The First-Year Program at Trinity College is designed to integrate the academic and residential life of first-year students. The Program includes first-year seminars which are designed to train students to write, discuss, and think critically. In the seminars, students explore an intellectually challenging topic with 12 - 15 of their classmates. Seminar instructors serve as the academic advisor students use until they declare a major, usually in the fourth semester at Trinity. An upperclass peer mentor supports the students in each seminar, providing general academic assistance, including writing, computing, and advising support in the classroom and residence hall. Beyond the classroom, the First-Year Program introduces students to the academic resources of the College and the Hartford community.

Important Dates in 2008:
6/12 or 6/13 or 6/16	Thursday or Friday or Monday	June Advising Days
08/28	Thursday	First-year students arrive for check-in day and the beginning of first-year orientation.

If you have comments or suggestions you would like to make to the First-Year Program Directors, please feel free to send us email.