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 for 2016-2017 (Amy Ellis Nutt's Becoming Nicole), "Conversations About College" workshops, campus-wide Day of Service scheduled for April 5, 2017, 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 great time too!

First Year Experience (FYE) Day of Service

Looking for a way to touch the world (and maybe make it a little better)? Join members of the NCC campus community on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 for the First Year Experience program's Day of Service. There will be more than forty service projects taking place on the Nassau campus that day--everything from food and clothing drives to fund raisers, charitable auctions, environmental activities, and campus beautification projects. It's a great opportunity to do something important for others.

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Common Reading:

Shakespeare Saved My Life

Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Dr. Laura Bates was trying to break in. Now, a decade later, her Shakespeare in Shackles program has been lauded by academics and prison communities alike. In this profound illustration of the enduring lessons of Shakespeare through the ten-year relationship of Bates and Newton, an amazing testament to the power of literature emerges. But it’s not just the prisoners who are transformed. It is a starkly engaging tale, one that will be embraced by anyone who has ever been changed by a book.

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 spring 2017:

Doing the Right Thing - Richard Conway
Wednesday, February 15 (9:30-10:45), Library 2nd Floor

Communications in the Classroom: Speaking and Listening as Responsible Learners - Esther Bogin
Monday, March 6 (9:30-10:45), Library 2nd Floor

Overcome Science Anxiety - Betty Borowsky
Thursday, March 30 (11:30-12:45), Library 2nd Floor

Are Online and Hybrid Courses Right For Me? - Cheryl Novins
Thursday, April 20 (11:30-12:45), Library 2nd Floor

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