First Year Experience (FYE)

Programs and Events

First Year Experience

SPRING 2020 Events

ALICE Training 

Campus Safety is a top priority at Cleveland State University. The main objective of the A.L.I.C.E. (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evaluate) training video is to provide students, faculty, and staff with options to increase their chances of survival during an "Active Shooter on Campus" emergency. All students are required to submit a signed copy of this release form PRIOR to their required out-of-class activity, ALICE training conducted by Campus Police. 

All first-year students are required to register via the FYE VikesConnect page and attend one of the following trainings:

*Please note that if you have not registered with VikesConnect yet you will first be prompted to complete a profile. Then you can search for First Year Experience in the Organization search bar, go to our page, and then view all of our upcoming events. From there you can select which one you would like to attend and register

All students attending must at least 10 minutes prior to the training start time to complete the check-in process. Please bring a signed waiver and your CSU ID.


First Year Advising Workshop

Register via the FYE VikesConnect page to attend one of the following workshops:

*Please note that if you have not registered with VikesConnect yet you will first be prompted to complete a profile. Then you can search for First Year Experience in the Organization search bar, go to our page, and then view all of our upcoming events. From there you can select which one you would like to attend and register


TASC Success Skills Workshop Series Logo

Join team members from CSU's Undergraduate Studies departments to learn helpful academic skills (meeting goals, time management, note-taking, etc.) throughout Spring Semester! The Success Skills Workshops are one-hour sessions that focus on skills students need to develop and implement to be successful in college.

Please visit TASC's web page for dates and times of these events.


All of these events listed above are for credit in the FYE Seminar: Intro to University Life (ASC 101, ASC 101S, HON 101, NUR 101). All attendance is tracked, verified, and sent to instructors by the Office of First Year Experience.