{"id":300,"date":"2017-09-19T18:22:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/orientation\/full-schedule-june\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:49:37","slug":"public-schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/orientation\/public-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule of Events: New Student Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"300\" class=\"elementor elementor-300\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e10129b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e10129b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e8449e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e8449e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/div><div><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a style=\"font-size: 120%;background-color: #ffffff;color: #ff4d00\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/orientation\/schedule\/\"><strong>Register Today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">Session 1: Wednesday-Thursday, June 17-18<br \/>Session 2: Monday-Tuesday, June 22-23<br \/>Session 3: Thursday-Friday June 25-26<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt\">Session 4: Monday-Tuesday, June 29-30<\/span><\/p><p><u>Day 1 Highlights (Midtown Campus<\/u>)<\/p><ul><li>Morning Check-in on Litchfield Hall Plaza (rain: Newbury Hall) &amp; Welcome in Ives Concert Hall\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Students and families arrive, connect with Orientation Leaders, and attend a university-wide welcome. Parents attend selected sessions.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Late Morning Programming\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Rotations including ID services, technology sessions, and student engagement activities.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Lunch &amp; Resource Engagement\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Students connect with campus departments and support services through focused informational department visits.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Afternoon &amp; Evening Engagement\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Sessions focused on involvement, advising, recreation, and community-building activities to include entertainment.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Evening Community Building\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Residence Life introductions, social activities, and the overnight experience.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><u>Day 2 Highlights (Midtown &amp; Westside Campuses)<\/u><\/p><ul><li>Breakfast &amp; Title IX Program\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Focus on student wellbeing and university expectations.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Academic Program Sessions\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Students meet with deans, faculty, and some of our returning students to learn about their majors on their respective campuses.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Westside Experience &amp; Lunch\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Students shuttle to Westside for programming and dining.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Student Life &amp; Involvement\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Highlights of student engagement, career, athletics, and the arts.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Closing &amp; Departure<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li>Closing ceremony in VPAC, return to 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