Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- University of San Diego Undergraduate Orientation records
- Dates:
- 1975-2018
- Creators:
- University of San Diego Division of Student Affairs
- Abstract:
- This collection includes planning materials, assessments, publications, and photographs for undergraduate freshman and transfer student orientations.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, University of San Diego Undergraduate Orientation records, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection primarily consists of planning materials for University of San Diego undergraduate freshman and transfer student orientations. These include both fall and spring orientations, and proposals for summer orientations. Among the planning materials are budgets, logistical information, meeting minutes, memoranda, and schedules. Assessments, surveys, and reports of the events provide an overview of what occurred, changes to be made, and the reactions of those involved. Also included are publication materials including mailers, fliers, calendars, handbooks, and schedules.
Photographs of orientation events and activities are included. These are in slide, negative, .jpg, slideshow, and print form. Photographs of the 1988 and 1991 Orientations have also been compiled into three scrapbooks.
Also included are t-shirts given to orientation team staff, and an educational video created by students and staff shown during the Celebrating Diversity program in circa 2005 to 2008.
- Biographical / historical:
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Orientation is the University's effort, prior to the beginning of classes, to orient new incoming students to the University of San Diego campus and to build community. It is a way for new students to get acquainted with their peers, student life, life in San Diego, and campus services. As freshmen comprise the largest number of new students arriving each fall, fall freshmen orientation is the largest event. New students are provided with information about living on campus, issues facing college students, academic success, and what campus resources are offered to students. Transfer student orientation is also included in the fall and spring orientation events, as well as orientation information provided to parents and families.
Orientation is planned and led by administration and students. Upwards of seventy students make up the orientation team. Beyond being titled Orientation or Orientation Week, orientation has also been titled O-Week, Torero Days, and OLE! Weekend. It has been led by the Orientation Team, the O-Team, and the T-Squad.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Marie Minnick, Assistant Dean of Students and Allie Ross, Assistant Director of Student
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed by Ashley Toutain in 2020.
Additional information on digital processing procedures is available in Archives processing files.
- Arrangement:
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These records are arranged into five series:
Series I. Planning
Series I is further arranged into two subseries:
Subseries A. Physical documents
Subseries B. Shared drive files
Series II. Publications
Series III. Photographs
Series IV. Videos
Series V. T-Shirts
- Accruals:
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Accruals are expected.
- Physical description:
- 3 total boxes, 1 oversize, (3 linear feet); approximately 3800 digital files (10.1 GB)
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- student orientation
scrapbooks
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2020
- Date Encoded:
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The majority of this collection is open for research. Some digital files may be restricted.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Folder Title], Box # Folder #, University of San Diego Undergraduate Orientation records, Copley Library, University of San Diego, Archives and Special Collections.
- Location of this collection:
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5998 Alcalá ParkSan Diego, CA 92110 2492, US
- Contact:
- (619) 260-2730