On-site registration is open
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On-site Registration Deadline: February 19, 2025
44th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
When: February 16-19, 2025
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
Sponsored by: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition,
University of South Carolina
Conference Venue and Accommodations
Hyatt Regency New Orleans
601 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70113
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Conference Culture
The Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience is designed to provide educators from every segment of higher education a comfortable, welcoming environment to share innovative ideas, programs, tools, and research critical to the learning, development, and success of first-year college students. The conference aims to promote a comprehensive and engaging community open to a diversity of ideas, in which all delegates are given the opportunity and resources to grow personally and professionally. The conference welcomes graduate and undergraduate students, encouraging them to deepen their knowledge of the academic communities of which they are a part.
Conference Undergraduate Student Fellowships
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is offering five undergraduate student fellowships that will cover the registration fee for the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience. Contact the conference staff at fyeconf@mailbox.sc.edu with questions.