June 14, 2024
Dear parents and guardians of incoming Yale College students,
Next week, students will learn their residential college affiliations, along with the names of their suite mates and first-year counselors, and their Camp Yale programs. Together with the college heads and deans, these are important advisers and communities that will orient them during and well beyond their first few weeks on campus.
Also supporting the community are the Peer Liaisons, upper-level students who serve as mentors. They are affiliated with the residential colleges and Yale's eight centers or offices: the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Chaplain’s Office, La Casa Cultural: Latinx Cultural Center, the Native American Cultural Center, the Office of International Students & Scholars, the Office of LGBTQ Resources, and Student Accessibility Services. Students can request as many PLs as they like, before or after they arrive.
Finally, the entire community has the support of the Community and Consent Educators, a diverse group of undergraduates who work to foster a positive sexual and social climate on campus and aim to create a campus culture where respect, mutuality, and mindfulness are the norms.
With best wishes from campus,
Hannah Peck
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Yale College Dean's Office
(she/her)
June 14, 2024
Dear Class of 2028,
Residential college affiliations will be available on Thursday, June 20, at noon EDT. That's when you will also receive your room assignments and the names of your suite mates, a welcome from your new college, and an introduction to some of the people in it you will get to know over the next few years, including your Head of College (HoC) and Residential College Dean (RCD).
Which college am I in?
Available June 20, 2024, 12:00 noon EDT
Your college will be your home base, and it will provide you with an immediate community when you arrive. The colleges are big enough to find people with shared interests and experiences, but small enough to feel like home. Each one has its own traditions – which you will soon learn – and will connect you to events happening in the wider Yale community, like arts performances, athletic competitions, and research presentations. Your peers love to be cheered on by friends from their college!
Your college will also connect you with two groups of peer advisers who work specifically with first-year students: First-Year Counselors and Peer Liaisons. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work with the Communication and Consent Educators (CCEs). They are a select group of students, trained to reimagine and foster a positive campus culture.
FIRST-YEAR COUNSELORS (FROCOS)
The First-Year Counselors, or FroCos, are seniors from your college selected to help you in your transition to Yale. When you find out your residential college assignment, you will also find out who your FroCo is. Each FroCo is assigned a small group of first-years for the year. You will attend orientation events with your FroCo as a small group and begin to plan your academic path with their support as well. Think of your FroCo as your first stop for getting your questions answered during the year. They are likely to know the answer, but if they don’t, they can connect you with someone who does. You are bound to have countless questions now, but rest assured that many of them will be answered later this summer.
PEER LIAISONS (PLS)
The Peer Liaison Program, now in its fourteenth year, was created to provide additional mentoring through events and initiatives that aim to support first-year students through their transition to Yale College, especially those who belong to systematically minoritized groups. Peer Liaisons, or PLs, are trained upper-level student leaders affiliated with the residential colleges and one of the following eight centers or offices: the Afro-American Cultural Center, the Asian American Cultural Center, the Chaplain’s Office, La Casa Cultural: Latinx Cultural Center, the Native American Cultural Center, the Office of International Students & Scholars, the Office of LGBTQ Resources, and Student Accessibility Services.
You can request a Peer Liaison after you have received your residential college assignment.
Request a PL
Available June 20, 2024, 12:00 noon EDT
You can request a PL from as many centers or offices as you wish. After you submit your request, you can expect to hear from your PL in mid-August before classes start. If you forget to submit your PL request form, you will have more opportunities during Camp Yale and throughout the academic year to opt in by just letting a PL know.
COMMUNICATION AND CONSENT EDUCATORS (CCES)
The Communication and Consent Educators (CCEs) are a large, diverse group of undergraduates working together to foster a positive sexual and social climate on campus. The CCEs aim to create a campus culture where respect, mutuality, and mindfulness are the norms. The work of the CCEs takes many different forms, one of which is running workshops for incoming students during orientation. These are a great opportunity for you to meet the CCEs.
See the current list of CCEs →
At any point during your time at Yale, you can always write to the Office of Gender and Campus Culture to reach a CCE.
CAMP YALE PROGRAM LEADERS
As part of Camp Yale, you will participate in a Camp Yale Program (CYP). Your welcome letter from your residential college will also include your CYP assignment. The CYP leaders are yet another community of undergraduates who will help welcome you to campus and guide you through Camp Yale. Each CYP leader cares deeply about the programs they are working with, and they will be an excellent resource to connect you to campus.
The colleges, FroCos, PLs, CCEs, and CYP leaders cannot wait to welcome you all to Yale!
Warmly,
Dean Peck
Hannah Peck
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Yale College Dean's Office
(she/her)
COMING DATES AND DEADLINES
June 12
Earliest day to schedule a peer advising session, required of all first-year students.
June 26
Earliest date to enter vaccination record information and upload all health-related documents (applies only to incoming students not participating in First-year Scholars Program or Yale Summer Session)
Link coming in late June.
June 30
Deadline to upload photo ID for identification card
July 1
Summer online placement exams begin
July 8
Deadline to complete family information card
July 15
Deadline to submit health forms for Camp Yale programs