Timeline

January

  • Winter Orientation Program
  • Applications for Orientation Leader Position due
  • Orientation Leader Group Interviews conducted
  • Faculty/Staff Mentor Applications mailed out
  • Advertising/Applications for Orientation Office Staff available
  • Interviews for Orientation Office Staff conducted

February

  • Orientation Leader Personal Interviews conducted for selected students
  • Mass Meetings held for prospective Peer Mentors
  • Orientation Office Staff positions offered

Late February/Early March

  • Orientation Leader selection completed and students notified
  • Interviews for Mentorship Communication Coordinators conducted

March

  • Orientation Leader Training Sessions begin
  • Orientation Office Staff training/work begins
  • Fall/International Orientation Leaders hired
  • Welcome Event Solicitation begins
  • Peer Mentor applications due
  • Mentorship Communication Coordinator selected

Early May

  • Orientation Office Staff begins working full-time
  • Spring-Half Orientation Program
  • ONSP moves to Markley
  • Mentee applications mailed out to incoming students

Mid May

  • Day-long Transfer Orientation Sessions held

Late May

  • Welcome Promotional items can be ordered
  • Orientation Leaders begin working full-time; training continues

Early June

  • First Freshman Orientation Program

Late June

  • Summer–Half Orientation
  • Additional Transfer Orientation

Mid-July

  • Welcome Information mailed to new students
  • Mentorship Group information begins to be mailed out
  • Another Transfer Orientation Session

Early August

  • Last Freshman Summer Orientation Program concludes
  • ONSP returns to Student Activities Building

Mid-August

  • Transfer Orientation Sessions
  • Orientation sessions for Faculty/Staff Mentors conducted

Late August

  • Fall and International Orientation Programs conducted
  • Welcome Week begins

Early September

  • Orientation Office Staff complete work
  • Selection of ONSP Front Desk Staff (if necessary)
  • Mentorship Program Kick-Off

October/November

  • Mass Meetings/Orientation Leader Selection Process Begins
  • Parents Weekend (dependant upon football schedule)

December

  • Day-long Transfer Orientation Sessions held