Exploring Student Success Strategies for Online Students

Thursday, April 24, 2025

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT

Approach: Tactical
Level: Basic

Author(s)

Elvis Parada, MS (he/him/his)

Director of Student Affairs & Admissions
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Houston, Texas, United States
Jeanette L. Broshears, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Director of South Texas Region
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

In this session, we will share different strategies to provide online graduate students with student engagement activities. These events/strategies will range from recruitment through graduation. A few examples include interactive webinars to discuss the different academic tracks and sessions to explore individual courses to connect with the faculty teaching the course. Additionally, sessions regarding working on research that meets the needs of the student’s academic journey in the program to present to the student body or conferences, etc. Lastly, provide and connect students with practicum opportunities both remote and onsite for hands-on-experiences.

Learning Objectives:

Recruit and engage online graduate students
Provide specific events and strategies that you can implement within your organization/campus
Establish protocols for remote research opportunities