First Year Programs

• Overview of Programs
• Strategic Plan 
• Staffing Structure
• Integration of Race & Equity Initiatives in FYP
• Race & Equity videos (U101, A&O integration)
• FYP Calendar (annual timeline, A&O dates, helpful links)
• Mapping the First Year Experience (FYE) Project 
• FYP in the News

Advising & Orientation

• Husky Guide
• Program Agendas

A&O Modules - Sample course links below:

• Freshman - General track
• International - General track
• Transfer - General Track

First-year Interest Groups (FIGs): Peer-facilitated Clustered Seminars

• Overview of FIG Program Curriculum (April, 2018)
• FIG 30th Presentation (April, 2018)
• First-year Interest Groups celebrate 30 years of shaping student experience (Bryan Nakata, April 24, 2018)
• Helping Students FIG-ure It Out: A Data-Driven Look At First-year Interest Groups (Lavi Aulck, 2017)
• 2009 FIG Assessment Report (Beyer, et al)

Presentations, Assessment, and Reports 

 

Conference Presentations & Posters

• Becoming a Husky_ Creating a Meaningful Transition (2023, UW Community College Advising Conference) 
• Transfer Transition Through First Year Programs (2022, UW Highway to Husky Admissions Workshop)
• Becoming a Husky: Creating a Meaningful Transition (2022, UW Community College Advising Conference) 
• First-Year Experience Student Success (2021, University of Pittsburgh: Bradford)
• Becoming a Husky: Creating a Meaningful Transition (2021, UW Community College Advising Conference) 
• Plan for Advising & Orientation (2021, First-Year Student Advisory Council) 
• Supporting First-Year Students during the Pandemic, (2021 Faculty Council on Student Affairs)
• Program Assessment and Continuous Improvement Methods: First-year Interest Groups (2020 USC EDUC 698 | Enhancing Student Retention)
• Creating a Virtual Orientation Experience that Preserves On-Campus Benefits(2020, Academic Impressions)
• Building on TRIO: Expanding First-Gen Support Within a Decentralized University (2020 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education)
• Becoming a Husky: Creating a Meaningful Transition (2020 UW Community College Advising Conference) 
• Supporting & Motivating Gen Z Peer Educators (2020 First Year Experience Conference) 
• Supporting Transfer Transition: The Transfer Orientation Experience and Beyond (2020 National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students Conference)
• Highly Engaged Teams handout 
• Transfer Transitions (2019 Highway to Huskies: A Workshop for Community College Advisers) 
• Supporting Transfer Transition  (2019 CC Student Activities Meeting) 
• Preparing for College in High School (2019 Summit High School Presentation) 
• Meeting the Needs of Gen Z: From Orientation to Graduation (2019 UW Academic & Student Affairs Alliance Conference)
• Supporting Transfer Transition: Recruiting, Programming and Advocating for Transfer Students (2019 UW Academic & Student Affairs Alliance Conference) 
• More Than a Logo: Funding Student Programs Through Sponsorship (2019 NASPA Presentation) 
• First Year Experience: Creating a Transfer Inclusive Environment (2018 NODAC Presentation)
• Landing In The Right Place: Lessons Shared Between Undergraduate and Graduate Student Transitional Experiences (2018 NASPA Presentation)
  • Core Programs (Graduate School)
  • First-Generation Graduate Student Initiative
  • International Graduate Student Initiative
  • Core Programs Blogspot
• Collaboration Across Units: Lessons Shared In Support of Undergraduate and Graduate Student Transition Experiences (2018 NASPA Poster)
• Transfer Success: Engaging Transfer Students at the University of Washington (2018 NISTS Poster)
• Streamlining Student Staff Selection Processes in First Year Programs (2016 UW Organizational Excellence Poster)
• Rejuvenate Orientation Through A Flipped Program Experience (2015 NODA Presentation)
• Peer Educators: Recruitment, Hiring, Retention (2015 FYE Conference & 2015 NACADA Conference Poster) 

Provost Reports on the First Year Experience

• University 101
• Husky Presidential Ambassadors Program 
• Husky Experience Toolkit (fka Thrive)
• First-year Interest Groups (FIGs) & Collegium Seminars 

International Students

• Advising & Orientation Evaluation, Early Fall Start (EFS) Data (2016)
• International Student Programming Summary (2014)
• University of Washington International Student Fee (2014)

First Year Programs Assessment

• Visit the FYP Assessment Website to view assessment reports.