{"id":1370,"date":"2020-05-04T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T19:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/?page_id=1370"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:35:08","slug":"orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Student Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__hero panel panel-hero site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"hero\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper imageoverlay site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<figure  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-panel__hero-bg-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Spring2018-004-e1582814709346\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/Spring2018-004-e1582814709346-1600x636.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/Spring2018-004-e1582814709346-1152x458.jpg 1152w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/Spring2018-004-e1582814709346-1600x636.jpg 1600w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/Spring2018-004-e1582814709346-2304x916.jpg 2304w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content site-panel__hero-content--grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-panel__hero-title\" id=\"welcome\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Welcome!<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__hero-desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t     data-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou will likely hear the phrase <em>&#8220;Welcome to St. Olaf&#8221;<\/em> dozens of times over the coming months and trust us, we mean it! We are thrilled you are joining our St. Olaf community and we cannot wait to welcome you as you begin your journey as an Ole! New Student Orientation (NSO) is here to help you as you navigate the college transition &#8211; let&#8217;s get started!\r\n<a style=\"color: #ffffff00; float: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?p=1085\" data-stolightbox=\"\">.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--gray\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/home-page\/white_background\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/White_Background.png\" data-orig-size=\"584,268\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White_Background\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/White_Background.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/White_Background-300x138.png\" alt=\"New Student Orientation\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" \/><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">The mission of New Student Orientation is to introduce incoming Oles to St. Olaf and to provide the tools to navigate their academic and co-curricular experience while living in a vibrant residential community. In order to give you these tools, the New Student Orientation experience is filled with workshops, sessions, and social opportunities to connect with your fellow Oles and our campus.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/orientation\/outcomes\/\">Read more about our Learning outcomes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"I&#039;m an Ole button\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/02\/imanole-e1644785158815.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69de7634b5733 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69de7634b5733\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-right vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: right;\">Let&#8217;s get <strong>started<\/strong>!<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">We know all this can feel a little overwhelming. Don&#8217;t worry, we have you covered! <strong><em>The New Student Checklist <\/em><\/strong> will keep you on track over the summer as you prepare to join us this fall!<br \/>\n<strong><em>The Checklist will not be accessible to the Class of 2030 until May 2026<\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nQuestions? Just reach out to <a href=\"mailto:newstudents@stolaf.edu\">newstudents@stolaf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/deposited\/\" target=\"\">New Student Checklist!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><\/summary>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Spring2018-143\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/files\/2020\/05\/Spring2018-143-e1588689277881-1600x932.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n                \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69de7634b7c14\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-left vert-middle no-height-set\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>What&#8217;s up, <strong>Class of 2030?!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>We cannot wait to meet you! New Student Orientation for incoming first-year Oles will begin on <em><strong>Friday, September 4th, 2026<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0through the start of classes on <em><strong>Thursday, September 10th, 2026<\/strong><\/em>. 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