Submit a Proposal
Proposal Submission Deadline: September 9, 2022
In-Person Registration
Early Registration Deadline: December 2, 2022
*Registration to the In-Person Conference includes access to the virtual conference.
Virtual Registration
Early Registration Deadline: December 2, 2022
42nd Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience
When: February 3-6, 2023 (in-person) & February 20-23, 2023 (virtual)
Where: Los Angeles, California | Virtual
Sponsored by: National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
University of South Carolina
Please note: The VIRTUAL Conference will offer access to the recorded General Sessions with Live
Q&A and a concentrated offering of live sessions hosted during the Virtual Conference
dates. The sessions offered during the Virtual Conference will be determined based
on what is received during our Call for Proposals and will not necessarily be identical
in number or scope when compared to our in-person conference offerings.
Conference Venue
404 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California
Room rate: $209/night + taxes/fees/parking
Reserve your room today!
*Reservations will be accepted until January 10, 2023 or until the room block is full.
Please make your reservations early as the room block typically fills by mid-November
each year, if not earlier.
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. The application window for the 2023 conference will open in Summer 2022.