Director : Kim Parent
E-Mail : Kim.Parent@sa.ucsb.edu
Web Site : http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/orientation

• Two-day Summer Orientation Sessions for new freshmen and their parents
• One-day Summer Orientation Sessions for new transfers and families
• Graduate student Orientation during fall quarter
• Quarterly Orientation meetings for new students
• Discovery Days activities during fall pre-instructional days
• Publication of the UCSB Student Handbook, Kiosk
• Publication of Transfermations, a newsletter for new transfer students
• The mission of Orientation Programs is to provide for continuing services and assistance that will:
  • aid new students in their transition to the institution;
  • expose new students to the broad educational opportunities of the institution; and
  • integrate new students into the life of the institution
• To provide new UCSB students (freshmen and transfers) with assistance during their transition to campus, Orientation Sessions are offered each year between June and August. During these sessions, students receive academic advising, meet faculty and other new students, tour the campus, and select and register for fall quarter courses. Parents of new students also attend Orientation to meet faculty, learn about academic expectations and student support services, preview the challenges faced by students in their first year at UCSB, and become familiar with the campus.

• Sample faculty lectures for freshmen during Summer Orientation
• Faculty panels during Summer Orientation for parents of new students
• Faculty welcome addresses for students and parents during Summer Orientation
• Departmental academic advising during Orientation Sessions for transfer students
• Contribution of faculty essays to the Kiosk (student handbook)