Congratulations on your acceptance to 麻豆传媒!
We are excited that you have chosen to become a part of Shocker Nation. At 麻豆传媒, we have a flexible, multi-phase transition process that begins on once you RSVP for a Freshman Orientation program and complete your Enrollment Questionnaire and continues throughout your first semester.
Access to the Orientation RSVP + Enrollment Questionnaire will go live on February 28th, 2025.
Students starting at Wichita State directly out of high school (regardless of credit hours earned) will follow the Freshman Transition Process.
Registration for Freshman Orientation
For new freshmen, placing your Orientation reservation begins your process for class enrollment. All new students are required to attend an Orientation program.
What you'll need to sign up
- A my麻豆传媒 password and OneStop question. ()
- A student housing contract or exemption form. ()
Additional Freshman Orientation Information
Orientation Non-Refundable Fees
The Orientation non-refundable fees cover a number of materials, resources and services for new students that extend throughout the academic year. They are added to the student's tuition and fee bill AFTER completion of the program. Only the number of guests who attend the program will be charged. Payment is NOT needed in advance or on the day of Orientation.
Freshman Orientation Fees = $150 for students, $30 per guest
The fees cover not only Orientation program costs (food and drinks, materials, Transition Mentor staffing, etc.) but also the mentoring resources provided by the Transition Mentors throughout the fall semester, and costs associated with the programs that happen throughout the year for events such as CLASH of the Colleges, Syllabus Party, Academic Convocation, First-Gen week events, and Winter Welcome. Lastly, the costs cover one of the textbooks freshmen are required to have for their First-Year Seminar course.
- Friday, June 6th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation & Parent/Guest Orientation
- Friday, June 13th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation, Parent/Guest Orientation, & Spanish Family Orientation (Orientaci贸n familiar)
- Friday, June 20th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation & Parent/Guest Orientation
- Tuesday, June 30th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation & Parent/Guest Orientation
- Monday, July 14th , 2025 | Freshman Orientation & Parent/Guest Orientation
- Friday, July 25th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation, Parent/Guest Orientation, & Spanish Family Orientation (Orientaci贸n familiar)
- Monday, August 4th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation & Parent/Guest Orientation
- Thursday, August 14th, 2025 | Freshman Orientation, Parent/Guest Orientation, & International Student Orientation
The schedule below is tentative. This information gives students an idea of what to expect during the program. Changes may be made to this schedule at any time.
8 a.m. Check-In & Meet Your Mentor
9 a.m. Welcome to Shocker Nation!
10:30 a.m. Explore Your Strengths
11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Lunch (Shocker Dining Hall) or 麻豆传媒 Success Teams
12 - 12:45 p.m. 麻豆传媒 Success Teams or Lunch (Shocker Dining Hall)
1 p.m. First-Year Advising - OneStop
2:15 p.m. Student Services Fair
3 p.m. Navigating Change - Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS)
3:30 p.m. Shocker Technology
4 p.m. Check-Out of Orientation
Parent & Guest Orientation is a special program that runs concurrently with the student orientation program. The program is optional but highly encouraged. Through this program, parents have the opportunity to learn about the many offices, services, academic programs 麻豆传媒 has to offer. While you and your student will have separate itineraries, you will be together several times throughout the experience.
The schedule below is tentative. This information gives parents an idea of what to expect during the program. Changes may be made to this schedule at any time.
8 a.m. Check-In & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Parent Lounge Opens
9 a.m. Welcome to Shocker Nation!
10:30 a.m. Student Health Panel
11 - 11:45 a.m. Lunch (Shocker Dining Hall) or Intro to Success Teams
12 - 12:45 p.m. Intro to Success Teams or Lunch (Shocker Dining Hall)
1 p.m. FERPA 101
1:15 p.m. Financial Aid & Scholarships
1:45 p.m. Paying Bills: Account Suite
2 p.m. Responsible Shockers
2:30 p.m. Concurrent Options: Choose 1
- Academic Support at 麻豆传媒
- Shocker Career Accelerator
3 p.m. Concurrent Options: Choose 1
- Student Involvement
- Student Testing & Accommodations
3:30 p.m. Shocker Family Programs
4 p.m. Student check-out & end of formal program
La Oficina de Nuevas Programas sabe lo importante que es el rol que familias y miembros de la comunidad juegan como sistemas de apoyo en la vida de nuestros estudiantes.
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8 a.m. Check-In y desayuno
9 a.m. 隆Bienvenidos a Shocker Nation!
10 a.m. Equipos de 茅xito en 麻豆传媒
10:30 a.m. Trabajos en el Campus y Recursos de Carrera
11 a.m. Almuerzo con su estudiante @ Shocker Dining
12:30 p.m. Loteria y tiempo de descanso
1 p.m. Finanzas y Pago de Cuentas
1:30 p.m. Consejos de los Padres
2 p.m. Servicios de Bienestar
2:30 p.m. Panel de Estudiantes
3 p.m. Familias Unidas de 麻豆传媒
3:30 p.m. Orientaci贸n Familiar
Students/Guests who need accommodations to participate in the Orientation program can request these accommodations in their Orientation RSVP.
If you have already RSVP鈥檇 and require accommodations not originally listed, please contact First-Year Programs at first.year@wichita.edu or 316-978-5420 with at least two-weeks prior to your scheduled orientation session.
What do I need to do before attending Orientation?
- Log into your Shocker Email to keep up-to-date.
- Complete your Pre-Orientation Module
How do I complete my Orientation requirement?
- All First-Year students are required to complete Pre-Orientation Modules and attend an in-person orientation session to meet their Orientation requirement.
What if I am late or have to leave early from Orientation?
- Please contact us immediately at first.year@wichita.edu or 316-978-5420.
- It is possible that you may need to reschedule your Orientation if you miss more than 30 minutes of your session.
How do I reschedule my Orientation?
- To reschedule your Orientation program, please contact First-Year Programs at first.year@wichita.edu or 316-978-5420.
What if I'm getting an error code when trying to RSVP for Orientation?
- Pease contact First-Year Programs at first.year@wichita.edu or 316-978-5420 to help get you RSVP'd to Orientation.
Freshman Transition Process
In the confirmation you receive after completing your Orientation Reservation and Enrollment Questionnaire, you will see a link to online modules you will need to complete in Blackboard (our online learning management system) PRIOR to attending the Orientation program for which you signed up. These modules will be available May 1, and are a required part of the transition process. The in-person Orientation program will reference material in the modules, which will take about 30 minutes to complete.
If you have already signed up for Orientation and need to find your confirmation, you can click on the "Sign up here!" button below, login, and you will be forwarded to your confirmation page.
Freshman Orientation is a required, in-person, one-day program that will help you connect to people and resources on campus designed to help new students be successful and get the most our of their Shocker experience. Each program will have an optional, separate family/guest program, so we encourage you to bring supporters who will be supporting you in your transition to college life at Wichita State.
We offer a number of programs the weeks leading up to the beginning of the fall semester for specific populations of students. See a list of options here. The summer 2024 options are currently in the planning stages and a full list will be available in the spring. If you qualify for the Pre-Season Programs, you will receive information at your @shockers email account.
SHOCKFEST (Welcome-Weekend) is scheduled the Friday, Saturday and Sunday in August immediately before the start of fall classes. We'll kick the weekend off with the Fall Lunch and will have activities scheduled throughout the weekend. Planning for the weekend is currently underway and will be available here in the spring and updated frequently.
The New Shocker Toolkit is a course you will find in Blackboard listed among your other classes. You will not enroll in this course and it is FREE. Information in this course will supplement what you learn at Orientation, and provides a place to find information, resources and services where and when you need them. This course will remain in Blackboard throughout your first semester.
You will be able to access this course in Blackboard about two weeks after you attend Orientation.