Fresh Connections

Fresh Connections is provides learning communities in our first year experience.

"Fresh Connections are learning communities that use clusters of courses to connect different disciplines to a common theme. The specially selected faculty incorporate their specific theme in assignments and activities throughout the semester. Students in the learning community take these courses together to develop a deeper understanding of the material and correlation of various disciplines. Support groups for studying and collaboration in learning usually result from making these connections.Fresh Connections provides a social and academic experience that will lead to student success by providing a collaborative learning experience in which groups of students become responsible for their own learning, and enhance the educational experience of their peers as well."

Academic advisors are a huge part of the initiative to encourage students to enroll in a learning community. For this reason, the organizers of Fresh Connections have provided various forms to the academic advising community that outline the program and provide a vehicle for students to enroll. These forms may be found on the Academic Advising website and include:
1. An outline of each learning community
2. Details about the courses included in each community
3. A registration worksheet for students/advisors