FIRST YEAR ENGAGEMENT:
First Year Engagement (FYE) at Penn State Abington is a new program coordinating academic courses with the resources and co-curricular activities of the campus. Courses in the FYE program are taught by full-time faculty members and fulfill general education requirements. The FYE program has two tiers: the academic course and the Passport program, which comprises events and activities throughout the semester. These functions are organized into five categories: Academic Enrichment (AE), Academic Skills (AS), Career Discovery (CD), Personal Development (PD), and Community Building (CB).
Students who successfully complete the academic work in their FYE course and attend two “Passport” functions in each category will be awarded a Leadership Certificate by the College. Earning this certificate is an achievement that students may list on their resumes. Each FYE class will have peer assistants to mentor students, communicate with them regularly about the course, and track their progress.
Here is the Abington First Year Experience plan
Please direct any questions about first year programs to Pat Clayton at plc2@psu.edu .
