First-Year Experience

First-Year Programs

The first-year experience at Loyola University Chicago is full of unique opportunities to help you have a successful transtion to academic and student life at Loyola and make the most of your Loyola experience. Here is a sampling of those programs and opportunities: 

• Loyola University Chicago Orientation (LUCO)
• First-Year Newsletter 
• First-Year Text
• Start the Fire
• Welcome Week 
• New Student Convocation 
• UNIV 101
• Learning Communities 
• SDMA Mentorship Programs
• First-Year Research Experience (FYRE)
• Loyola 360 Retreat
• UNIV 102: Loyola Seminars
• First and Second Year Advising (FSYA)

If you have questions, or want more information, please contact firstyearexperience@luc.edu.