Elements of the First Year Experience

Summer Common Reading - a shared conversation about the Summer Common Reading selection with classmates, faculty, AND the selection’s author

LandSea - an optional 18-day wilderness backpacking, climbing canoeing experience

Orientation - a week of intensive faculty, staff, student-mentor, and new student involvement

First Year Seminars - small, discussion-based seminars that develop critical thinking and college writing skills

First Year Forums - special dramatic presentations, interactive learning sessions, and structured conversations

Academic Advisors - faculty who know their first-year advisees personally

Peer Leaders - student mentors assigned to each first-year student through the first-year seminar