STAR: Successful Transition and Academic Readiness
Jump-start your university experience with the NAU STAR program
The Successful Transition and Academic Readiness (STAR) program ensures new freshmen who are Arizona residents a successful transition from high school into college. This summer’s STAR program will take place virtually with remote learning, virtual mentoring, and virtual programming.
In just over four weeks during the summer prior to the fall semester, you will take two classes totaling six credit hours that will fulfill liberal studies requirements and apply toward your undergraduate degree. You will get to know other new students, participate in peer mentoring, learn about NAU and the resources through virtual programming, and connect with one another and the STAR Program staff through virtual engagement activities. In the fall, you will arrive early to get to know the campus, our resources, one another, and the many opportunities available to you at NAU.
2020 Program Dates
STAR Virtual Program: Friday, July 10 – Friday, August 7
Academic Year Program on-campus at NAU: Peer mentoring throughout your first-year at NAU
Features of the summer virtual program for students include:
- Special remote learning instruction
- Creative virtual programming and engagement activities
- Weekly virtual peer mentoring
- Connect virtually with other first-generation college students
Features of the academic year program for students include:
- An introduction to a wide array of campus resources
- Events and activities to familiarize students with the academic and social opportunities on our campus and in the Flagstaff community
- Connect with your fellow STAR Program students
- Connect with your peer mentor
The application for the STAR program has now closed. If you have any questions please contact STARProgram@nau.edu.
