First Year Experience
The First-Year Experience is designed to help students prepare for the transition from high school to college. We strive to support all first-year students by creating innovative and engaging ways to connect students to resources and develop their sense of belonging to enhance the TCU student experience. First Year Experience signature programs are Frog Camp, Frogs First, and the First-Year Emerging Leaders Institute.
- Frog Camp immerses new students in TCU history and traditions, helps them establish new friendships and guides them to acquiring the skills they need to be successful in college. Along with upper-division students and members of the faculty or staff, Frog Campers find out what it means to be a Horned Frog, and along the way, they forge lasting bonds and friendships.
- Frogs First is a series of programs/events that serves as the campus welcome for new students. Frogs First is composed of Chancellor’s Assembly, Need 2 Know and a student organizations fair where students can learn more about how to get involved with the clubs and organizations on campus. Students will be led through this experience with a Frogs First Leader.
- The First Year Emerging Leaders Institute provides first-year students the opportunity to explore and develop their leadership identities and create an action plan for leadership and involvement while at TCU.