Programs & Events

FYE: The First-Year Experience Program

What is FYE?

Here at the Office of Residential Life and Learning, we believe the first semester of your first-year experience will set the tone for your entire collegiate career. That's why we've created a semester of programs happening right in your halls to launch your careers as Jumbos on an upbeat, engaging start!

After all the excitement of Orientation and Matriculation, the FYE will provide you with additional opportunities to get to know the other members of your residential communities while setting you up with all you need to know to successfully transition to college living. FYE is open to all first-year students, regardless of what residence hall in which they reside.

FYE: Keeping the Unity in Community!

The mission of the Office of Residential Life and Learning is to provide students with a comprehensive living experience characterized by safety, comfort, respect, and free exchange of dialogue within and beyond our residence halls. The Office Residential Life and Learning is committed to keeping the unity into our residence hall communities!

FYE builds a strong first-year residential community on campus.

By attending FYE, you'll be able to meet and socialize with other first-year students within your own hall as well as in other residence halls. You will be able to develop a strong community identity and to value the concept of civility and character within the residential community.

FYE connects students with the academic and campus resources they need to succeed in their first year of college.

By attending FYE, you'll be able to identity the academic resources within their community as well as academic support resources on campus such as the ARC, your Academic Deans, Resident Head Tutors, and more. You'll able to engage in discussion with peers and faculty on the Common Reading Book and connect directly with faculty via our Scholar-in-Residence program.

FYE introduces students to key concepts of healthy lifestyle and wellness habits necessary for a successful first-year experience.

By attending FYE, you'll be able to make healthier choices (food, fitness, alcohol/drugs) for a more balanced college experience. You'll be able to recognize the signs of unhealthy relationships (roommate conflicts, dating, sexual assault, etc.) and know what resources are available to them to resolve relationship conflict. You'll be able to attend non-alcohol focused social events on typical party nights.

FYE 2011 Program Highlights

September 21 – November 16, 2011

• Community Banner Making Night: Show your hall pride with supplies provided by ORLL. Hang your hall banner for all the campus to see in your residence hall lounge!
• The Truth About the Freshmen 15: Worried about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while at college? Come to this session presented by Health Education to find out how to make the best healthy choices here at Tufts.
• Roommate Newlywed Game: Battle it out for who has the best roommate relationship in your hall. Prizes for the winning pair in each participating building.
• Zeitoun Hall Snacks: During the month of September, discuss and share your thoughts about this year's Common Reading Book with your RAs over snacks in your hall.
• Hooking Up at Tufts: In this follow-up to In The Sack, find out what it really means to hook up here at Tufts.
• Res Life Shorts Film Contest Info Session: Come find out about our wildly popular student film contest and how you can win $500!
• Making Professors' Office Hours Count: Join our four Scholars-in-Residence for a frank discussion on how to make the most of your professors' office hours.
• Good Friends Helping Friends: Are you worried about your roommate? Your partner in class? Come to this session to learn how to be a supportive friend and connect your friends to the resources they need on campus.
• Law & Disorder Film Screening: Join us for a screening of the startling Frontline documentary about lawlessness in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and a discussion of the Common Reading Book, Zeitoun.
• Jumbos Gone Wild – What's Your Animal Personality? Come to this fast-paced program and find out what your "Animal" personality is and how you can use it to your advantage to make the most out of your college career.