Orientation Week is Changing

Did you hear? In July 2024, the Office of the President decided that a new Orientation program would be created in place of Orientation Week (O-Week). A task force consisting of four members of the administration was created to develop this new Orientation program.

The new form of Orientation will consist of 2 parts: a 2-day Summer Session in Houghton, MI and a 3-day Orientation Session. The Summer Session would be dedicated to academic departments and getting students a head-start on preparing for college. The Orientation Session would be a shortened version of Orientation Week with a more full schedule.

In response to this decision, the Undergraduate Student Government has created a committee to gauge undergraduate student perspective on this decision. The committee prepared a report on all of the survey findings, and makes recommendations about the Orientation program.