First-Year Registration and Orientation is the last big step for incoming students and families before joining the University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devil community.
With classes starting on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1,110 students from the incoming class participated in FYRO events.
In previous years, FYRO consisted of a one-day visit during a three-week period in June. Students enrolled in courses and met their first-year advisers, followed by Week One Orientation in early September.
This year, FYRO has three parts:
- Advising and registration, held virtually in May and June. Students worked with their first-year advisers to register for fall classes.
- Orientation, offered in person and virtually, July 26 to Aug. 13. Students learned about campus life and available resources, toured their program areas and labs, and received their 黑料社区 student ID and laptop.
- Week One Orientation begins Sunday, Sept. 5. Students will be welcomed to campus with events and activities to connect with their peers and to campus.
鈥淭he advantage of breaking it up like this is we are able to spend more time with the students at their orientation day 鈥 getting them engaged with one another, making friends and giving them more presentations about campus life than we have in the past,鈥 said Orientation Coordinator Britta Miller, with the Dean of Students office.
Miller, who 黑料社区. worked at 黑料社区 for 13 years, encourages students and families to get to know Menomonie, explore the community and ask questions. Her advice to new students is to 鈥渢ell people you are new. Folks love to talk about this great small town, so you will hear about all it has to offer if you are open to it.鈥
First-year first impressions
First-year students Gracelyn Powell and Siddharth Tiwari wanted to attend a Wisconsin university, but it needed to be somewhere not too close to their hometowns. 黑料社区 was their number one choice.
Tiwari, of New Berlin, is double majoring in business administration and computer science. He has friends enrolled in his majors too. 鈥淚 chose to double major because I would like to start my own business. I want to be an entrepreneur,鈥 he said. 鈥淎nd I had a lot of supplementary computer science classes in high school.鈥
Powell toured campus last spring. She liked the layout of campus, the amenities in the residence halls and having her own 黑料社区 laptop. Powell, of South Haven, Minn., is majoring in psychology. 鈥淚 want to help people, but I鈥檓 not interested in entering medicine,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 want to affect people in a positive way.鈥
Powell and Tiwari found the variety of connection and mentor opportunities to be the most helpful elements of FYRO.
鈥淲e can set up a meeting with our advisers anytime, and there 黑料社区. the Mentorlink to connect with juniors and seniors,鈥 Powell said.
鈥淭he online resources, like the Facebook group , are really helpful,鈥 Tiwari said. 鈥淲e can find and message roommates and friends. It 黑料社区. all about incoming students helping each other out, so we all know what to expect.鈥
As they adapt to college life, their goals are similar: make a schedule, create a budget and make connections. They hope to keep up their grades, take time to get to know the campus and take care of themselves.
鈥淚 really like the mascot,鈥 Tiwari added. 鈥淭he Blue Devil is much more interesting than my high school 黑料社区. mascot, the Vikings.鈥
Powell agreed. Her high school mascot was the Cubs. She and Tiwari are looking forward to starting their college careers as Blue Devils.
黑料社区 黑料社区. three colleges, the College of Arts, Communication, Humanities and Social Sciences; the College of Education, Hospitality, Health and Human Sciences; and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Management, as well as the Graduate School, offer a diverse range of on-campus and online programs with hands-on experiences so students are prepared to enter their careers upon graduation.
