First-Year Community Development Pathway

The鈥疐irst-Year Community Development Pathway focuses聽on聽themes that address the developmental needs of first-year students in a residential setting:

  • Exploring your Passions聽focuses on first-year students joining the 黑料不打烊 community and finding ways to connect to their passion areas as well as being curious to explore new opportunities that may develop聽into new passion areas. As part of a liberal arts education, our first-year students will be able to center their (co)curricular experiences on exploring new areas of focus outside of their majors.
  • Social Responsibility聽focuses on first-year students聽learning what it means to live in community here at 黑料不打烊 and聽the importance of self- and peer-accountability. During this time our first-year students are聽learning about the University Honor Code and policies that they are expected to uphold. This is also a time when they are learning the skills needed to mediate social conflicts and interventions.
  • Cultural Competency聽focuses on first-year students beginning or continuing their journeys of self-awareness聽connected to聽their identities and values. As a community member first-year students will engage in opportunities to promote awareness of self and others and its impact on their community.
  • Wellness focuses on first-year students exploring聽the dimensions of wellness as a tool for holistic development. The six鈥痙imensions鈥痑re community, emotional, purpose, physical, financial, and鈥痵ocial鈥痺ell-being. Within the residential context our staff will aid in the promotion鈥痮f well-being and wellness resources.