On-Campus Activities:

Freshmen are required to attend cultural and/or intellectual activities that are selected by the Freshman Seminar faculty. These could include anything from student theater productions to distinguished lecturers.

Recent activities:

• William Julius Wilson (highly honored Harvard Professor of Sociology, author of numerous publications on racial issues), distinguished lecturer
• Global Capitalism: Road to Utopia or Road to Serfdom? A debate by Dr. April Aerni and Dr. Harry Murray (professors at Nazareth College)
• Dr. Mark Plotkin (ethnobotonist and author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice), distinguished lecturer
• Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize winner, former New York Times columnist, novelist), distinguished lecturer
• Ondekoza (Japanese Drummers), Arts Center event
• Rumors by Neil Simon, student theatre production
• Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, student theatre production

Out-of-Class Activities:

All Freshman Seminar sections participate in at least one additional out-of-class activity, which is determined individually by each instructor/class.

Recent activities:

• Dinner at faculty member's home
• Dinner at an ethnic restaurant (Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Ethiopian, etc.)
• Trips to local attractions including the George Eastman House, Memorial Art Gallery, Seneca Park Zoo, Rock Ventures, Strassenberg Planetarium, Letchworth State Park, the Amazing Maize Maze, etc.
• Attendance at a sporting event including Rochester Amerks hockey and Rochester Nighthawks lacrosse
• Attendance at a GEVA theater production followed by dessert