Orientation at the College of Charleston
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What is Orientation at College of Charleston?
As a student here at College of Charleston you have experienced orientation. Orientation is required of every new student who attends the College. The office of the New Student Programs leads almost all students through orientation and their introduction to life as a student at the College of Charleston.
There are a lot of people behind New Student Programs that make orientation happen. We have Stephanie Auwaerter the Director of Orientation and New Student Programs, an Associate Director of Orientation and New Student Programs, and Orientation Interns. All these people work together to help orientate hundreds of incoming students each summer. New Student Programs also works with students year around to help them anyway they can.
New Student Programs also work with office like Dining Services, Student Life, and Advising to make sure that New Students register for classes and know everything to start at CofC with confidence.
Why does it matter?
Why should you care about Orientation? Orientation is an important part of everyone’s journey at the College of Charleston. You should care because knowing about the offices on campus and about orientation helps to be aware of offices that can be of use to you.
How do you write as a part of Orientation?
Orientation is a discourse community that prides itself on providing information to both new students and those who continue to be students at the College of Charleston.
Be Informative:
Orientation’s main objective is to provide students with the important information needed to succeed at CofC this means that every member of the orientation team needs to be informed about the majority of the offices on campus and also how to find information if you don’t know the answer. As Stephanie Auwaerter says “If I don’t know it. I will find someone who does.” The picture to the right is one of the “4 Sheeters” that Orientation Interns hand out to students during orientation. As Orientation Interns we are also given these sheets to carry with us and study. Everyone who works orientation needs to be informed about all of these offices as well as be able to talk about all of these offices.
Be Professional:
During training for the Orientation Interns, Stephanie Auwaerter makes a point to talk about how as an Orientation Intern and a representative of the College of Charleston all eyes are on you. We are expected to be always on our best behavior. And go above and beyond when providing information and assistance to students and their families. Orientation Interns operate based on the rules given in our handbook. These rules lay out how we as employees are supposed to interact with people during Orientation and otherwise. If you wanted to be an Orientation Intern, you would be expected to be professional at all times even when a parent or student is rude or unkind.