If you choose to be a participant in the First-Year Experience (FYE) Learning Community at Michigan Tech, you will live with other first-year students in a coed and alcohol-free living environment located on the fifth floor of East Wadsworth Hall. Several upper-level students will serve as resident assistants, program coordinators, and mentors on your floor, ensuring that you learn your way around campus, get involved, make friends, and get help with any academic challenges. FYE will help make your transition to life as a college student easier by building character and integrity. It is a community that supports one another mentally, emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually.
To join the First-Year Experience learning community, simply apply through your housing application.
What makes FYE different?
- A community atmosphere where everyone works together to help first-year students succeed
- A chemical-free hall of all first-year students
- An abundance of leadership and social opportunities
What do FYE residents think?
- "It’s active. There are opportunities every week for experiencing college...It’s anything but boring!"
- "I have made a lot of friends and gotten involved in a lot more than I would have if I chose to live somewhere else."
- "Having people willing to help me has made my first year much easier."
What are some typical FYE activities?
Social Opportunities
- Safe House, the Residence Hall Halloween Haunted House
- Michigan Tech’s annual Winter Carnival activities, including snow sculpture, ice bowling, broomball, snowboarding, skiing, and curling
- Sporting activities, including intramural sports, broomball, and “Frisbockey”
- Numerous weekly and monthly social activities, including sledding, cookouts, camping, movie nights, and campus sporting events
- Random spontaneous events including potlucks, swimming, board games, and hanging out.
- Campus fine arts events such as concerts, theater productions, and comedians
Educational Opportunities
- Develop an academic plan with your peer mentor.
- Attend educational opportunities featuring topics such as time management, resume writing, campus resources, eating healthy, and staying active.
- Enroll in the “Creating your Success” class, a one-credit course designed to help first-year students become acclimated to university life.
What is expected of FYE participants?
- Live in a coed environment.
- Hold academics in a high regard.
- Be a positive and inclusive member of your residence hall community.
- Participate in events.
- Complete the requirements of your Learning Community Agreement.
- Pay a $30 per semester fee that is used to support additional programming, activities, and staff.
- Meet new people, learn new things, and have a great time at Michigan Tech.
To join the First-Year Experience (FYE) Learning Community, simply apply via your housing application. You can also download or view the latest First-Year Experience Community Agreement.