Orientation
Orientation at HT is your first step toward academic and personal success, integrating you into HT's educational opportunities and services while setting academic and social expectations.
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First Year Experience
Student Life
The Huston-Tillotson University First-Year Experience (FYE) is designed to connect first-year students to the university. FYE provides a wrap-around, holistic experience that offers a broad grouping of inclusive educational opportunities and student support services. First-Year Experience (FYE) Program is a comprehensive educational support system designed to assist students in making a successful transition to HT and higher learning. The FYE Program includes Ram Training Camp, which is Huston-Tillotson’s signature new student orientation program; a career based FYE project; instructors/advisors; Peer Learning Coaches (PLC); peer mentors; co-curricular programming; and a student-centered academic alert intervention support network.
Co-Curricular Programming
The First Year Experience program at HT provides structured out-of-class educational experiences that complement core curriculum courses, exposing students to internships, volunteer opportunities, and career goal
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Embrace education as a pathway to freedom, empowering individuals to think critically, act ethically, and contribute meaningfully to society.
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Academic Support
Our academic support services provide personalized resources and guidance to help students achieve their educational goals and excel in their studies.
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Ram Radar Early Alerts
Ram Radar Early Alert is a program of student centered intervention and follow-ups for students identified as having academic and/or personal difficulties. The program proactively provides feedback from instructors to the advisors (freshman seminar) and mentors (Peer Learning Coaches) to help students seek and receive student support services and other recommended actions that will help them succeed.
Appreciative Academic Advising
All freshman students receive intrusive, intentional, and appreciative advising from the coordinating instructor, whom they spend at least 2 hours a week with in their freshman seminar UNIV1101 and UNIV1102 courses. The academic advisor seeks to meet regularly to cultivate a strong relationship with each of their advisees wherein the student feels a valued and a shared responsibility of academic success.
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Peer Learning Coaches
Every freshman has been assigned a Peer Mentor to guide them during their freshman year. The Peer Learning Coaches are prominent leaders on campus that have been trained in tutoring methods and peer mentoring. We are very proud to have them mentor our freshmen students.
What Peer Learning Coaches(PLC) do
- PLC mentors reach out to new freshman to welcome, notify and inform them of HT- FYE events before they step foot on campus.
- The PLC mentors attend freshman seminar with their mentees and help guide students.
- They host weekly study hall sessions to tutor their mentees and provide individual learning consultations.
- Develop and coordinate co-curricular events and activities for our freshmen students.
- Are basically, your big brother or sister on campus.