Programs for First Year Students

First Year Experience Program (FEP): 

Each fall, 60 First Year students share a floor in Larned Residence Hall, forming a community of learners who support each other in adjusting to the academic, intellectual, emotional, and social demands of life in a college setting. Entering First Year students who are interested in the FEP program secure their place on the floor through the Office of Residence Life.

First Year Academic Honor Society: 

Framingham State College has established a chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, a national academic honor society for First Year students who achieve a 3.50 QPA in either their first semester or cumulatively over the first year. New members are initiated in March each year.

Course Clusters (First Year Fall Semester):

At registration each year, new students are offered the option of choosing three "clustered" courses and one additional course (rather than four "stand alone" courses). The clustered courses are taught by faculty members who are interested in the first year teaching and learning experience. Students who choose a Course Cluster enjoy a simplified advising and registration process at Orientation, and can easily form peer support and study groups with other new students in the cluster once classes begin.

For more information, call the College's 

Office of Orientation and First Year Programs

(508) 626-4637

or e-mail

orientation@frc.mass.edu