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Even the Best Laid Plans of Orientation Directors Go Awry The University of Tulsa New Student Orientation & First Year Experience Yolanda T aylor, Associate Vice- President of Enrollment & Student Services and Dean of Students
Yolanda T
Melissa Abramowitz, Director of
Introductions History of Orientation Program at TU History of FYE Program Best Laid Plans for August 2003 Questions/Discussion
Before Orientation 2000
Five 3-day sessions during the summer One 5-day session during August One 8-day session during August T
Issues What & why did we change?
Orientation 2000-2001
Rise of the AdvenTUre Trips! – week-long
Issues What & why did we change
Orientation 2002 and Beyond
Fall of the AdveTUre Trips!
Hurricane AdvenTUre – “CANE CAMP” 3 days on-campus and 3 days at Camp
Issues What & why did we change?
Introduction of 1001 Course & FYRE program in
Mutation within each College Desperate Measures in 2002 Future of FYE Program
Acquiring Presidential Support and Approval Building campus consensus Using student, faculty and orientation leader
The importance of program evaluation in
Hope for the future Best laid plans for August 2003