What is an Online Orientation?

Definition An Online Orientation is a type of virtual orientation where students go through a set of online slides and quizzes to learn more about campus. These slides/quizzes are often called modules. Online orientations can be used to cover a variety of topics from intro to campus, alcohol education, racial sensitivity expectations, and more. Examples… Continue reading What is an Online Orientation?

Five Ideas for your Next New Student Orientation

Orientations are some of the most difficult events to plan for. Because every university is different, orientations don’t really have a completely standard format. As an event planner, you really have to come up with activities that fit particularly for your students and university environment. To that end, we’ve prepared 10 ideas for you to… Continue reading Five Ideas for your Next New Student Orientation

How to Host a Hybrid Event

Don’t know what a Hybrid Event is? Check out this Blog Post or this Wikipedia Article. Hybrid Events are one of the top 4 trends facing the event industry in 2021. Virtual events were the norm in 2020, but with COVID slowly looking like it’s behind us, many event administrators are looking to re-instate physical… Continue reading How to Host a Hybrid Event

What’s the point of a Virtual Career Fair?

Virtual Career Fairs aren’t the most straightforward thing in the world. They lack the in-person interaction of physical fairs, can be tricky to coordinate, and confusing to employers. So what’s the point of Virtual Career Fairs anyway? In this article, we provide some major points addressing this specific question. In this article, we assume you… Continue reading What’s the point of a Virtual Career Fair?

4 Hybrid Orientation Ideas for 2021

2020 was a crazy year for Orientation Directors. COVID understandably made in-person events near impossible, but how the heck were students supposed to get the orientation experience? Thankfully, virtual events presented themselves as a feasible solution. Now that it’s 2021, COVID seems to be slowly clearing up. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exactly make things simpler. Now… Continue reading 4 Hybrid Orientation Ideas for 2021