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First Year Programs
- Aim Seminar
- First Year Programs
- First Year Passport
- Second Year Programs
- Faculty Involvement
- Graduating Year Experience
- Registration Revisited
First Year Programs
Get connected your first year!
First Year Programs offers programs to help new students form connections and make UNT their home! Programs are led by First Year Programs Leaders and are a way for students to meet others and learn about how UNT will support them.
Fall 2026
Ambitious, Involved, and Motivated (AIM) Leadership Seminar Informational Session
Looking to jump start your leadership development? Want to learn more about yourself, your leadership philopsophy, and ways to get involved on campus? Students who have participated in AIM have gone to be Orientation Leaders, and even the Student Body President! Join us for an information session about our AIM course or register for the classe here.
Monday, August 10, 2026
1:00 PM
Union 339
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
1:00 PM
Union 339
Class Schedule Tours
Want to walk through your classes and where they will be? Join us for the Class Schedule Tours! OTP's First Year Program Leaders will be ready to help you find and plan your route to classes.
Monday, August 10, 2026
2:30 PM
Union Library Mall
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
1:00 PM
Union South Lawn
First Day of School Photos
Come take a first day of school photo to commemorate your first day at UNT and your new journey in college!
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Library Mall
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Library Mall
First Year Mixer
Wanting to make new friends but not sure where to start? Join us for the First Year Mixer! It will be a fun-filled evening desgined to help you break the ice and build your campus community. Whether you're extroverted, introverted, or somewhere in between, we have something for you!
Thursday, August 20, 2026
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Union 382
Orientation Reunion
Come reunite with your orientation leader and catch up with them! We will have snakcs, and your orientation leader will tell you all the ways to make the most of your first year at UNT!
Thursday, August 27, 2026
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Union 314
First Year Connections Kick- Off
Interested in joining a First Year Connections community? Join us for our First Year Connections Kick-off event where you will get a chance to hear from all the different communities and learn how to join them!
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
TBD
First Year Tailgate
College Football is a different ball game! Come hang out with us at our first tailgate of the year! We will have lawn games, food, among other fun things for you to engage in!
Saturday, September 12, 2026
TBD
Clark Park
Registration Revisited
Don't remember how to register, ran into a weird issue while registering for classes, or didn't meet with an advisor in time? First Year Program Leaders will be in different residence ehalls, the union and on Zoom to assist you!
Monday, November 2, 2026
7:00 AM
Kerr, Joe Greene, Clark, West, Union 394, Zoom
Spring 2027
Party in the Park
We're inviting all first year students to join us to celebrate the ending of their first year in college with infatalbles, lawn games, snacks and more!
Thursday, April 22
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Clark Park