Through mentoring between senior and junior level students, new freshmen and/or transfer students receive assistance in adjusting to university life in their first semester. The program also helps these new students become more familiar with skills needed as distance learners.

The Academic Coaching Program is designed to provide support to new freshmen and transfer students to help them successful adapt in their first semester. It is similar to the Mentoring program in its goal to give assistance, but differs as students are assigned their own academic coach who provides academic help during the semester.