First-Year Experience

Engage! Enrich! Empower!
At Nassau, it's all about community: connecting with classmates, professors, clubs, sports, campus services, and other resources that will enrich your college experience. NCC's First-Year Experience (FYE) program is one of the best places to make those connections. Our common reading (Sonia Nazario's Enrique's Journey), "Conversations About College" workshops, campus-wide Day of Service, and FYE blog (What's Up, NCC?) all offer paths to community on campus.

So be good to yourself. Browse this link and learn more about FYE programs and opportunities. Take advantage of all that's available. You'll learn plenty, meet interesting people, and have a good time too!

First-Year Experience (FYE) Day of Service

Our Day of service on Oct. 17 was a huge success. More than 25 service projects, everything from food, book, and clothing drives to fund raisers, charitable sales, environmental activities, and campus beautification projects, took place across the NCC campus.

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Common Reading Enrique's Journey

Be prepared to be shocked, saddened—but also inspired!—by Sonia Nazario's Enrique's Journey, NCC's common reading for 2012-2013. Based on a series of articles written by Nazario for the Los Angeles Times, Enrique's Journey tells the story of a young boy who leaves his native Honduras in search of his mother, who has traveled to America to find a job to support her family.

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What’s Up, NCC?

Want to know what’s happening at Nassau? Want to know how to succeed in your classes? Looking for interesting ideas about college, careers, campus life (and everything else along the way)? Then read What’s Up, NCC?—your blog about campus life and college success at Nassau.

What’s Up, NCC? (www.whatsupncc.blogspot.com) features timely advice, information, ideas, suggestions, solutions, observations, thoughts, tips, etc. etc.—everything you need to stay in the loop and make the most of your Nassau experience.

So don’t wait! Start reading What’s Up, NCC? today. It’s just a click away!

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Conversations About College

A new school, a new routine, new friends, new freedom, new choices—college produces tons of changes in students' lives. The First-Year Experience program's "Conversations About College" workshops offer practical advice about handling these changes and challenges.

Whether it's managing your time effectively, becoming a better test taker, finding the right career, working with your professors, or making smart decisions about alcohol or sex, you'll come away from "Conversations" workshops with strategies, solutions, and food for thought.

Here's what's coming up in Fall 2013:

Time Management
Tuesday, Sept. 24 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 26 -11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 22 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Academic Motivation
Thursday, Oct. 3 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Listening and Note Taking
Tuesday, Oct. 8 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Studying for Classes
Tuesday, Oct. 15 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 17 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Reading College Textbooks
Tuesday, Oct. 22 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Test-Taking;
Tuesday Oct. 29 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 31 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Academic Planning
Tuesday Nov. 5 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 14 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Managing Test Anxiety
Thursday, Nov. 7 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

Managing Stress
Thursday, Dec. 5 - 11:30 a.m.
Nassau Hall, Rm. 206

FYE's "Conversations" workshops and programs are free and open to all NCC students. No reservations are required; you just have to show up!