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University Orientation serves to help students understand academic requirements and get advising, said Jeb Branin, Convocations, Orientation, & Parent Services director.
With 110 new students to be welcomed, University Orientation took place Dec. 14.
According to www.suu.edu all incoming students are required to take UNIV 1010, the one-credit course title for orientation, among their other courses to “ease the transition to university life.” Students are also required to take UNIV 1000 while attending SUU, which is a course that helps students develop skills in a college atmosphere.
Students were given guided tours from orientation leaders to present the buildings of the university to them and learn the history of SUU.
Branin said incoming freshmen who attended University Orientation varied in age.
“We have a lot of returning veterans and returning missionaries,” he said. “But we usually have a smaller number of traditional aged students than during our summer sessions.”
Branin said studies indicate students who attend orientation are more likely to succeed in school than those who don’t.
“It has been nationally researched and is found to be valid nation wide,” he said. “Most universities require an orientation program.”
University Orientation is no longer called “freshmen orientation” because not all incoming students who attend orientation are freshmen.
Angielinia Everett, a freshman special elementary education major from Lodi, Calif., said she thinks there should be a separate orientation for non-traditional students.
Everett said she chose SUU because it’s a “good, local university with a good educational program.”
Tyrell Vance, a freshman biology major from Nephi, said he chose SUU because his siblings attend and found it “welcoming.”
“I really want to get a good education; there’s no doubt I can do that here,” Vance said. “I’m excited about getting in the learning atmosphere again.”
Vance said he thought University Orientation was a good experience because of the helpful, optimistic leaders.
For more information on University Orientation, contact Branin at 586-5419 or e-mail him at branin@suu.edu.
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