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First Year Seminar Community

Faculty Excellence

The First Year Seminar courses provide a unique blend of discipline-specific questions, community-engaged learning, experiences that go beyond the classroom, and first-year student mentoring and skill development.  The Robert Anderson First Seminar Instructor of the Year award will be given annually to an instructor who meaningfully blends all of these components to create an intellectually engaging and supportive experience for first-year students with sustained contributions to the program. Additionally, the Outstanding First Seminar Program Course Award will be given annually to an instructor whose course stood out in the previous semester as an excellent example of excellence in FSP teaching.

Faculty Development

The First Year Seminar provides support for instructors teaching and preparing FYS courses by creating resources and offering developmental opportunities.