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First Year Experience (FYE)
About FYE
Ohio State places special emphasis on each student’s first year on campus. Through research and our own experience, we know that foundations built during this year are key to a student’s success. To that end, First Year Experience (FYE) programs are designed to help students get comfortable on campus, connect with the university, and start to think of Ohio State as home.
This focus on the first year leads to a notable retention rate. (Yes, we’re bragging a little – but we’re proud!) More than 90 percent of freshmen return for their second year, well above the national average.
FYE programs
Most FYE events and activities are open to all new students. In addition, there are some programs designed especially for out-of-state and international students and transfer and campus-change students.
Summer, before school even begins
Orientation
This program will help you start to feel at home on the Columbus campus and expose you to the wide range of academic and co-curricular opportunities available at Ohio State.
Pre-enrollment and summer programs for new students (site to come)
Ohio State offers 15 different pre-enrollment and summer programs, including Camp Buckeye and Buckeye Adventures. These programs offer a bridge between summer orientation and the start of autumn semester. They give new freshmen the chance to develop friendships and make valuable connections.
Leadership Collaborative
The Leadership Collaborative begins with a four-day leadership development conference and is a year-long leadership development program.
Autumn, when you’re finally here!
Welcome Week
Coordinated by Student Life, Welcome Week is an event-packed week that includes the Student Involvment Fair, where hundreds of student organizations present information about their activities and invite new students to get involved. FYE events during Welcome Week include:
Convocation
The traditional academic ceremony welcoming new students to Ohio State! At Convocation, new freshmen and transfer students experience their first academic procession, take a stroll through Ohio Stadium with the band, and learn the words to Carmen Ohio. You’ll go straight to the Involvement Fair from here.
Transfer and Campus-change Meet and Greet
Held at the beginning of each semester during the Involvement Fair, these events give new students a chance to connect, ask questions, and have some fun.
Buckeyes Beyond Ohio (BBO)
Join other out-of-state and international students for an event welcoming you to Ohio State. Connect with other students, faculty, and staff from your part of the country or world!
Buckeye Book Community (BBC)
Each summer, first-year students complete their first college assignment by participating in the Buckeye Book Community. Students pick up the book at orientation, complete the reading over the summer, and return to campus prepared to discuss the book with the author, other students, and the campus community.
First-Year Distinguished Speaker Series
Each year, first-year students have the opportunity to attend an address by someone who has influenced the world. Previous speakers include such luminaries as Nobel peace prize winner Wangari Maathai, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.
Other semesters or year-round
First-Year Success Series
Designed to help you transition smoothly to college life and make the most of your time at Ohio State, this program offers over 300 seminars throughout the school year. Seminars are conducted by campus experts, community leaders, and well-known personalities.
New Student Workshop
Attend these brief (one hour) workshops to review resources and procedures that were introduced to you at orientation. Topics include campus food and your BuckID, Carmen and Buckeye Link, key campus resources and hidden benefits, and more.
Especially for out-of-state and international students
Buckeyes Beyond Ohio (BBO)
BBO features events that help first-year out-of-state and international students connect with each other and with faculty and staff members who are also from outside of Ohio. BBO events continue throughout the year.
Especially for transfer and campus-change students
Transfer and Campus-change Meet and Greet
Held at the beginning of each semester during the Involvement Fair, these events give new students a chance to connect, ask questions, and have some fun.
Buckeye Adventures – Transfer
FYE hosts one Buckeye Adventures trip specifically for transfer and campus-change students. Participants meet other students transitioning to the Columbus campus, have fun in an outdoor setting, and learn more about Ohio State even before school begins.
Transfer Student Activities Board (TSAB)
Members of TSAB, themselves transfer students, plan and facilitate activities throughout each semester for transfer and campus-change students.
For the full range of FYE programs and resources: fye.osu.edu.
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