The Common Experience
The first year of college is full of new changes and experiences. The Common Experience is a year-long course designed to aid students in their transition from high school to the Fisher College Community. Through academic and social activities, and interactions with their Common Experience instructors and support from peers, students are equipped with the skills needed to achieve success during their first year.
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About the Program
The Common Experience is a seminar style course offered to freshman in their fall and spring semesters. Over two semesters, first-year students are given the skills necessary to become informed and active participants in their academic and post-collegiate career ... more
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Peer Mentors
Peer mentors in the Common Experience Program are students who demonstrate a positive attitude, enthusiasm for Fisher College, and a willingness to provide insight into one's own first-year experience to the incoming class ... more
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Common Experience Calendar
The Common Experience features credit-bearing seminars on intellectual and professional aspirations, a speaker series/community theme, and skills sessions ... more
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Contact Information
Program Coordinator, Common Experience Instructors, Peer Mentor Coordinators and Peer Mentors ... more



