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FIRST YEAR INITIATIVES
College Student Inventory
The purpose of the College Student Inventory is to help you get started on the most productive path during your experience at Kent State University. It is not a test but an inventory to give you insight into your motivation, attitude and resourcefulness as a college student. Through the College Student Inventory (or the CSI, as it is commonly called), you'll identify your strengths, as well as areas wherein Kent State University may help you succeed.
Freshman Fast Forward
Freshman Fast Forward is a three day comprehensive program during the summer that provides incoming freshman with opportunities to get insight on how to prepare for the college experience. During this three day experience, you will learn how college studying will be different from high school; experience a college lecture; learn study strategies; and connect with other new students. This program promises to give you a realistic picture of the overall college experience. Get ready!
Freshman Advisory Council
The Freshman Advisory Council is the voice of the freshman class. The mission of the Council is to identify freshman issues to First Year Experience personnel and to help develop specific activities and events for freshman. Members of the Council represent their freshman peers and work together in order to meet the goals of the council.
Summer Reading Program
The Office of First Year Experience has initiated the Summer Reading Program at Kent State. All first year students read a designated book during the summer prior to their arrival in the fall. Freshmen utilize this material to participate in a discussion during the “Week of Welcome” and for other related activities throughout their freshman year. The Summer Reading Program was initiated in order to provide first-year students with a shared intellectual experience, to unify the community, and to engage the students in a campus-wide intellectual dialogue around diversity that will continue throughout the freshman year.
Freshman Academy: FYE Lecture Series
This series allows first-year students to explore topics of interest, presented by senior faculty, as they broaden their academic horizons.
Frosh Boot Camp
Frosh Boot Camp provides helpful study tips and skills to improve your chances of achieving academic success throughout your first year. Flash, the Kent State mascot, will be sending you study strategies, academic resources, and helpful hints!
Outdoor Experience
Kent State University’s Wilderness Orientation Program, provides students with a challenging opportunity that focuses on community, friendships, and teamwork. Small groups comprised of 20 students or less will explore the landscapes of West Branch State Park as they travel, camp, and bond together.
Focus Mentoring
The FOCUS On Success Program is designed to help students succeed academically by teaching study skills, applying the university’s academic policies and procedures, and modeling successful student behaviors. This program provides connections that allow for a variety of support that impacts and assists in student success.
Residential Learning Communities and Freshman Interest Groups (FIG)
A living-learning community or freshman interest group provides students with the opportunity to participate in shared learning experiences that occur inside and outside the classroom. More information on Residential Learning Communities can be found here. For more information about Freshman Interest Groups, call 330.672.9292.
