During the first year, you will notice the differences between the high school and university way of doing things. At university, you are expected to take responsibility for your own learning. With the assistance and guidance of First-Year Experience staff and faculty, you are taking the first steps toward your future..

  Research in education has demonstrated that setting high, but achievable goals for students from an early stage of their development creates a mindset wherein students continually push themselves to meet higher standards toward excellence in their academic pursuits and in life. By linking its goals to the General Education curriculum, the FYE Colloquium will prepare students for academic achievement that spans across the curriculum in terms of the development of critical thinking skills as well as improved written and oral expression.