First-Year Experience

The First-Year Experience office counsels and advises new students on how to be successful during the first year. The office provides transitional and mentoring services, developmental referral services, assists with new student orientation sessions, and collaborates with KSU faculty, staff, and student families to support students in the university's retention efforts. FYE is committed to advocacy and the empowering of new students as they journey through the many phases of university life towards graduation. FYE supports faculty in University Orientation 101, developmental courses, and other courses frequented by new students. The unit will collaborate with AWA faculty concerning student absences, student concerns, and personal issues, and then work to find solutions for improvement. FYE serves an advocacy role for new students in all areas of the University. Students are meant to feel that they are not alone as they matriculate through Kentucky State University. The office also oversees the Peer Mentors and First-Year Family Program, which is FYE's effort to keep students connected to the University while diminishing isolation. The goal is to assist new students in becoming active KSU students, connected to classes and to the University as a learning community. (Link to Student Support_FYE.pdf)

Office of Career Counseling and Placement

The mission of the Office of Career Counseling and Placement (OCCP) is to assist students with counseling needs for academic, personal, social and vocational development. Among the goals of the office are

  • Reach at least 90% of Freshmen Students in order to inform them of the career counseling services provided by the Center
  • Ensure that KSU students are provided daily career counseling services with at least 80% positive response
  • Plan and implement two annual Career Fairs for students, faculty, staff, and alumni
  • Provide career assessments to students at all levels through the System of Interactive Guidance and Information
  • Conduct Career Awareness and Educational seminars for KSU students

The OCCP has proven highly successful in its mission. In a study done by the Office of Post Secondary Education, KSU's Placement Office ranked number one in the State of Kentucky on job placements of their graduates. (Link to Student Support_CareerCounseling.pdf)

Office of Placement and Testing and Center for Professional and Career Development

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