Over 7500 new UW students receive the UW Planner every year, and thousands more go to current students, family members, and others in the UW community. Now on sale at the University Bookstore.

This year's selection, The Devil's Highway: A True Story, will be distributed to approximately 5,500 new students this summer as part of their introduction to campus. Upon arrival at the University, students can find opportunities to engage in the themes and ideas of the book through classes, discussion, events, and activities.

The entire campus comes together to provide new opportunities for interaction, community-building, and fun.

Husky Adventures are one-day excursions intended to give new students a chance to meet each other and get to know a professor in an informal off-campus setting.

Students enrolled in the Residential FIG program have a unique experience — they take classes together autumn quarter and live in Lander Hall, the First Year Experience Residence Hall.

For more than fifteen years, the UW's Freshman Interest Group (FIG) program has helped new freshmen register for their classes and make the UW just a bit smaller and more welcoming for autumn quarter.

Trigs allow transfer students the opportunity to meet other students with the same academic interests.

The Freshman Seminar Program offers first-year students access to small, discussion-oriented classes that many UW students may not experience until they are juniors or seniors.