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
- UNIV 101
- Welcome Week
- New Student Convocation
- First-Year Text and Essay Contest
- 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.