NKU First-Year Experience

Northern Kentucky University freshman students have the opportunity to experience their first college year in an environment that promotes active learning, collaboration, and personal development through these programs: ~ University 101: Orientation to College & Beyond ~ Learning Communities ~ Common Experience ~ Alpha Lambda Delta By collaborating with other academic and student development offices and community agencies, First-Year Experience offers these opportunities to any freshman, regardless of their academic major or interests. OUR MISSION We aspire to create a coordinated and comprehensive first-year experience to ensure a successful transition, create a sense of belonging, and provide support for any student in their first year at Northern Kentucky University. Through first-year courses, coordinated services, and robust programming, the first-year experience will create the opportunity for student success, persistence to degree attainment, as well as career and community engagement beyond graduation. As a result of a coordinated and comprehensive first-year experience students will be able to: ~ Interact with resources on campus that promote student success. ~ Develop positive relationships with faculty, staff, advisors, and peers. ~ Become engaged on campus and in the region. ~ Develop skills that foster growth both personally and academically. ~ Investigate academic pathways and associated careers. ~ Engage with individuals possessing different perspectives in a diverse society.

Website

https://inside.nku.edu/fye.html

External link for NKU First-Year Experience

Industry

Higher Education

Company size

11-50 employees

Headquarters

Highland Heights, Kentucky

Type

Nonprofit

Specialties

First-Year Student Success, Learning Communities, Common Experience, University 101, Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman, First Year Programs, University Transition, Student Support, First-Year Experience, Student Success, Community Engagement, Innovation, Peer Mentors, Campus Engagement, Academic Pathways, Engaged Learning, Placemaking Program, Student Engagement, and First-Year Advising