January Orientation Updates
Sent on behalf of the Office of New Student Orientation
Hello Advisors,
I hope the fall semester is treating you well and that you are all healthy and safe. Crazy to believe that we are in October and that it’s time to begin preparing for January Orientation. Please read this email in entirety for full details.
The dates for January Orientation are:
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Wednesday, January 6- Freshmen
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Thursday, January 7- Transfer & IAP
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Friday, January 8- Please hold in case there are students who need to be advised. This date will not be publicly advertised, it will only be used in situations where students have been recently processed and were unable to attend January 6/7.
Similar to this summer, January orientations will be held virtually and will follow the same processes, procedures and schedule.
- Wednesday, January 6- Freshmen (All Colleges) based on last year’s numbers, we can expect approx. 40-60 students
- 9:00 a.m.: Small Group 1
- 10:00 a.m.: College Visit
- 11:00 a.m. -5 p.m.: Advising Appointment
- 3-5 p.m.: Freshman Student Panel (drop-in pending advising appointment time)
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Advising appointments will be scheduled starting on 12/14 with final appointments scheduled and session closed 1/5
- Thursday, January 7 Transfer & IAP (All Colleges) based on last year’s numbers we can expect approx. 250-300 students
- 10:00 a.m.: College Visit
- 11:00 a.m. -5 p.m.: Advising Appointment
- Please note: IAP Students who will need to be advised will not be in VZ. If you have any of these students, we will communicate with each college individually.
- 3-5 p.m.: Transfer Student Panel (drop-in pending advising appointment time)
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Advising appointments will be scheduled starting on 12/14 and will close on 1/6. However, as always with the last session, we may have students processed hours before the day begins. In order to ensure they are registered for classes, this may mean that we may need to add students to open advising slots the morning of the session. If that is the case, we will notify you. If this is a concern, please let us know.
- Friday, January 8
- Special Circumstance Advising appointments
- 2-4 p.m.: Orientation Resource Fair (for freshmen and transfer)
Important Dates and Next Steps
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By November 2:
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Please email Jackie(bonillaj@mailbox.sc.edu) your College capacities. This is solely so we can cap the number of students per session. This is separate from scheduling appointments.
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Please email Jackie (bonillaj@mailbox.sc.edu) and let us know if you will have a pre-recorded college session or if you will conduct a “live” virtual college sessions.
- November 16
- Orientation registration officially opens
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By December 1:
- Update your orientation advising availability in EAB
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Advising Appointments will be assigned using the same procedures each college setup for the summer sessions. Please email Timothy (tml1@mailbox.sc.edu) to communicate any changes or confirm the EAB scheduling procedure.
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Update the advisor contact list
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Confirm all advisors have necessary and adequate access to Visual Zen (VZ). If advisors need to be added, you may do so here.
Lastly, we will not be utilizing Cocky’s Coop for the January sessions. For any documents or presentations you shared on Cocky’s Coop, we encourage you to either upload those files to your BB Collaborate Session or have advisors share them during the individual advising appointment. A decision about any future use of Cocky’s Coop during Summer 2021 will be shared during the Spring Semester.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Enjoy your week,
Your ONSO Team
Jackie, Timothy, Bethany, Jenn P., Jenn A and all the Orientation Leaders
