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Developing and Sustaining First-Year Seminars

Learn more about the Institute on Developing and Sustaining First-Year Seminars, last hosted in fall 2025 at the University of South Carolina.

About the Institute

Looking to build, restructure, or enhance your first-year seminar? The Institute on Developing and Sustaining First-Year Seminars will:

  • Empower you to lead meaningful change and enhance the impact of your seminar on student success
  • Leave with actionable ideas that can be implemented on your home campus through individual sessions designed to build on one another
  • Model the active pedagogies that we advocate for in our classrooms through group work, active learning, and discussion to engage participants in learning

Institute faculty will build a framework where participants can engage in discussions with colleagues, examine trends and practices connected to first-year seminars, and identify new strategies to ensure the success of first-year students. Whether you are looking to build, restructure, or enhance a first-year seminar on your campus, this institute will empower you to lead meaningful change and enhance the impact of your seminar on student success.


Questions?

If you have any questions about the content or organization of this event, pleae contact the Conferences and Continuing Education team at fyeconf@mailbox.sc.edu. 

 


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