What Do Students Say About FIGs?

Here is what former FIGs students have to say about the program:

"I really enjoyed discussions and readings about problems we need to face and the differences that exist even within our own culture!"

"I really enjoyed the opportunity to be in a smaller class."

"I truly appreciated the readings and films that we watched. It's always great to find a space where such important topics are explored and made personally relevant."

"Without this class I never would have made the deep intellectual connections I now have with my peers."

"The research skills and strategies I learned were vital."

"It gave me the opportunity to make connections with faculty."

"It has helped me meet interesting people and like-minded individuals."

"I thought that by enrolling in a FIG I would get a jumpstart into my major. The FIG helped me make that connection."

"The most valuable aspect of the FIG seminar was living with other 'figgers' in Fairhaven."

"I started asking questions. Real questions . . . I have gained the motivation to think."

"One nice thing about this class is that we are taught useful things that will take us through . . . four years of school."

"We learned to not only answer the 'what' of a question, but also the 'how' and the 'why'."

"Before the FIG class, literacy just meant to me that you can read and write. But now I realize that literacy is more than that; it is talking, listening, thinking, researching, and how you interact with the world."