New orientation weekend welcomed freshmen

BY CHRISTINE ERNEST ARTS& ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR CME722@CABRINI EDU

Orientation for new students at Cabrini College occurred during the week prior to classes starting.

Orientation is for Cabrini College freshman residents, freshman commuters and all transfer students. There were roughly 600 students that went through this year’s orientation program.

This was the first time Cabrini College tried a different way of conducting orientation for new students. In the past, orientation would take place in the middle of the summer. This year the orientation for new students took place from Aug. 24 through Aug. 29.

Cristina D’Amelio, a junior psychology major, was the Orientation Coordinator for this year’s orientation program. She worked on planning the orientation for the new students for three months over the summer. Moreover, D’Amelio planned and conducted the training of the student orientation leaders.

Achallenge is keeping the new students captivated while having to inform them of all the new information needed for their college experience.

“Although every freshman class shows resistance to the orientation program, I feel it was a success,” said D’Amelio.

During the day, there were rotations of presentations to welcome the new students to the college. The presentation also facilitated the new students with learning all of the offices and administration they would need to know for the duration of their college experience here at Cabrini.

“There is no way to please every incoming student, but we tried to make it as exciting as possible,” D’Amelio said.

There were activities planned in order for the freshman to bond with their fellow classmates. There was a casino night held in Grace Hall and Jazzman’s Café. The Grace Hall portion had casino games like blackjack and a roulette table. The Jazzman’s portion of casino night had karaoke set up for the students to participate in.

Also there was a comedy sports night which consisted of a Philadelphia-based improvisational group that had sports-relat- ed improv material. The closing event of the new student orientation was the Involvement Fair that highlighted all of the clubs and organizations students could join here at Cabrini College.

“Almost every college and university has an orientation program and I think everyone runs into the same problem of trying to captivate the incoming class. All in all, Cabrini’s orientation program is the best overall,” said D’Amelio.

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