Orientation for first-year students at the University of Wyoming will be held online this summer. In response to the pandemic, the University has decided to “redesign [orientation] to incorporate online informational modules and virtual sessions with faculty, staff, and current UW students throughout the summer,” according to the UW office of admissions.
Despite Wyoming’s plans to reopen and lift quarantine in early May, the University of Wyoming has decided to play it safe and conduct orientation online for the summer of 2020. Before things like gatherings over 20 people and handshakes become commonplace again, the general public has to adapt to the situation, making online orientation an accommodation of the current times.
First-year orientation is often anxiously awaited, or dreaded, by college students every year. The process is meant to be a fun introduction to college life, allowing students to meet new people and better grasp what they’re about to experience. Orientation is seen as widely beneficial; students get to learn about and sign up for clubs, explore campus, eat at the dining hall, and stay a night in the dorms. This glimpse into freshman year is reported to make the transition easier. Online orientation will be vastly different from past years and may not be able to deliver the preparations that in-person orientation has.
As we move forward in the coronavirus pandemic, it’s becoming more apparent that certain aspects of our society will be altered for a substantial amount of time. The road back to normalcy is gradual; however, quarantine is the first step to returning to our regular routines. Moving orientation to online is a part of that effort to quicken the process.
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