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Tag: Orientation

Orientation leaders spearhead new college adaptation program for first-year students

Posted on September 17, 2015September 16, 2015 by Anna Erickson

What if I do not like my roommate? How hard are classes going to be? What should I major in? These are some potential thoughts running through the heads of incoming freshmen. Luckily for freshmen, these thoughts will cease to exist anymore. The newly implemented First Year Transition program, an orientation extension within the inquiry…

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Orientation: What does it really do?

Posted on September 18, 2014September 19, 2014 by Anna Erickson

Before Concordia freshmen enter their first classes and their college years beyond, they must undergo three activity-packed days of orientation. Though many students feel orientation properly introduced them to Concordia, they have mixed feelings about how things were handled.  Greg Fensom, a freshman, claimed orientation did not correctly describe the true college lifestyle. “The image…

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Hands for Change

Hands for Change sends 730 students to serve

Posted on September 11, 2013September 11, 2013 by Grace Jensen

On August 26, roughly 730 students, 80 Orientation Leaders, and 40 faculty members headed out into the Fargo Moorhead area to participate in the Hands for Change event. This year marked the 20th year that Concordia College incorporated the volunteer program into orientation week. Moriah Nelson, this year’s director of Hands for Change, began organizing…

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New Assessment Methods

Posted on November 4, 2011January 21, 2012 by Melisa Barish

Each year, incoming freshmen take one of several exams to assess different aspects of their experiences coming into college. For upperclassmen, these assessments took place during freshmen orientation. However, this year’s freshmen weren’t required to take assessments during orientation. Instead, they were asked to participate online in their free time. These changes were decided when…

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