First Year Experience Program

Coordinator: Anna Marie Singleton

 

Location: Student Service Center, Room 219

 

Telephone Contact: Shandel Gay 801-626-6081

 

E-Mail: fye@weber.edu 

 

Internet Address: weber.edu/fye

The mission of the First Year Experience (FYE) Program is to assist incoming students in making a successful transition to college, both academically and socially.  Students will learn study and time management skills, will discover how to use campus resources, will increase interpersonal communications, and will develop a sense of belonging to the WSU community.  The goal of FYE is to enhance the experience of the first-year student of the Academic Advisement Center (AAC).  Specifically, by the end of the FYE Program students will have achieved the following:

• Mastering academic skills, such as note taking, textbook reading, test-taking, writing, and time management
• Demonstrated a knowledge and use of campus resources
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills with a variety of people
• Developed a sense of belonging to the WSU community through the connections with other students, teachers, mentors and WSU employees

To aid students in achieving these goals, the FYE Program includes the following components:

• EDUC 1105. Introduction to the University (3)
  This course assists incoming students in making a successful transition to college, both academically and socially. Topics include study and time management skills, using campus resources, developing interpersonal communications, making major/career selections and understanding student responsibilities. The course prepares students to work efficiently in the university environment.
• EDUC 3170. First-Year Experience (FYE) Mentor Leadership Seminar (2)
  This course teaches FYE Peer Mentors to effectively assist students registered for EDUC 1105, "Introduction to the University." Peer Mentors will learn to work productively with FYE students to help them transition to the university environment, to connect them with campus resources, and to provide them with social opportunities both inside and outside class. Interested students must apply to be Peer Mentors in the FYE Office (SC 219). Preference will be given to students who have taken EDUC 1105. The class may be repeated once for an additional 2 hours.

In addition, students may elect to participate in the FYE Program in the following way:

• Clustered-Course Learning Communities
  A group of students registers for the same two or three courses which will help satisfy general education and elective graduation requirements. EDUC 1105 is one of these cluster courses. Students may also take additional classes, outside the cluster, to reach full-time status.

Any WSU student with 30 hours or fewer is welcome to participate in the program by taking the EDUC 1105 class by itself or in a cluster.

Weber State University 2006-2007 Catalog