Hello, we're the orientation team.

We are so excited to help you and your classmates get ready for URochester this fall. Our team of professional staff and Orientation Leaders (pictured above) are dedicated to making your transition to the University as smooth as possible.

This is the first of our Rochester Ready newsletters you will receive throughout the summer. This newsletter (along with our website) will be your primary source for important information and key steps to preparing for the fall semester. As we get closer to your arrival on campus, we'll send these newsletters a bit more frequently. For now, the next one is scheduled to arrive in your inbox on Tuesday, June 30.
 
P.S. Is your email inbox crowded? No worries! Previous issues of the Rochester Ready newsletter, along with other emails from our office, will be available on our website shortly after they send.

Let's chat about academic advising.

As an incoming student, your academic advising and first-semester course registration will take place over the summer. Incoming transfer and exchange students will register as soon as they've met with their advisor, and first-year students will register on Tuesday, August 4 and Wednesday, August 5. Here's what to do to make sure you get the most out of your academic advising experience:

❑ Review the New Student Academic Guide. This online guide to academic advising, the Rochester Curriculum, and course registration will walk you through all of the steps of the summer advising process.

❑ Attend this morning's required academic advising and course registration webinar (or watch the recording). This webinar will detail the new student academic advising process, as well as the Rochester Curriculum, advice on what courses to take, and how to register for your first semester courses. Advance registration is required to join the Zoom webinar.

❑ Complete your writing self-placement survey by Monday, June 22. This placement exam, found in Blackboard, is required for all incoming students to help you figure out the best course(s) to take to fulfill your primary writing requirement.

 

❑ Request any academic disability accommodations you may need. If you are interested in accessing disability accommodations, exploring eligibility, or just identifying as a student with a disability, you encourage you to register with Disability Resources now to make sure you're ready for your first semester.

 

❑ Consider an exploratory course. As you're preparing to connect with your advisor, make sure to review the seminar courses offered exclusively for new first-year students. From design thinking to leadership skills, these one and two-credit courses allow you explore various interests and learn more about the opportunities available to you as a URochester student:

Have you started your online orientation program yet?

The Rochester Ready online orientation program is ready for you! If you haven't already, make sure to review our website to find all the tasks you need to complete before Saturday, August 21. 

 

We've designed the program so you can complete the required tasks at your own pace (with a few exceptions), but please make every effort to attend the required live webinars so you can ask questions and connect with URochester staff.

You and your family are invited!

Join fellow incoming students, along with current students, families, and University alumni, at virtual and in-person Welcome Celebrations, presented by the Office of Alumni Relations and Constituent Engagement and the Parents Program. Beginning this month, these events run throughout the summer and include exclusive opportunities for parents and families to connect.

Add these dates to your calendar.

❏ 9 a.m. (EDT): Academic advising and course registration resource webinar (required for all first-year and transfer students)

 

❏ Academic advising begins (first-year students)

❏ Complete your writing self-placement survey

 

❏ 4 p.m. (EDT): Health and wellbeing on campus webinar (required for all students)

A few quick reminders: 

Do you have a parent or family member that needs this newsletter? Make sure to add them to the Friends and Family section of your UR Student account to have a copy of the next issue sent directly to their inbox.

Get connected! Be sure to join the private URochester Admitted Students server on Discord, and the private URochester Families group on Facebook.

We're here for you. Contact us anytime at orientation@rochester.edu.