Cougar Climb: First-Year Experience

Completion Requirements: Five (5) required items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Download the Navigate 360 App
• Attend a Student Wellness Workshop
• Attend a Safer Sex Workshop
• Get to Know the Campus — Complete the one (1) item:
  • Study in the Nancy Thompson Learning Commons
  • Visit the Writing Center
• Get Involved — Complete two (2) of the following items:
  • Attend Freshman Convocation
  • Make an Appointment with an Academic Coach
  • Book a Tutoring Session
  • Attend an ACCESS Tutoring & Mentoring Study Night 
  • Attend a Nancy Thompson Learning Commons Hosted Event
  • Attend an Academic Engagement Event

Completion Requirements: Three (3) core items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Establish Personal Branding! — Complete one (1) of the following items: 
  • Create a LinkedIn Profile
  • Upload your Resume
• Get to Know the Campus — Visit Career Services 
• Get Involved — Complete one (1) of the following items:
  • Attend a Career Services Workshop 
  • Attend a Job Fair
  • Attend a Career Development Event

Completion Requirements: Three (3) core items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Get to Know our Campus — Visit a Service Specialist 
• Get Involved — Complete two (2) of the following items:
  • Participate in a GE 1000 Approved Civic Engagement Service Project 
  • Register to Vote
  • Pledge to Vote
  • Record five (5) Hours of Community Service on Cougar Link 
  • Attend a Civic Engagement Event
• Vote in the Student Government Association Elections — Complete one (1) of the following items:
  • Vote in the Student Government Association (SGA) Freshman Class Election
  • Vote in the Student Government Association (SGA) Annual Election 

Completion Requirements: Two (2) core items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Get to Know the Campus — Complete one (1) of the following items:
  • Visit the Office of Belonging and Community Engagement
  • Visit the Holocaust Resource Center
  • Visit the “Heroes of the Holocaust!” Gallery Human Rights Institute Gallery
• Get Involved — Complete two (2) of the following items:
  • Attend an Office of Belonging and Community Engagement Hosted Event
  • Attend a Holocaust Education & Resource Center Hosted Event
  • Attend a Cultural Organization Hosted Event
  • Attend Culture Fest 
  • Attend a Unity Week Event 
  • Attend a Global and Cultural Awareness Event

Completion Requirements: Two (2) core items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Get to Know the Campus — Complete one (1) of the following items:
  • Visit the D’Angola Fitness Center
  • Locate the Kean Wellness Center
• Get Involved — Complete one (1) of the following items:
  • Attend a Kean Wellness Center Workshop
  • Attend the Health & Wellness Expo
  • Attend a Health and Wellness Event

Completion Requirements: Three (3) core items must be completed

REQUIRED ITEMS

• Join a Student Club or Organization
• Download the Navigate360 App
• Get to Know the Campus — Complete two (2) of the following items:
  • Visit an Involvement Specialist
  • Visit the Student Government Association (SGA) Office 
  • Visit the Hub 
  • Visit the Miron Student Center Game Room
• Get Involved — Complete two (2) of the following items:
  • Attend Kean Day 
  • Attend Meet the Greeks
  • Attend a Homecoming Week Event
  • Attend an Involvement Week Event
  • Attend the Student Involvement Fair 
  • Attend an Involvement National Day Tabling
  • Attend a Student Government Association Hosted Event
  • Attend a Senate Meeting
  • Attend a Class Board General Body Meeting (ex: Freshmen, Class of 2029)
  • Attend a Social Engagement Event

DEADLINE
Go to Cougar Link to access the Cougar Climb path and track your progress to complete your badges in the program.

Incoming Students Fall 2025: Cohort 1
Start Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025
End Date: Sunday, April 12, 2026

Incoming Students Spring 2025: Cohort 2
Start Date: Friday, January 24, 2025
End Date: Friday, December 5, 2025