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