You don’t succeed alone—this class helps you get connected and "hooked up" by discovering the people, places, and resources that support success at Fort Lewis College. Using an escape room inspired format, students explore campus, solve challenges, and reflect on how to build a successful and balanced college experience. This course turns the first 8-weeks into an engaging adventure focused on connection, curiosity, and growth.

Learn how to make the most of your college journey by starting with yourself. This course combines self-awareness, career exploration, and life design to help you make intentional choices during your first year. You’ll explore your values, strengths, and interests, connect with others, and consider majors and careers—not as fixed destinations, but as possibilities. This is about learning how to navigate decisions, embrace curiosity, and author your own story.

Learn how to make the most of your college journey by starting with yourself. This course combines self-awareness, career exploration, and life design to help you make intentional choices during your first year. You’ll explore your values, strengths, and interests, connect with others, and consider majors and careers—not as fixed destinations, but as possibilities. This is about learning how to navigate decisions, embrace curiosity, and author your own story.

Learn how to make the most of your college journey by starting with yourself. This course combines self-awareness, career exploration, and life design to help you make intentional choices during your first year. You’ll explore your values, strengths, and interests, connect with others, and consider majors and careers—not as fixed destinations, but as possibilities. This is about learning how to navigate decisions, embrace curiosity, and author your own story.

This hands-on course is designed to introduce you to essential generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and teach you how to use AI intentionally, ethically, and effectively in your academic lives. You will gain foundational AI literacy, learn responsible prompting and evaluation strategies, and explore how AI can support studying, writing, research, creativity, organization, and wellbeing. Through guided activities, campus engagement, and reflective practice, you will build a personalized AI based academic toolkit to support your success throughout your time at Fort Lewis College. The course also addresses ethical use and biases in AI systems, including issues surrounding Indigenous representation and the importance of balancing AI assistance with human academic resources and support networks.