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Students often find their transition to college is a challenging experience. With this challenge in mind, ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT provides additional support to its participants, as they navigate the week of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT.

Students are assigned in "ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT Packs," a group of approximately seven students in the same ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT bootcamp. Each pack has a Pack Mentor, an upperclassman who has demonstrated success as a student. Many of our Pack Mentors have been past ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants, so they understand the value of the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT experience and can serve as a guide to their Pack members. Packs and Pack Mentors are an important part of the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT experience and the intensive transition to the university.

This is their Pack throughout the week of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT. We encourage our participants to establish close relationships with their mentors and with the other members in their Pack. These relationships help build a supportive network for one another as they experience the same challenges, and celebrate their successes, throughout ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT.

Most Pack members are freshmen in the same major or college as their mentor, but some Pack members may be Exploratory students.

Each ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT camp designs their own specific schedule of activities they feel will benefit a student in their college. Colleges offer major-specific lectures taught by tenured faculty. Students take exams and/or are assigned projects related to these lectures.

Working in their Packs, students attend study sessions and participate in activities with their Pack mentor. They are assigned time to complete homework at the Tutoring Center and other support service locations on campus.

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFit camps also use skill sessions led by various university officials (Financial Literacy, Technology Skills, Wellness, Inclusion, Fitness Class, etc.) during the week of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT.

All camps except for ScienceFIT, BizFIT and HealthFIT, will participate in a math course during ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT. In most but not all cases, this math course will be the same math course you have been placed into for the fall semester based on your SAT, ACT, AP, or ALEKS placement test.

If you have questions about your ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT math or the math you are enrolled in for the fall semester, please be in touch with your academic advisor.

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants are enrolled in a one-credit class. If you do not see this on your schedule, please email the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT office at ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT@unr.edu.

Tuition rates apply to this one-credit class along with an additional $250 course fee. Both the tuition and course fee are applied to the fall semester payment due the Friday before fall semester classes begin: August 23, 2024. All payments can be made through . If you have been notified that you are receiving a fee waiver, this waiver will be automatically applied to your account and no action is required.

Note on Course Fee: Financial assistance to cover the course fee of $250 fee may be available for students with demonstrated financial need. Please please email the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT office at ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT@unr.edu for more information.

For additional questions about calculating costs and understanding financial aid can be answered by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. Questions regarding tuition payments and fees can be addressed by the Cashier's Office.

Prior to arriving to ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT, students should be prepared for their stay, meals and travel needs.

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT meal information

• All ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants regardless of whether they live on or off campus will be provided with continental breakfast, lunch and dinner beginning Monday, August 19 through Thursday, August 22. Students are encouraged to bring additional snacks and drinks. Gluten-free and vegetarian options will be available but students with highly specific nutritional needs should plan for those needs by bringing suitable meal alternatives or meeting with the campus nutritionist.
• ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants with an on-campus housing contract will also have meals provided by their meal plan beginning the day they arrive for their move-in day.

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT lodging information

• ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants with an on-campus housing contract 2024-2025 academic year will be assigned a move-in time prior to the start of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT with Residential Life, Housing and Food Services. Details will be made available at a later date. More information on housing can be found through the Office of Residential Life, Housing and Food Services.
• ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT participants without an on-campus housing contract who are not planning on living in the residence halls are responsible for arranging their own housing during the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT session.
• Students arriving prior to their assigned move-in date can find lodging information through the

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT parking information

• If you will be parking on campus for the week of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT, you will be required to have a parking permit. If you purchased a parking permit for the Fall Semester, it will be valid beginning August 19 where your permit is valid.
• ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT students who have not purchased a fall semester parking permit may download a free parking pass for ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT week available on the Opening Weekend website.

For ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT, please be sure to bring the items listed below in addition to completing your first ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT assignment on before your assigned check-in time.

Required items

• iPad, keyboard, and Apple pencil
• Comfortable closed-toed shoes
• Exercise and/or comfortable clothing for fitness classes
• Medications
• Reusable water bottle

WolfCard

If you did not already pick up your Wolf Card during summer orientation, please send in your photo virtually to the WolfCard page. You will be able to pick up your Wolf Card during New Student Check-In if you submitted your photo virtually. 

Recommended items

• iPad sleeve that will hold your iPad and Apple Pencil
• Headphones or earbuds. To be compatible with your iPad Air, you will need headphones or earbuds that are Bluetooth or have a USB-C connection
• Backpack or bag
• Other preferred school supplies for the start of term
• Additional preferred snacks
• Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
• Umbrella
• Parking permit (can be accessed on the Opening Weekend website)

Camp-specific items

• Biz-FIT and LiberalArtsFIT: Professional/business attire for one day
• J-FIT: yoga mat (recommended, not required)

If a circumstance arises that may cause you to be late arriving at ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT, please email nevadafit@unr.edu as soon as possible to request approval from the appropriate camp coordinator, and to arrange accommodations for missed material. Please make every effort to arrive at ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT on time. Not all requests will be approved.

ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT excused absence and makeup course policy

Students will fail the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT course if they do not participate AND do not receive a formal excused absence prior to the start of the program. Students granted an excused absence to miss the in-person week of ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT will be enrolled in the 15-week, online, fall semester course. Please contact the ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT Office at nevadafit@unr.edu to request approval for the makeup course. Since ÁùºÏ±¦µäFIT is a required one-credit course for all incoming freshmen, exemptions are only offered in extreme circumstances.