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Bear Life at UCA: Your First-Year Success Starts Here
Bear Life is your first-year success team at UCA. It connects you with success coaches, study support, academic workshops, campus resources, and fun opportunities that help you make the most of your first year. You’ll build strong habits, meet new people, earn Bear Life perks along the way, and learn how to navigate college with confidence.
College is a big adventure. You don’t have to figure it out alone.
猸� What Bear Life Offers
Bear Life connects you with the people, tools, and experiences that help you thrive at UCA:
- Personalized Success Coaching with trained peer coaches who understand what it鈥檚 like to start college and can help you adjust to academic expectations.
- Individual Wellness Check鈥慖ns with graduate success coaches to support your well鈥慴eing across the 8 Areas of Wellness.
- Study Hour Tracking at designated campus locations (including your LLC) plus peer study support.
- Major and Career Exploration events and Financial Wellness programs created specifically for first鈥憏ear students.
- Hands鈥慜n Academic Skills Workshops to strengthen your study strategies, test鈥憈aking, and more.
- Dedicated Study Spaces in the Student Success Center and other campus locations.
- Regular Updates and Tips from your success coaches through New Bear News and the Student Success Instagram.
- End鈥憃f鈥慡emester Celebrations recognizing your accomplishments 鈥� complete both semesters and your name will be added to the Bear Life Wall of Success.
Additional Perks for Bear Life Students
- Access to supportive staff during online and in鈥憄erson Bear Life Office Hours.
- An introduction to the Bear Bucket List and Bear Experience through the FYE Office.
- Game nights and special events just for Bear Life participants.
- Campus merch and door prizes for attending Bear Life activities.
Bear Life is sponsored by Student Success Services in collaboration with First鈥慪ear Experience, Student Advocacy and Community, Student Transitions, and Living Learning Communities.
Call us at (501) 852-2117, email us at bearlife@uca.edu, or stop by the Student Success & Veterans Resource Center #122 to聽see us in person.
