Hi all,

My name is Kathy Jicinsky, and I’m the Assistant Director of New Student Programs here at Miami. I’ve been asked to be a guest blogger today because my Office has big news for incoming first year students! Today, Monday, March 23 is the first day students are able to sign-up to attend an Orientation Program in June! After you confirm your enrollment at Miami, you will receive a postcard in the mail from my Office sharing information about signing-up to attend Orientation – probably many of you have already received this postcard. Beginning today, confirmed students can visit our brand-new website at www.muohio.edu/orientation to register for one of our Orientation Programs. Make sure you have your uniqueID and password available because you’ll need these things in order to sign-up for an Orientation program. You can find your uniqueID and how to determine your default password in the email you received about MyMiami.

Speaking of our new website, be sure to check it out when you get the chance! It’s filled with helpful information that you need to know about Orientation and other first year student programming. You can find information about Orientation dates, what you need to do before Orientation, what you should bring with you to Orientation, the awesome Orientation leaders (we call them SOULs—Student Orientation Undergraduate Leaders), and more!
Orientation is your time to get connected with other first year and current Miami students, learn more about our University and its history and traditions, reflect upon your goals for college, learn about campus resources, explore the campus, meet with academic advisors from your academic division, and register for fall semester courses. Our goal in the Office of New Student Programs is to help new students become confident, comfortable, connected, and curious through our programs, including Orientation. We call these the 4 C’s and you’ll hear more about them when you’re on campus for Orientation in June.

Please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions after reviewing our website at www.muohio.edu/orientation. We can be reached at 513-529-9771 or via email at orientation@muohio.edu. I can’t wait to help you discover Miami!

See you in June!!

Kathy

PS: The picture above is a group photo of the SOULs. They can’t wait to meet you this summer at Orientation!