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.