The First Year Residential Experience (FYRE) is a coordinated set of programs and opportunities for first year students, framed to signal important community values related to:
Civility and Citizenship
Health and Wellbeing
Inclusion and Belonging
Personal Growth and Development
Through FYRE opportunities for engagement, students will be able to:
Demonstrate knowledge of campus resources
Develop the skills to build meaningful relationships with peers that may hold identities and backgrounds that are different from their own
Engage in civil discourse with peers that have differing views than their own
Develop a sense of belonging within the residential college
Make informed decisions that enhance their personal health
Demonstrate an understanding of healthy options that contribute to risk reductions