Technology makes freshman orientation a breeze

AMANDA FINNEGAN STAFFWRITER AJF724@CABRINI EDU

New technology was in full bloom at this summer’s freshman orientation. At the 2004 orientation, the process was greatly improved from the previous orie ntation by web registration, instructions and the math placement test taken by freshman prior to orientation. But for this year’s orientation, Dr. Charles McCormick, dean of academic affairs, had a greater vision of an “electronic gateway.”

The gateway was then designed and developed by Chris Shields and Lauren Kupniewski of Information Technology and Resources. The program was up and running before orientation started. Students received their CabriniOne accounts and were connected to Cabrini before even coming to college, making the transition easier.

When students logged on to the WebCTorientation page, they