The FYE Mentor Program

Don't worry – we've got your back.

Each FYE course set is equipped with an experienced student mentor trained to supplement the insights of advisors and instructors.

Hand-picked by FYE course instructors, FYE mentors offer practical, 'on-the-ground' advice about courses, student life, and the Colorado Springs area – everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Your FYE Mentor may ...

• Offer informal, welcome-to-college advice about the Block Plan, time management, and social life – from a student's perspective.
• Tag along on course-related excursions and events.
• Introduce you to campus activities, student committees, and Colorado Springs.
• Organize informal discussion sessions for you and your FYE classmates to talk through readings, prepare for assignments, and review for exams.
• Arrange occasional social events and FYE "reunions" throughout the year.
• Give you the lowdown on courses, the points system, and the layout of the first-year academic schedule before all-college preregistration in Block 7.

Your 2011-12 FYE Mentors with corresponding faculty and courses:

Alejandra Chavez Contreras‎
SP304/305 Spanish Cultural Context, Oral Practice, and Written Expression
Salvatore Bizzaro

Alexei Desmarais
PH201 History of Modern Philosophy
Ivan Mayerhofer

Amy Rippe
EN207 Masterpieces of Literature: Greeks to Moderns
Kyle Torke 

Andi Ruybal‎
FG100/FG206 and HY200 Introduction to Feminist & Gender Studies/History of Modern Feminism
Heidi Lewis, Donna Drucker

Andrew Streight
GS101/122 Freedom and Authority
Dennis McEnnerney