The First-Year Experience Program includes a variety of courses and support services designed to help first year students make a successful transition to the demands of university life. The program is of a volunteer nature providing students academic and selected non-academic support services dedicated to addressing issues common to first year students. The program is comprised of the following options.

• New Student Convocation
• Bearkats Read to Succeed Common Reader Program
• Freshman Seminar (UNIV 1301)
• Freshman Learning Community
• Academic centers/tutorials
• Personalized academic advising
• Counseling and mentoring
• Career guidance
• Parent/student Newsletter

Sam Houston State University's faculty, staff and administrators truly value students and want each of them to be successful. The University has developed a comprehensive, coordinated approach toward the First-Year Experience. A freshman seminar, additional freshman learning communities, new student orientation schedules for both parents and students, new advising approaches, and a comprehensive listing of academic support services offered for students at SHSU.

The Office for My First-Year Experience
202 Academic Building IV | Box 2335 | Huntsville, Texas 77341-2335
Phone: 936.294.3422 | FAX: 936.294.2232 | Email: fye@shsu.edu

FYE EVENTS

2011-2012
Bearkats Read to Succeed
Isaac's Storm

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Freshman Registration Assistance
During advanced registration (Nov. 7- 30)

Please stop by Student Success Initiatives:
ABIV Room 202

We are here to help!