Transforming The First Year Experience With An Integrated Academic & Career Focus

Description  Overview Two-year colleges face a unique challenge: first-year seminars must do more than simply introduce students to college life—they need to help new learners build strong academic habits while opening pathways to career and transfer opportunities from the very start. This engaging webinar showcases an integrated First Year Experience (FYE) seminar that pairs academic skill-building with career exploration from day one. The presenter will guide participants through the flow of a semester, highlighting sample lessons, assignment prompts, and the adjustments made based on feedback from each cohort. Along the way, you’ll see what worked, what changed, and how to balance limited class time with broad, high-impact goals. By the end of the session, you’ll leave with a clear, actionable model you can adapt for your own campus and reflection prompts to guide your first-year seminar redesign—helping students start strong, stay engaged, and see the path forward from