First Year Experience Program

As incoming freshmen, students often find themselves away from home, family and friends, and familiar surroundings for the very first time. Newberry College has developed and implemented the First Year Experience Program to help freshmen succeed, not only in their FYE classes, but also in all academic, social, and other activities.

During their freshmen year, the First Year Experience Program offers students two seminar-based courses   (Fall and Spring semester). The classes are taught by faculty and staff who serve as FYE mentors and will academically advise students in their majors. Through various activities that make up the curriculum for these courses, students share, learn, and discuss issues pertinent to their lives and the world around them. The hope is that by the end of the program, Newberry College students are better-equipped for the changes and challenges that lie ahead, both in their remaining years at Newberry College, and in their lives after graduation.

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COL 101. First Year Experience-

Introduction (2)

COL 101 is a seminar course designed to introduce students to the Newberry College experience and prepare them for the academic expectations, social adjustments, values explorations, and service that will be essential for success. Using the theme "composing the self", the seminar examines the values and goals that the college celebrates: value of a liberal arts education, academic freedom, intellectual dialogue, openness to different points of view, citizenship, service, values development, ethical decision making, respect for diversity, and the Lutheran understanding of vocation.

Required of all freshmen during their first fall semester at Newberry College

COL102 .  The First Year Experience-

Engagement (1)

Prerequisite: COL 101

COL102 continues the themes from COL 101 with a special focus on "engaging our world."  Discussions and activities will examine the relationship between the self and the broader world of the Newberry campus, the larger Newberry community, and the world. 

Required of all students during the spring semester following successful completion of COL 101 at Newberry College .

2008- 2009 First Year Experience Mentors

For additional information regarding FYE/College Life, please contact Mr. Patrick Gagliano at 321.5260 or patrick.gagliano@newberry.edu