• presentations by invited faculty across the disciplines
• presentations by faculty serving as First-Year Advisors
• community service project
• workshops

UNIV 1101 begins during  Freshman Orientation on Monday, August 20, 2007. Class activities begin on the Academic Mall at 9:00am and continue throughout the day at various locations. Students perform three hours of community service during the afternoon.

During the 2007 Fall Semester, UNIV 1101 continues with weekly classes on Friday afternoon through October 19.

Two workshops on Foresight and Planning and Physical Health and Well-Being complete the Odyssey sessions that freshmen are required to attend.



Winning words
with a lucky ring. Odysseus’ son rejoiced;
the boy could sit no longer–fired up to speak,
he took his stand among the gathered men.

Book 2: Telemachus Sets Sail 36 – 37
The Odyssey Translated by Robert Fagles






^{Telemachus and Penelope, Image by David Claudon}