UM 101 is a course for all new undergraduate University of Mobile students that focuses on exploring majors and developing career readiness.
UM 101 INSTRUCTORS
Your instructor will be a faculty member from the academic area of your major. This is to connect you, in your first semester at UM, to UM faculty experts in your chosen career field.
Brenda Chastain
School of Education
Dr. Rusty Roberts
Dean of Students, Associate Professor of Accounting
J.B. Locke
Director of Administrative Services, Grace Pilot School of Business
Dr. Robert Olsen
Director, Intercultural Studies; Associate Professor of Church History and Historical Theology
Dr. Matthew Downs
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of History
Dr. Lori DeLong
Dean, School of Health and Sports Science; Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Jenna Goodwin
Chief of Staff
Each class has a UM student serving as your Peer Leader. Peer Leaders will help answer any questions you have along the way, aid class lectures, and help inform you of campus events and UM opportunities.
Throughout the semester, you will encounter a range of issues, both philosophical and practical, to strengthen your academic growth and professional readiness.
- Study Strategies and Time Management Skills
- Interpersonal Skills and Relationship Building
- Helpful Career Skills and Resources
- Learn more about faculty in each Department, and how each department works (this wording is a bit weird)
- Academic and Scholarship Requirements
- Tutoring and Support Services
- Stress Management Strategies
- One-on-One Mentoring and Academic Advising
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