It's been said that freshmen are the lifeblood of a campus movement. I wholeheartedly believe that! Freshmen bring new life and excitement to your movement. Freshmen are also very strategic in terms of building a movement that will reach the whole campus. So, as a campus leader I did everything I could to do a better job year-after-year of reaching and involving freshmen.
One of the ways we did that was to pull together the freshmen for a meeting at our Fall Retreat each year. We actually did what we called "class seminars" which were special meetings for students in each class. This helped to bond them as a class and it helped them see thier unique role in the movement.
Below is an article explaining what I did for that freshman time. Feel free to copy it and send it along to anyone you think might find it helpful.
Fall Retreat Freshman Meeting Leader's Notes -