New Student Orientation 2008

New Student Orientation (NSO) is a comprehensive introduction to Wesleyan University. The program helps students build a foundation for academic and cocurricular success. New students were introduced to Wesleyan's academic rigor through meetings with their faculty advisors, faculty lectures, discussions, and skill-building workshops. Wesleyan’s vast array of cocurricular opportunities, resources, and services for students were also highlighted.

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President Michael Roth's Arrival Day remarks

Arrival Day Wesleyan University welcomed more than 700 new students and their families during the university’s annual Arrival Day on Aug. 26. Wes-HAUL, a team of volunteers that welcomed new students to campus, helped the new students unload their cars, carry belongings and answer questions.	(View images)
International Student Orientation International Student Orientation began four days before New Student Orientation to give international students time to recover from travel and acclimate to campus, to make cultural adjustments, and to connect with campus resources. ISO is designed to familiarize incoming international students with the academic life and culture at Wesleyan, and ease their transition to the United States. ISO concluded with a celebration dinner Aug. 25, where several of the international students donned attire from their native country. The dinner was followed by an outdoor reception.	(View images)
Academic Forum Students in the Class of 2012 had the opportunity to meet professors and acquire information on majors from all departments and programs during an Academic Forum Aug. 27 in Beckham Hall. Faculty and department representatives answered questions about course offerings and signed any "permission of instructor" and "prerequisite override" forms at the two-hour event.	(View images)
Common Moment Wesleyan celebrated its incoming students on Aug. 29 with the Feet to the Fire Common Moment. Led by the world renowned Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, the event featured a dance and a special performance by students and community members on bicycles, tricycles and unicycles. As part of the performance, the students assembled in the shape of a histogram that outlined the results of a campus poll on global climate change. The night concluded with a performance of fire-dancing by Wesleyan student group Prometheus.	(View images)