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Early Registration Deadline: November 15, 2024
Registration Deadline: January 17, 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
Hyatt Regency New Orleans HOTEL UPDATE:Conference Venue and Accommodations
601 Loyola Avenue,
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70113
As of 12/1/2024, the hotel block for Sunday, February 16, 2025 and Monday, February
17, 2025 is FULL. If you need to book those specific nights, then we encourage you to check out this listing of additional area hotel options.
Reserve your room
Room rate: $239 plus taxes/fees
Reservation Deadline: January 21, 2025
A block of rooms has been reserved at Hyatt Regency New Orleans at a special rate of $239 single/double occupancy plus tax. Reservations made by
5 p.m. EST on January 21, 2025, will qualify for the special rate. After this date
and/or the room block is filled, reservations are accepted on a space-available basis
and may not be available at the conference rate.
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.