The Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience® focuses on supporting student learning, development, and success in the first college year. In addition to the numerous conference sessions that happen throughout...
As typical social and academic interaction screeched to a halt last year, the pandemic began to exacerbate already declining mental health. According to insurance reports, the number of mental health...
Chris Guillebeau is an entrepreneur, explorer, and New York Times-bestselling author. During a lifetime of self-employment, Guillebeau visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday....
Take a look at some of this year’s popular speakers and book selections hosted by programs across the country for their First-Year Experience® events.
It’s been an incredible decade for our speakers. As the end of the 2010s draws closer, many are reflecting on the most impactful reads of the last 10 years, including TIME,...
Cathy Park Hong is an award-winning poet, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. In this widely celebrated book...
If you are like many Americans, you might not know the answer to that question—our speaker Vicki Robin is out to try and change this. Back in 2010, Robin took...
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, it’s not a matter of if a company will be hacked—it’s a matter of when. And as recent headlines have demonstrated, you can do much more...
For twenty-eight years Deborah Harkness has been a student and scholar of history, concentrating upon the use of magic and science during the European era, 1500 to 1700. She holds...