New student orientation is about helping freshmen to be successful but also creating a fun way to ease into college.
As a student, planning this event is a major task that involves working with the Center for Student Engagement and Leadership according to a new student orientation leader.
“The hardest part of preparing for Orientation was hammering out all of the fine details,” senior new student orientation leader, Danton Moyer, said. “Planning things in the abstract is hard enough, but I learned that event planning has everything to do with the fine details that you don’t always think about.”
Along with Morgan Sperratore, Moyer worked with the SEAL office to ensure that from Fri. Aug. 28 through Sun. Aug. 30 the class of 2019 was able to be welcomed to campus for orientation with traditional events like a class photo and a family picnic.
“A lot of orientation is similar year in and year out,” Moyer said. “This is because it has worked well in the past and because the days are really jam-packed and it is difficult to alter things significantly.”
According to Cabrini’s website, orientation is a great way for new students to become social on campus and also learn about how to be successful during their time in college.
“The crucial objective is to ensure we create avenues for new students to form relationships and foundations of success on campus,” Moyer said.
Orientation involves a lot of dedication and work to make the event successful, but at the end of the day those involved with the event seem to not only feel excited to play a role in the first moments of freshmen’s college lives, but also enjoy the events.
“Although everyone who facilitates orientation enjoys themselves, the whole purpose is to offer support, resources and a welcoming community to the new students,” Moyer said.
The importance of welcoming and helping freshmen adjust to college is what drew Moyer to become as involved with the event as he did.
“I was motivated to get involved with orientation my sophomore year because I saw it as an opportunity to contribute to a program which has such a crucial interest in acquainting new students with Cabrini and pushing them towards success,” Moyer said. “Since then, I have had great experiences being a part of the orientation team, seeing our efforts translate into meaningful progress.”
Although a large portion of orientation involves educating freshmen for their college career and helping them meet advisors and friends, orientation offers a more relaxed way to ease into the year before classes begin.
“My favorite part of being involved with orientation was seeing all the new students enjoying it,” Moyer said.
