First-Year Experience

First-Year Experience Program

The purpose of the First-Year Experience (FYE) Program is to assist new students in their successful transition to the academic and social aspects of college life. This is accomplished through students’ enrollment in the First-Year Experience courses (FYE 100, FYE 101), their participation in the summer and fall orientation programs, their involvement in 33 campus clubs and organizations, and their active participation in more than 100 workshops and programs organized throughout the year by the Student Resource Center, Career Services, Student Activities, the Class of 2015 Student Advisory Board, and the FYE Program Office.

The First-Year Experience courses are taught by instructors who also serve as their FYE students’ faculty mentor/academic advisor for their first year at Martin Methodist College.

The 2013-2014 FYE Faculty Mentors are:

• Judy Ashmore, Instructor of English
• Dr. Jac Cole, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Kim Dunnavant, Coordinator of the Evening College Program
• Greta Henglein, Director of the First-Year Experience Program
• Dr. Albert Hughes, Professor of Music
• Dr. Kayla Wiggins, Professor of English and President of the Faculty Senate
• Mike Wiggins, Instructor of History
• Tim Wilson, Instructor of Sport Management
• Dr. Doris Wossum-Fisher, Associate Professor of Psychology

Annual First-Year Experience Program highlights include:

• Fantastic Fall Awards (First-Year "Celebrities")
• The Roommate Game
• FYE Awards of Excellence Ceremony in March
• Fall and Spring Academic Awards Receptions
• Majors/Careers "Coaching" Sessions
• Academic Skills Workshops
• Leadership in Action Programs
• Service-Learning Projects in FYE 100 and FYE 101 courses
• Fall and Spring Activities Fairs
• RedHawk Relays in September/October

For more information about the First-Year Experience Program, please contact Greta Henglein, Director of the First-Year Experience Program, at 931.424.7350 or ghenglein@martinmethodist.edu