orientation week
New student initiation
Orientation week is a period at the start of a school term—usually at universities—when new students are introduced to campus life before classes begin.
Activities typically include tours, social events, and information sessions.
Often shortened to o-week or freshers' week in British usage.
- welcome speechIntroductory address for arrivals
- student unionAcademic community center
- getting lostBecoming unable to navigate
- study skillsMethods for effective learning
- dormitoryStudent living building
dorm room · faculty · icebreakers · making friends · library · networking events · freshman · nametag · move-in day · group activities · time management · cultural exchange · nervous · awkward · student handbook · peer mentoring · safety protocols · academic advising
- college lifefreshman, freshman year, sophomore, junior, classes
- campus eventsopen days, campus tours, convocation, club fair, alumni events
- university studentscampus life, dorms, dormitory, dormitory life, exams
- weekMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- orientationdirection, north, south, east, west
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
orientation weekfinals week
Term-ending assessment stretch
exam period · senior week · reading week · midterms · dissertation defense
orientation weeksenior year
Last year before graduation
veteran status · graduation · alumni weekend · homecoming · departure