"Serving as a FIGs staff member has been an extremely rewarding experience for me. I am continuing to learn more and more about each of the members of our FIG, and they have in turn helped me learn a lot about myself. FIGs has not only enabled me to become a better leader, but it has also guided FIG students on the path to both social and academic success at Indiana University. If you're reading this and have not yet been a student or staff member for the FIGs program, then what are you waiting for?! The experience is definitely worthwhile."

"I was in the science FIG this last semester and just wanted to let you know how wonderful it was. It really helped me having classes with the other students and it really helped me make good friends. I almost wish that there were more classes to take together second semester. The FIGs program helped me so much with my transition to college and I don't know how I would have survived without it! Thanks so much!!"

"FIGs has changed my perspective and direction in life by affording me the rare joy and privilege of touching the lives of three generations of freshmen. During my years as a staff member, I have developed into a confident mentor through the realization that the true power and passion of FIGs emanates not from the classroom, but from an experienced ear awaiting student voices. My sincerest hope is that anyone interested in teaching strives for a role in the FIGs program, as the experience offers a unique opportunity to serve as both teacher and friend. Because of FIGs, I now know I will spend my life in the service of students."

"The research is clear, undergraduate students who attach themselves to a campus group enjoy their college experience more, do better academically and are more likely to graduate on time than those students who do not. The FIGs program at Indiana University is a good program that is student focused. I enjoy working with them as an advisor/mentor. I highly recommend that any student considering joining a FIG should just go ahead and do it. It is one of the more memorable college experiences you will recall."

"I absolutely loved being a peer mentor for the FIGs program. I got to know and develop relationships with eight wonderful students while serving as a mentor for them as they successfully transitioned into college life. It's not easy leaving the comfort of high school and coming into a new and unfamiliar environment with 40,000 students at IU, but the FIGs program makes college life much less overwhelming by immediately creating a niche of incoming freshmen. I truly feel like I have had an impact on their lives and feel confident that they will continue down the right path."