Welcome Week Programming – On-Demand Training

Engage Students From Day One

Engage. Energize. Satisfy. Retain.

Welcome week and fall orientation programs provide a unique opportunity for universities to welcome all students to campus and allows for a smooth transition, validates their decision to attend your institution and encourages them to be a part of the larger campus community. Involve, engage and retain your students from their first day on campus through to turning their tassel at graduation! 

Our presenters provides best practices for programming, campus collaboration, marketing, parent and family engagement, student staffing, visioning for future direction of programming and more, so you can present a successful welcome week to your students. You’ll explore a successful model that has evolved and changed due to the pandemic and draw from years of experience in offering large-scale welcome week programming at Colorado State University in a way that will allow you to re-energize your program and adapt the information for your respective campus program.

You’ll be able to engage and energize your students so they start off the year in the right frame of mind, connect to your institution and feel like a part of something great. Work together with campus partners to create a seamless approach so students don’t fall through the cracks – you’ll improve your overall student satisfaction and retention and better meet the unique needs of your campus and your students.

Topics Covered

After attending this webinar, you will be able to:

• Identify a relevant and impactful model for a welcome week program – you don’t have to reinvent the wheel!  
• Identify the components of a successful welcome week program and considerations for evolving and changing your welcome week model coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic – determine what you’ll keep and what you’ll change to better engage and energize your students so they start off the year in the right frame of mind, connect to your institution and feel like a part of something great.
• Explore necessary campus partnerships to develop or enhance welcome week programs – work together to create a seamless approach so students don’t fall through the cracks…you’ll improve your overall retention!
• View welcome week as an opportunity for engagement of parents and families – enhance and adjust your model to better meet the evolving needs and behaviors of parents and families.
• Discover tools for recruiting, selecting and training student staffing for welcome week/fall orientation programs, as well as general staffing models for these large scale programs – ensure your staff is ready to go to set a positive tone for the 2023-24 academic year.

Presenters

Keith Lopez is the Associate Director of Orientation and Transition Programs at Colorado State University.
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Colette Sterling currently serves as the Assistant Director for Colorado State University’s Office of Parent and Family Programs.
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