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Freshmen Quests
The Freshmen Quests Learning Community is comprised of two phases to immerse the incoming freshmen into the WSU community. Phase I is a three day, two night canoeing and camping trip on the AuSauble River and takes place prior to the start of the fall semester. Phase II occurs on campus with class time in the fall semester. The trips are designed to completely orient incoming freshmen to the college experience at Wayne State University. The students form relationships with the other 28 incoming freshmen, meet faculty and staff from the university, get a better understanding of university departments and services, and most importantly, have fun! Each trip will be led by an upperclassman student leader. Chris Nolan, Director of Campus Recreation will also be on each trip. Additionally, one or two WSU “experts” will be accompanying the group. These experts are faculty and staff from various departments whose goals and passion are student success. During the day the group will be challenged on the water or hiking trail, and in the evenings around the campfire they will be challenged with in-depth conversations about how to succeed on campus. There will be formal and informal conversations about study skills, team building, dealing with stress and many other varying topics. All camping and canoeing supplies will be provided for the students so there is no need to worry about sleeping bags or tents. Upon registration for LFA 2560 students will be given additional guidance about what types of clothing are appropriate on the trips. There will be a pre-trip meeting for each section and students will be provided with dry bags to pack their clothing. This LC is linked with LFA 2560 (CRN: 15470 and 15471) for the Fall 2015 semester.
Christy Nolan (313) 993-4378 cnolan@wayne.edu