{"id":51,"date":"2019-09-30T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-winter-2019-volume-1-issue-2\/the-honors-college-unique-opportunities-for-exceptional-students\/"},"modified":"2019-11-25T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:32:48","slug":"first-year-experience-fye-learning-communities-an-ideal-start-for-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvc.mycareerfocus.org\/winter-spring-2020-volume-2-issue-2\/first-year-experience-fye-learning-communities-an-ideal-start-for-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Experience (FYE) Learning Communities – An Ideal Start for New Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question:\u00a0<\/strong>What do you get when you go to class with new DVC students who share your academic goals?<\/span>
\n<\/span>Answer:<\/strong> You get a great start to your college journey, with the support needed to help you excel in your career pathway.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a learning community?<\/span><\/h2>\n

DVC learning communities enable students to take classes linked by common themes. DVC offers several of these groups to meet student needs<\/span><\/p>\n

First Year Experience Learning Community<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"FYE<\/span><\/p>\n

New college students may be interested in joining a First Year Experience (FYE) Learning Community. FYE provides an easy way to meet students with similar goals. Students take three or four classes together as a group. This helps ease the transition to college.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

FYE was launched to create greater support for new students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to boost retention and academic success for all new students. We also wanted to support students from underrepresented groups,\u201d said Raine Dougan, First Year Experience faculty coordinator.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Raine<\/span><\/p>\n

FYE includes:<\/span><\/p>\n