The Freshman College

First-Year Experience

• A week-long Orientation Program designed to introduce students to important components of collegiate life
• A special year-long Orientation Seminar focusing on the needs of first-year students
• Seminars held in small groups
• Seminar instructors who are key faculty, staff, and administrators at Claflin University
• Seminars that teach Claflin University history
• Seminar supplements which reinforce and extend all elements of the Orientation Week Program
• Departmental academic advisors assigned to each student
• Student Peer Orientation Leaders assigned to each seminar section

Mentoring

At Claflin University, everyone has the opportunity to serve as a mentor. A mentor can be a professor, an upper classman, or even your roommate. Our professors are ready to take new freshmen under their wings and mentor them in not only academics but also in life skills.

Student Leaders

Student leaders are upperclassmen with good character and morals. Each student leader is screened and interviewed by a committee. TFC assigns student leaders to small groups of incoming freshman to help build meaningful bonds. The student leaders assist the incoming freshman in utilizing all information and resources that are available to them.

For more information:

Mrs. Monica L. Greene, Director,
Phone: 803-535-5284,
email: mgreene@claflin.edu