New Student Orientation at Â鶹ŮÀÉ
Getting Ready for Your First Semester
Starting college comes with a lot of questions, and our new student orientation program, SOAR, is here to help. SOAR guides you through what you can expect at Florida Atlantic and helps you prepare for your first semester with confidence.
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New Student Transitions & Family Engagement
About Us
New Student Transitions & Family Engagement At Â鶹ŮÀÉ, we provide personalized assistance to new students and their families from admission to graduation. Our Team works with the community to provide quality transitional experiences that maximize students' ability to achieve their dreams, goals and optimize their potential.
New Student Orientation
Â鶹ŮÀÉ’s New Student Orientation program is designed to provide a clear and concise introduction to the university community. The program shares important information with students and their families regarding academic and student services. New Student Orientation is offered over the summer for students enrolling in the Summer or Fall semester and November through January for students enrolling in the Spring semester.For more information about New Student Orientation for undergraduate students, please click either the First-Year or Transfer Orientation links below.
Student Orientation FAQs
Students must have completed 30 credits of college level coursework since graduating high school.
All students must complete a self-directed virtual orientation at a cost of $35. In addition, students may opt into a live virtual or in-person orientation at no extra cost. Students must still complete the self-directed virtual orientation course whether they join in-person or through the live-virtual session.
The self-directed virtual orientation will take around 2 hours to complete. The live virtual orientation and in-person sessions are around 4 hours long.
No, it is optional. Only the self-directed virtual orientation is mandatory.
Students can access the self-directed virtual orientation at https://canvas.fau.edu one hour after making payment. Students must achieve a score of 100% on all quizzes to satisfy the orientation requirement.
No, academic advising is separate from orientation. Students should schedule an appointment with a College based academic advisor through Starfish. Full instructions are given in the advising module in the Owldone portal https://owldone.fau.edu
This depends on whether a student has already met with an academic advisor for their new student advising appointments.
If they have completed this step, then students should contact an advisor in the college of their intended new major.
If students have not yet attended their new student advising appointment, they should contact the Transfer Student Services Advising Coordinator by emailing transfer@fau.edu. This staff member is also available to talk to students who have not yet declared a major to explore options.
If they have completed this step, then students should contact an advisor in the college of their intended new major.
If students have not yet attended their new student advising appointment, they should contact the Transfer Student Services Advising Coordinator by emailing transfer@fau.edu. This staff member is also available to talk to students who have not yet declared a major to explore options.
Office of New Student Orientation
Phone:
(561) 297-2733
Email:
orientme@fau.edu
Address:
Hours:
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.