The transition from school to university can be a daunting one but the First Year Experience (FYE) at CPUT aims to help our new students settle in successfully.
FYE is an institution-wide, student-centred initiative that provides support to first-year students to adapt, engage and progress at CPUT.
“It is therefore important for first-year students to participate in FYE because FYE pulls together resources and helpful people available to first-year students. It equips first-year students with helpful techniques to maximise study habits, facilities to ease challenges with studies and university life in general and Support Services to help deal with personal issues says Dr Nosisana Mkonto, institutional coordinator for the FYE.
She encouraged first-year students to get in touch with mentors and retention Officers (ROs) who are based in faculties and can provide support to first-year students.
“Mentors and ROs are students themselves who understand first-year students’ challenges. The CPUT 101 programme available (online) on Blackboard covers a variety of topics that can assist first-year students with their studies and university life in general.”
Videos on the FYE are available at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CPUTfye.
The FYE offices are located as follows:
District Six campus:
Engineering Building room 4.51
E-Learning Centre, room 2.26
Bellville campus:
IT Centre, Room 1.04
Written by Ilse Fredericks
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