First Year Experience

Join us for the 2025 Focusing on the First Year Conference

Monday, February 24, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Ohio Union, check-in and opening at Archie Griffin Ballroom (East)

Registration

Stay tuned! Registration will open in early December.

Nominate an Outstanding First Year Advocate

First Year Experience will honor four to five individuals who continuously demonstrate a passion for helping students make the most of their first year.

To nominate a colleague, please complete this nomination form by the end of the day on December 20.

Submit a presentation proposal

We encourage you to submit a proposal for a one-hour session presentation! The deadline to submit is Friday, November 22.

Before you begin your proposal, please make sure you're prepared to submit the following:

• Titles and contact information for all presenters
• Session title and description (the description should be no more than 75 words — and remember to make it enticing!)
• Session theme (indicate up to two):
  • Academic support
  • Academic advising
  • Inclusive excellence
  • Instruction/pedagogy
  • Leadership skills/career competencies
  • Retention/enrollment management
  • Student engagement
  • Other
• Session type
  • Interactive (audience participation)
  • Panel
  • Presentation (with or without Q&A)
  • Roundtable discussion
• Which population of students in transition will your session address? Plus, be prepared to share an explanation of how your session will be relevant to those populations.
  • Campus change students
  • Commuting students
  • First-generation college students
  • First-year students
  • Inclusive excellence
  • International students
  • Transfer students
  • Other
• A/V and other room needs
• Breakout session availability (tentatively 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon, 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.)