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New Students

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All first-year students participate in Clark Navigator, our first-year experience program. The Navigator program is designed to help students transition to academic and campus life at Clark.

Through Clark Navigator activities, students are introduced to the full array of campus facilities, academic resources, social and co-curricular life, and events and opportunities in the Worcester community.

During their first semester, students participate in the Navigator, through which they:

  • Meet weekly with their NAV group, sustaining connections with their peers beyond orientation and throughout the fall semester. These meetings maintain a sense of community, build students’ resilience and self-advocacy, and encourage students to make informed decisions.
  • Receive guidance from a peer mentor, an upper-class student dedicated to steering students through the calm and storm of their first semester.
  • Choose from a menu of academic, co-curricular, community, and social activities.

More About Clark Navigator

  • Build community with fellow first-year students and a peer mentor.
  • Become oriented to the academic and co-curricular resources available at Clark and the Worcester community in order to engage in academic, social, and personal development.
  • Share resources and experiences with peers about opportunities for engagement and support on campus.
  • Find resources, events, or groups that help students find their sense of place at Clark.
  • Identify skills and strategies to transition to and be successful at college, academically and socially.