First Year Experience

Admitted Students > First Year Experience

"Come in with an open mind and look for things that interest you. Even if the subject seems like something you would never even consider. There are always things that you might find interesting, that you might take away from the experience."
Laura Henning, '15
English Major

Building a Strong Foundation

The First Year Experience at Flagler College is designed to jump-start your academic life and create opportunities for success in your personal, professional and community networks.

Academic Convocation

Signifying the beginning of your academic career, convocation is the first formal event you will attend as a student. An essential part of the FYE, students will get a sense of the academic community and the possibilities that await.

Learning Communities

The key component of the First Year Experience, the Learning Communities allow students to select a Cluster that is surrounded by a theme or cultural issue, while satisfying certain General Education and major requirements.

View the Clusters

Keystone Seminar

The study of Liberal Arts comes to life in this culmination of the First Year Experience. The Keystone Seminar is taken during the second semester and will enhance your critical thinking and writing abilities.

More Information

For more information about the First Year Experience:

Email the Director, First Year Experience: Art Vanden Houten

Email the Office of the Registrar