Hi everyone, good morning. My name is Hannah and I'm a rising senior in
Columbia College, originally from Oconomowoc Wisconsin. I'm studying
history. Today, I'll be taking over the Columbia Admissions Instagram and I'm
really excited to have you along. I'm taking over today to give you a
behind-the-scenes look at all of our different orientation programs here on
campus all of the other students coordinators and the staff in Undergraduate Student
Life are really starting to gear up for our 2019 programs the first which starts on
Monday. All new students are required to attend the New Student Orientation
Program or NSOP at Columbia. This includes first year students, visiting
students, transfer students, and even some special combined plan students. During NSOP
our students get paired with orientation leaders who are there to guide them through
important require programming, some Columbia traditions,
group bonding and really fun and exciting excursions out in the city over
the weekend. And in addition, our incoming first-year students can also opt-in to
participating in one of our three pre-orientation program as well.
Hi, I'm Sam, I'm going into my junior year. I'm in Columbia College and
this summer I'm the ROP coordinator and working for coop.
Hello my name is Wesley Schmidt, I
am a member of Columbia College Class of 2022.
right now my major is undecided though I'm looking at sociology and political
science and I'm this summer I'm working on the NSOP committee as the social
events coordinator.
Oh hey, I'm Gabe. I'm a junior in Columbia College studying
medicine, literature, and society and I'm the coordinator for BOP, the biking
orientation program.
Hey guys, my name is Jason. I work on NSOP committee and
I'm from the School of General Studies. My name is Annie I go to Slippery Rock
University but I'm a graduate intern for NSOP this summer.
Hey everyone, so as I said earlier, my job with coop is specifically with
our hiking program I'm just gonna talk a little bit more about what my day to day looks
like getting ready for the trip. I've spent a lot of time this summer
coordinating travel plans, working on backpacking trails, setting up training
sessions for all of our leaders. I really like my job because it's handling all
the little details I can make sure that students have a really positive time
while they're out on the trip. And in terms of what I've been doing today it's been a
lot of really fun stuff.
My favorite memory from coop is playing mafia on the river with my ROP group.
My favorite memory during orientation was when my RA took my floor to the Brooklyn Bridge.
So, I'm still working on some gear prep stuff down here in our inventory
cages but one of my favorite memories from orientation was when we all crowded
in as a class into Roone Auditorium waiting for a big event to start and we
played a round of Columbia Trivia so we're gonna do a little version of that
play along if you like and see if you know some of these fun Columbia facts!
Orientation and pre-orientation programs are all about helping students feel
comfortable and prepared for their first year here on campus as well as making
friends and building some Columbia pride. I'm still friends with some of the
people I met during my time here in NSOP and having a whole nine days.
Hi everyone, so I am back after a very long and busy day at work getting ready for our
program to start in just a few days. I am in my room, I'm staying in Columbia
housing over the summer which has been so great but I do not have a room tour
for you as I am moving on Friday and my room is currently an absolute mess.
I actually am in a Columbia residence hall for the summer. Undergraduate Student
Life sponsors all of our housing so we get to stay for free in the residence
halls which is such a great perk of this job. A lot of jobs on campus, whether it's
like research, this orientation job, can sponsor you which makes it super
convenient to stay on campus if you get an opportunity like that over the summer,
which I really really appreciate. Well that's pretty much all I have for you
right now. I hope you had fun, I hope you saw a little bit about orientation and
you're excited to learn more. If you have any questions make sure to ask ugrad-ask@columbia.edu
and have a really nice night.