University of Delaware First Year Experience (FYE)

Rebecca Skloot talks to University of Delaware Freshman.

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/oct/skloot-lacks-freshmen-101411.html

Author Skloot recounts scientific legacy of Henrietta Lacks 2:01 p.m., Oct. 14, 2011--Even as a youngster, Rebecca Skloot wasn’t afraid to question authority and raise issues that others discounted or discarded.

HeLa Essay Contest Deadline is Monday, Sept. 26th!

Essay Contest - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | First Year Common Reader All first-year students are invited to submit a short essay related to this year's common reader as well as a question for the author. The essay contest winners will be invited to a special limited seating presentation by Rebecca Skloot and a member of the Lacks family.

The Target event has been rescheduled! Thursday, Sept. 15 from 10:30pm - 12:30am. Buses will take students to Target for this Back to School, Exclusive, After-Hours Shopping Event!

UD construction projects were in full gear over summer months 9:50 a.m., Sept. 2, 2011--While many members of the University of Delaware community were away from campus during the summer, work continued on construction projects ranging from the new University Bookstore to the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory.

Vice President to make public appearance at UD 11:19 a.m., Sept. 1, 2011--Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will visit the University of Delaware on Friday, Sept. 16. Biden will donate his Senatorial papers and deliver the James R. Soles Lecture on the Constitution and Citizenship.

1743 Welcome Days rescheduled 2:03 p.m., Aug. 30, 2011--Hurricane Irene may have pushed back move-in and the start of classes, but Student Life is making every effort to reschedule many of the activities from 1743 Welcome Days.

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Check out our new common reader site: http://commonreader.fye.udel.edu/

Home Page | First Year Common Reader The shared common reader is a unique opportunity to engage in a meaningful conversation with your fellow students and to begin to share in the intellectual life of the entire UD community. The book is read before arriving on campus with speakers, films, and other cultural events, organized around t

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot has been chosen as the common reader for Fall 2011 first year students!

Would you like to be a Fall 2011 Peer Mentor for the FYE Program? Apply at http://www.fys.udel.edu/content/peer-mentor-application. The deadline is Oct. 22 at 4:00pm.

Peer Mentor Application | First Year Experience Please note: All peer mentors are required to take a one credit class that meets for 2 hours a week in the second half of the Spring 2011 semester and must meet a minimum cumulative GPA requirement of 2.8.

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/sep/alum-burundi-health092910.html

Journey of discovery leads UD alum to Burundi health clinic : University of Delaware 10:37 a.m., Sept. 29, 2010----When Eva Koehler arrived at the University of Delaware in the fall of 2001, she began a journey of discovery that led to places far away from the Spencer, N.Y., community where she grew up.

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2011/sep/deogratias-burundi-fye092410.html

Burundian clinic founder brings story of help, hope to UD : University of Delaware 8 a.m., Sept. 24, 2010----Deogratias Niyizonkiza's incredible odyssey began when he boarded a plane in Bujumbura, Burundi, in 1994, leaving behind a country being ripped apart by genocide and civil war.