The FYE-Faculty Associates program consists of a series of residence hall communities where incoming first-year students are guaranteed first-year roommates. Students who live in these communities have access to full-time, first-year focused faculty who hold regular office hours conveniently inside their residence hall. During these office hours, the faculty associates who participate in this program are encouraged to engage these first-year students socially through hall events and activities hosted in collaboration with Residence Services staff. These faculty members also engage these students academically through organized study groups, tutoring sessions, general advising, involvement opportunities as well as career and major choice discussions.

This close contact with faculty is designed to assist first-year students through their transition to a collegiate atmosphere and a larger academic community. There is no required course work linked to joining the FYE-Faculty Associates program.