Student orientation policies are still being changed and reworked as Student Life begins gearing up for the fall semester that will mark the beginning of mandatory three hour orientations for all new students.
Last semester proposals on how to accommodate this new policy included everything from dissolving certain Student Life clusters to simply cancelling traditional Student Life events.
Now that the spring semester has started it looks like no clusters are going away. And, the formally proposed rule that would have students dropped from classes for not completing orientation by the first day will likely be more relaxed.
“Instead of having students get dropped from their classes for not complying, they will have their first semester to take care of the orientation requirement. A hold won’t be put on their account until the second semester starts,” Director of Student Life Cheryl Richard said.
The preliminary announcements of who will be in charge of running which clusters has been made and the schedule for orientation is being finalized.
“This semester is all about gearing up for how we are going to accommodate orientation in the fall,” SL Communications Coordinator Lori Blewett said.
The fall orientation schedule is being finalized. Orientations will start on Aug. 3 and run until Aug. 21. It will also be available online.
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