FRESHMEN GET HELP
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE IS A THREE-TERM PROGRAM TO HELP NEW STUDENTS
BY DANI CLIFTON
Any first-year student w ill tell you that
starting college can be an anxious- ridden
endeavor. Y o u ’ve got an unfam iliar
campus full of people you don’ t know,
there are rigorous schedules to juggle
and financial needs to be met. It’ s hard
enough to keep up before it even gets
started!
"I was scared at first, to start college,”
says First Year E xperience student,
Jocelyn Maxey. "This class has taught me
a lot of skills and now we’re in week eight.
It’s still stressful, but if I need help I have
support and resources available here.”
First Year Experience, based in Barlow
room 240, is a th ree -te rm program
that helps students put tools into their
proverbial toolbox w ith w hich to help
build th eir college success. FYE-101
helps students to form relationships
w ith other students and faculty, learn
about CCC’ s many services and develop
skills for stress and time management.
FYE-102 supports students in creating
an academic plan appropriate to their
career goals, while FYE-103 is designed
to help students prepare for their future,
including test-tak in g skills and large
project m anagem ent, transferrin g to
another school and searching for post
graduation employment.
H owever, bein g a new bie is not a
requirem ent to enroll into FYE. "FYE
works for any student,” says counseling
department chair, Stephanie Schaefer,
"because most of the topics we cover,
like time management, especially stress
managem ent, are things most college
students encounter.”
Heaven Gray-Lockhart recommends
FYE to new students fresh from high
school who w ant to go to college, but
don’ t know 'w hat the transition looks
like. "It’ s scary at first, but FYE is very
helpful. Any questions you have about
anything, this class can either answer
it for you or the faculty can guide you to
the answer.”
FYE will push students outside of their
com fort zone to that place w here life
really begins. "I’ve had students who’ve
been resistant to some assignm ents,”
says instructor Jackie Curry. "They don’t
understand the purpose of it, then they
return to class and say, ‘Oh, I get why you
made me do that. I joined a club because I
had to do this assignment and I wouldn’t
have otherwise.’ ”
David Green is a major proponent for
FYE and his passion is evident. "This is
a great, great course for students just
coming back to school, or having trouble
settling from high school into college;
this class will help them get their skills
developed and to move on. Our goal is
to get them into upper-level college.”
“Any questions you
have about anything,
this class can either
answer it for you or
the faculty can guide
you to the answer”
-Heaven Gray-Lockhart
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