Assessments for Orientation Newsletter
and Family Orientation Monthly Family Newsletter

Assist in the creation Programming

of Online Orientation Assist in the implementation of
on Canvas summer and Welcome Week
activities
 Relevant Theory:
Schlossberg's (2006)
Transition Theory
Schlossberg's (2006)
Transition Theory
Assist in the implementation of
summer and Welcome Week
activities
Learning Outcome #5
Adapting student services to
specific environments and
cultures
The College Application
Questions
1. What can actually be divided by zero?
—Inspired by Mai Vu, Class of 2024
2. So where is Waldo, really?—Inspired
by Robin Ye, AB’16
I hope you learned...
University of Chicago and NODA
How to Adapt Orientation to
Students' Needs
Teachable Content: NODA
Application Process
 References
NODA. (n.d.) NODA Internships Program.
https://www.nodaweb.org/page/InternProgram/Internship-Program.htm

The College. (n.d.) University of Chicago Supplemental Essay. University of

Chicago. https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/uchicago-
supplemental-essay-questions

Patton, L., Renn, K., Guido, F. & Quaye, S. (2016). Student Development in
College: Theory, Research, and Practice (3rd ed.). Jossey-Bass: San
Francisco, CA.