Lee University provides a comprehensive program
designed to assist first-year students in adjusting to university life. The
Office of First-Year Programs seeks to assist all incoming freshmen and
transfer students in their first year experiences at Lee University.
An important part of the
first-year is the New Student
Orientation. All new freshmen, transfer students, and parents
attend this event in preparation for the first semester at Lee.
Lee University requires that all
incoming freshmen participate in a
Freshman Seminar class called “Gateway to University Success” or
GNST101. This special freshman course embodies and expresses the central goals
and purposes of the First-Year Experience. The course introduces students to
essential academic skills and the application of critical thinking skills, as
well as a personal Christian worldview to life decisions. It is taught by an
“all-star” team of faculty and administrators under the leadership of the
Director of First-Year Programs. This class allows students to meet different
professors on campus as well as create lasting friendships with upperclassmen
who guide freshmen through their first semester.
Incoming transfer students with
more than 16 hours (excluding dual enrollment) may not be required to enroll in
the Freshman Seminar and are instead invited to attend a series of
Transfer Student workshops that introduce students to the essential
components of the learning community at Lee University.
After students have reached
junior or senior status, they are invited to be a part of the Freshman Seminar
program as Peer Leaders.
First-Year Programs is in charge of recruiting and training these Peer Leaders
to act as guides and mentors to incoming freshmen students.
Student leadership opportunities
are also provided for exemplary transfer students after completing their first-year at Lee
University. The Office of First-Year Programs recruits and trains
Transfer Student Leaders to serve on the Transfer Student Leadership Council.
The student leaders host transfer student workshops and other student events and
serve as “goto” resources for incoming transfer students.
This CashCourse
website is a great resource for students. It provides useful information about
financial basics, paying for college, college life, and the work world.