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Welcome to Stetson
University and to First Year Studies. We are pleased that you have chosen to
join our community of scholars and learners. The Center for First Year Studies
is the home-base for first-year students, fostering active engagement and
academic rigor within a supportive community. In many ways, the Center will
serve as your home-away-from-home, as an advocate for your needs and interests
as a first-year student, and as the first line of contact with the University
for your family.
Your first year of studies will be
among the most exciting. It is a year of transition and of discovery. I
encourage you to take full advantage of the possibilities you encounter. Your
year will begin with orientation, where you will meet members of the faculty
and fellow students with whom you will study for the remainder of your time
with us. Through the work of the Center for First Year Studies you will be
encouraged to become as engaged as possible with ideas; to embrace the
familiar while at the same time approaching the ideas, people and events that
are different and unfamiliar to you, with a spirit of openness and inquisitive
interest; and to discover your genuine interests as you work to crystallize
your goals.
In your first year you will take
courses from a wide variety of academic disciplines. A majority of these will
satisfy general education requirements and as such, will provide you with the
educational foundation necessary for longstanding success. Additionally, some
of the courses you take as a first-year student will represent a sampling of
the academic possibilities you may consider before committing yourself to a
particular major. During this time, you will work closely with your academic
adviser to further solidify your interests and goals. As a result, the
first-year experience will represent your guided passage from neophyte college
student to the more mature, self-reliant and engaged upperclassman we all
expect.
The joy of life at Stetson comes
from its people. We believe that you can contribute to our campus through the
many talents, interests and gifts you possess. We at the Center for First Year
Studies anxiously await the chance to meet you and to work with you in
attaining the first-rate undergraduate education you are seeking at Stetson
University .
Dean Leonard Nance , Ph.D.
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