Welcome New Aggies!
We are beyond excited for you to join us at UC Davis, where the most innovative ideas come from the most diverse minds. Here, you will be welcomed into our Aggie community—and challenged to push boundaries, outgrow the expected, and cultivate change. New Student Programs (NSP) is here to help you along the way, both in your Orientation experience prior to your first quarter, and throughout your first year at UC Davis.
Orientation First Year Experience
Mission and Values
As part of the Student Success and Equity Innovation department at UC Davis, New Student Programs is committed to welcoming all incoming undergraduate students and their supporters into the Aggie community. We want the transition to university life to be seamless, enriching, and comprehensive. We strive to meet this goal through two teams: Orientation and First Year Experience. Orientation provides a mandatory program for new students to complete before their first quarter, and First Year Experience offers programming and advising for new students throughout their first year at UC Davis. Both teams further our mission by tasks including, but not limited to:
- Introducing participants to university expectations and processes.
- Preparing participants for course registration and their college-specific academic requirements.
- Familiarizing participants with campus resources.
- Creating opportunities for participants to find their community at UC Davis.
New Student Programs is also committed to upholding UC Davis policies and the Principles of Community in everything we do. By following our values of mutual respect, equity, and continuous learning, we hope to create an environment where students can grow and cultivate change in the world around them.