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Summer orientation changes set tone for great Miami experience
Ann Koblenzer
Issue date: 6/19/09 Section: Editorials
These changes to summer orientation are a great way to give incoming Miami first-year students the personal assistance they need to succeed at a larger university. Summer orientation sets the tone for the beginning of one's Miami career, and meeting new people, spending your first night in a residence hall and playing corn hole in Met quad is only part of that experience. Finding a place where one feels comfortable to seek academic help when its needed is even more important. Students need to know their advisers are there for them and use them to their full potential.
The individual meetings can also help students who are still on waiting lists at other universities or not 100 percent certain about college decide Miami is the place for them.
Having students arrive early to their advising session to browse a miniature "Mega Fair" is a great way to get them interested in the various clubs that make Miami unique before the stress of classes and roommates makes them think they are too busy.
Orientation has also been updated for parents. Rather than them all sitting in Hall Auditorium getting information they may have already heard or don't feel they need, parents can prioritize and learn more on the subjects with which they are the least familiar. Parents will have more incentive to actually attend these sessions if they feel they really need the information.
These updates to the first three days of a RedHawk's Miami experience can change the conversation during the ride home from worries about graduating on time or finding one's niche to excitement about the beginning of four (or five) amazing years ahead in the beautiful red brick buildings.
The individual meetings can also help students who are still on waiting lists at other universities or not 100 percent certain about college decide Miami is the place for them.
Having students arrive early to their advising session to browse a miniature "Mega Fair" is a great way to get them interested in the various clubs that make Miami unique before the stress of classes and roommates makes them think they are too busy.
Orientation has also been updated for parents. Rather than them all sitting in Hall Auditorium getting information they may have already heard or don't feel they need, parents can prioritize and learn more on the subjects with which they are the least familiar. Parents will have more incentive to actually attend these sessions if they feel they really need the information.
These updates to the first three days of a RedHawk's Miami experience can change the conversation during the ride home from worries about graduating on time or finding one's niche to excitement about the beginning of four (or five) amazing years ahead in the beautiful red brick buildings.
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Bill
posted 6/19/09 @ 12:41 PM EST
As a staff member and a parent of an incoming Freshman, I was impressed with Orientation last week. I would offer one suggestion (though none was sought from parents, which surprised me), the sessions held after dinner on the first day could be pushed into the morning of the second day. (Continued…)
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