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Return to: Services for Students
Center for the First-Year Experience
www.aims.edu/fye
Location:
Horizon Hall, Room 107
Assistant Director:
970.339.6657
Program Coordinator:
Rachel Veretto
970.339.6641
Email: fye@aims.edu
Center for The First-Year Experience
The Center for the First-Year Experience (FYE) provides students with the tools to ease the transition to college and pave the way to greater academic success. FYE, located in 107 Horizon Hall, is also a space studying, academic support, and we even have a few student computer stations (sorry, no printing). If you’re a new student, take advantage of these programs and classes designed specifically for you:
Mandatory New Student Virtual Orientation
The college offers an online orientation (required for all new students before meeting with an academic advisor) to help students and families learn about services for students, strategies for success in college, and important steps in the enrollment process.
Advancing Academic Achievement (AAA 090)
AAA090 is a three-credit course which helps students develop personalized approaches to learning and success for easier transition into college. Topics include goal-setting, time management, textbook reading strategies, note-taking, listening techniques, concentration and memory devices and critical thinking for students success.
iFocus Workshops
The iFocus workshop series, offered through the fall and spring semesters on all campuses and online, will assist you in developing and achieving your educational, professional, and personal goals while attending Aims Community College. The four iFocus “tracks” were created to meet the needs of students in all areas of academic, leadership, career development, and technology. Popular workshops include: Unbaffling Biology, Microsoft Word Quickstart, Overcoming Test Phobia, Boost Your Brain Power, Stress-Proofing Yourself and many more!
Catalyst
Catalyst is a program for students returning to Aims after at least one semester on campus and who were nominated by their AAA instructor. The term “catalyst” is defined as someone or something that encourages progress and change. This selective leadership program helps students foster a mindset of completion, while helping participants improve on skills attractive for employers including: teamwork, communication, organization, decision making, and other professional skills. Catalyst’s goals include fostering a mindset of completion and a vision of the “end in mind.”
United Men of Color
This student group is coordinated through FYE in partnership with the Emerging Scholars program in the Student Success Center and TRiO/CORE Impact Programs to provide a foundation of support for students who are men of color at Aims Community College. We act in solidarity with other social inclusion and equity groups and initiatives on campus as we help educate the campus community about issues related to the success of men of color.
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