LAS First-Year Experience (FYE) equips first-year and transfer students with the knowledge and resources for academic success and personal well-being, building community through LAS Liftoff, first-year courses, and opportunities to connect with peers.
Academics
We asked current LAS students, “what do you love about being a student in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences?” From the real-world practicality of their majors to opportunities to explore outside of them, read what they had to say.
In March, an Instagram Stories series featured a competition among the most popular study spots in LAS to crown the Most Popular LAS Study Spot. Viewers of the stories were able to vote on their favorite study spots using Instagram polls.
Through the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and my majors’ departments, I have had countless life-changing experiences. How can I do all I do and still graduate in four years? I utilized the excellent resources that our college has to offer.
Elizabeth Scherschel (she/her) is a junior in classics, with minors in history and anthropology. She explains her process transferring into LAS from the Division of General Studies.
Sophomore Lica Liu reflects on her first time attending the Global Student Leadership Summit in the Fall of 2023 as part of the LAS Global Leaders Program.
Sophomore Marica Szczybura reflects on her experience as an intern at the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections.
In the summer of 2023, a handful of LAS students participated in the IHSI's Community-Academic Scholars Initiative, which matches undergraduates with academic mentors and community partners to address issues affecting our community. We caught up with two of them to discuss their experience.
Abbey Knize, a senior majoring in intradisciplinary psychology, shares tips and tricks for keeping focus while working on coursework.
To celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month, we asked a few what they have gained as humanities students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Read what they had to say.