Current FWYS Students

C4E Competencies

Our goal is to provide you with a holistic experience. In addition to your one-on-one meetings with your Scholar Contact, the Community for Excellence (C4E) aims to ensure every student demonstrates competency in key skillsets that will empower you in your collegiate journey at CSU and in your future endeavors. We’ll do this by introducing you to CSU resources early on, giving you the tools to connect to your career field, and sharing skills that will support your success in the classroom and beyond.

Your experience in C4E will focus on the following 6 competencies:

• Academic Success
  • Your academic success includes understanding academic expectations, utilizing resources that support you in the classroom, developing effective study strategies and skills, and ultimately defining what success looks like for you.
• Career & Professional Development
  • Your financial well-being is an important part of being a student. C4E will support you in understanding financial aid requirements and policies, effective budgeting, and developing skills that will set you up to meet future financial goals.
• Financial Wellness
  • Your financial well-being is an important part of being a student. C4E will support you in understanding financial aid requirements and policies, effective budgeting, and developing skills that will set you up to meet future financial goals.
• Leadership & Involvement
  • An important part of your college experience is getting involved on campus and in the community. Whether you’re an active member of a student organization, learning through an education abroad opportunity, or developing your connections within your academic department, being engaged will help you thrive as a member of the CSU community and prepare you for life at graduation.
• Life Management
  • The life management competency focuses on skills like navigating conflict in your living situation, meal prepping or cooking on a budget, understanding and signing a lease, finding affordable housing or childcare, and commuting. C4E supports you in developing the everyday skills you’ll continue to use for years to come.
• Personal Growth & Identity
  • The personal growth and identity competency is about understanding yourself, setting personal goals, caring for your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health, and finding a community who will support and challenge you to be the most authentic version of yourself.

Check out:

• C4E Community Events
• C4E Scholars Portal

Program Requirements

1. Meet with your Scholar Contact 2 times each fall and spring semester; 1 time a semester if enrolled in summer
   • If you are not maintaining 2.0 GPA, meet with your Scholar Contact every month
2. Complete a Community for Excellence Trail each fall and spring semester
3. Complete a Participant Agreement each academic year
4. Send graduation plan to Scholar Contact, with estimated graduation of no later than Spring 2026
5. Complete financial aid application by March 1^st
6. Make Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) or have a successful appeal

Important Dates

Full Academic Calendar