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First-Year Seminar Instructor, Peer Leader Applications Now Open

Monday, February 27, 2023, By Diane Stirling
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The First-Year Seminar 101 leadership team and the Office of Academic Affairs are now recruiting faculty, staff and graduate students to be lead instructors and undergraduate students to serve as peer leaders for the First-Year Seminar program planned for the Fall 2023 semester.

Four information sessions are scheduled in March to offer an overview of how the program positions function. Course leaders, current instructors and peer leaders will offer details regarding course goals and outcomes, as well as the expectations and responsibilities of the positions. The information sessions are scheduled as follows:

  • Wednesday, March 1, 5-6 p.m. in Schine Student Center, room 228
  • Wednesday March 8, 10-11 a.m. in National Veterans Resource Center at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Building, room 018
  • Thursday, March 16, 2-3 p.m., virtually via Zoom
  • Monday March 20, 1-2 p.m., Hall of Languages, room 500

The First-Year Seminar is part of a commitment the University made to students in the 2019-20 academic year requiring all students to take courses covering diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility topics as they start their academic and social transition into the Orange community.

panel of speakers at table with moderator at right

At a training last summer, Kira Reed, right, moderated a conversation with campus partners from left, Kathryn Bradford, Scott Catucci, Kelly Delevan, Kate Holohan, Lorena Silva and Bennie Guzman.

The lead instructor position consists of the opportunity for faculty and staff to instruct a section of 19 first-year and transfer students as they start their Orange experience. FYS 101 is a one-credit academic course that is a graduation requirement for all incoming students. The lead instructor position application is open now on SU Job Opps.

Peer leaders are undergraduate students who facilitate classroom conversations and course activities throughout the semester. This leadership opportunity is a paid position and applications are currently open on Handshake, but will close on Monday, March 20, at 5 p.m. ET.

Advance registration is required. Further questions can be addressed to Jimmy Luckman, associate director for First-Year Seminar, at firstyear@syr.edu.

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