42nd Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience

When: February 3-6, 2023 
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 live General Sessions and a concentrated offering of live sessions hosted during the Conference dates. The sessions offered virtually will be determined based on what is received during our Call for Proposals. There will be significantly less sessions offered virtually when compared to our in-person conference offerings.

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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.