Your time at SOAR can be meaningful in many ways! Meet your professors and start building a relationship before you’re even in class.
Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR)
May 17-18, 2013 and June 15, 2013
SOAR is a time to prepare for life at college. You’ll register for fall classes, talk to professors and staff, tour campus, ask questions, review academic requirements, and meet other new students coming to EMU – maybe even your future roommate. Don’t miss this program – it’s the beginning of your transition into college!
First-year students
Registration deadline for May SOAR is May 9.
Registration deadline for June SOAR is June 6.
Transfer students
Registration deadline for June SOAR is June 6.
May schedule
Friday, May 17, 2013
| 5 – 6 p.m. | Check-in |
| 6 – 7:15 p.m. | Dinner |
| 6:45 p.m. | Tour (optional) |
| 7:30 p.m. | Opening session, admissions welcome |
| 7:45 p.m. | Parent session, student activities |
| 8:30 p.m. | Refreshments and late-night activities |
Saturday, May 18, 2013
| 8 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast and check-in |
| 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. | Morning session, registration instructions |
| 9:30 a.m. | Student advising begins (students only) |
| 9:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Financial assistance, business office, information fair, EMU ID and New Student Directory photo, university bookstore open, see residence halls, campus tour, parent sessions |
| 11:30 - 1 p.m. | Lunch |
What to bring: athletic shoes for Friday activities, casual clothes and that’s it! Pillow, blanket, sheets and towels are provided.
June schedule
Saturday, June 15, 2013
| 9 – 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast and check-in |
| 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. | Opening session, registration instructions |
| 10:30 a.m. | Students activities, parent panel |
| 11:15 a.m. | Student advising begins (students only) |
| 11:30 – 1 p.m. | Lunch |
| 11:30 – 3 p.m. | Financial assistance, business office, information fair, EMU ID and New Student Directory photo, university bookstore open, see residence halls, campus tour, parent sessions |