Sign up to be a First-Year Experience guide!
Are you ready to be the difference?
We are looking for dedicated undergraduate leaders to serve as First-Year Experience (FYE) guides. FYE is an eight-week program designed to welcome incoming students and orient them to the Christ-centered mission of George Fox.
Through an engaging off-site retreat and weekly cohort meetings, new students make meaningful relational connections and are given a strong foundation for the rest of their college experience.
Why apply? Because you are the “X-Factor.” FYE guides serve a critical role in helping new students make personal connections with others and begin a process of spiritual formation and faith integration.
Your impact is measurable. While typical first-year students struggle with a drop in well-being, students in our FYE cohorts saw their satisfaction with life increase throughout the semester. They also saw a growth in an orientation toward serving others.
Your leadership meets the core need for relatedness, creating an environment of trust that makes growth possible. As one student noted, their guide helped make FYE “the place on campus where she felt the most safe.”
We aren’t looking for experts! We are looking for mentors who can model both vulnerability and competence. We need guides who can walk alongside students as they navigate the big questions like: What’s my story?, Where do I belong?, What kind of person do I long to become?, How do I follow God’s calling?, and How can I love others well?
Student guides receive one academic credit, a small ($250) stipend, and specialized training in spiritual formation, leadership and communication.
If you’re interested, please email Travis Pickell (tpickell@georgefox.edu) or Rebecca Sandberg (rsandberg@georgefox.edu). You can also indicate your interest on this general student leadership application.