First Year Experience’s essential intent is simple and ambitious: To support our students’ educational persistence and facilitate the design of a meaningful life.
FYE is the largest first-year academic program on the NAU campus, supporting approximately 3,000 students annually. We host a variety of courses and programming intended to support students’ first-year transition into college, build student success competencies, engage in meaningful developmental experiences, build motivation, and above all to find one’s unique path towards a fulfilling existence.