WSU requires undergraduate Orientation for incoming, degree-seeking freshmen , transfer students and returning or transferring adult learners. Orientation is an important piece to your transition as a new student in Shocker Nation and one that's directly connected to student success.
At Orientation, Transition Mentors will connect you to important people and resources, help answer any questions you may still have about enrollment, introduce you to campus life and help prepare you for your first day of classes.
We'll also have lots of fun! Students starting at Wichita State directly out of high school will have a flexible, multi-phase transition process that begins once you have signed up for a Freshman Orientation program and completed your Enrollment Questionnaire and continues throughout your first semester. See phases below:. In the confirmation you receive after completing your Orientation Reservation and Enrollment Questionnaire, you will see a link to online modules you will need to complete in Blackboard our online learning management system PRIOR to attending the Orientation program for which you signed up.
These modules will be available May 1, and are a required part of the transition process. The in-person Orientation program will reference material in the modules, which will take about 30 minutes to complete. If you have already signed up for Orientation and need to find your confirmation, you can click on the " Sign up here! Freshman Orientation is a required, in-person, one-day program that will help you connect to people and resources on campus designed to help new students be successful and get the most our of their Shocker experience.
Within two weeks after attending Orientation, you will receive a link to the New Shocker Toolkit "course" in Blackboard, explained in Phase Five. We offer a number of programs the weeks leading up to the beginning of the fall semester for specific populations of students.
