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Welcome to Week 5, your last week of Family Orientation: Wrap Up & What’s Next

Below is the need to know information for Week 5, the final week, of Family Orientation:

1. Encourage your student to make friends, build community, and get connected to UD by participating in 1743 Welcome Days!
2. Remind your student about the Fall Involvement Fair
3. Remind your student to submit their immunization records, including their COVID-19 vaccination documentation.
   1. For more wellness information, refer to week 2 of Family Orientation: Health & Wellbeing
4. If your student is living on campus this fall, remind them to check their UD email for important messages about Move-In
5. Does your student have academic questions?
   1. If your student has questions about their schedule, classes, labs, or other advising questions they should reach out to their academic college. Contact information for each college and other great academic information can be found on the Advising Central Website.
   2. Interested in buying textbooks? Join the UD Barnes & Noble Bookstore staff for a College Textbooks 101 live Zoom session (Password: Books21) on Tuesday, August 3 at 6-7 p.m. EST
6. Register for upcoming live topical sessions or previous session recordings:
   1. UD Parent & Family Connect: Fall 2021 - This session will provide context around recent university plans and provide details about the fall semester.
      1. Tuesday, August 10 at 6-7 p.m. - Pre-Register here!
   2. Residence Life & Housing
      1. Upcoming Live Session: Monday, August 2 at 4-5 p.m. EST
   3. On-Campus Dining & Meal Plans
      1. Upcoming Live Session: Thursday, August 5 at 5:30-6:30 p.m. EST
      2. Or, watch a recording here
   4. Navigating Dietary Needs and Restrictions
      1. Upcoming Live Session: Wednesday, August 11 at 5-6 p.m. EST
   5. How All of You Transition to Your UD Student’s College Life
   6. My Finances 101 and Finalizing Financial Aid and Loan Borrowing
7. Save the Date! Parents and Family Weekend (PFW) takes place October 1-3, 2021
   1. Are you interested in attending Parent and Family Weekend, but concerned about covering expenses associated with visiting campus for the weekend? Learn more about scholarships to support your family’s attendance.
8. Your feedback is important to us!
   1. Please complete this survey to provide feedback on your NSO experience as a family member, reflecting on both the virtual orientation content and live NSO programs (if applicable). Thank you for engaging with our Family Newsletter content each week!
      1. NSO Summer 2021 Family and Guest Survey
9. Still have questions?
   1. Encourage your student to review all modules of the online orientation course in Canvas - it’s full of information about campus resources that will prepare them to start this fall!
   2. For New Student Orientation (NSO) or 1743 Welcome Days questions, email otp@udel.edu.
   3. For other questions, or, if you’re not sure where to start, email families@udel.edu.

Each week, we will share some questions that can help you have engaging conversations with your student about their NSO experience:

• Ask your student: "Have you seen your class schedule in UDSIS? Are you considering making any changes to it? If so, have you contacted your advisor for advice about that before doing it yourself?"
  • Note: Most students won’t be able to see their schedule until after August 1
• Ask your student: "What do you know about 1743 Welcome Days and how do you plan to participate?”
  • Once the 1743 Welcome Days schedule is available to download in mid-August, make sure to review it and mark events that interest you.
• Ask your student: "How are you planning to stay connected with other students and make friends this semester?

If you missed any of our previous Family Orientation posts, you can view them here:

• Week 1: Welcome & Academics - June 23
• Week 2- Health & Wellbeing - June 30
• Week 3: Campus Resources - July 7
• Week 4: Student Involvement - July 14