Transfer Orientation Events

Consult your OA for exact meal times and dining locations. All meals are provided to new students for the duration of orientation using the wristband issued during the check-in process.

Learn about on-campus life, opportunities for engagement, and your rights and responsibilities.

Take a moment and explore the various offices that support the undergraduate student experience, often going unnoticed or underutilized. 

New students will be officially be welcomed to the Tribe family by President Rowe, Vice President for Student Affairs Ambler and others.

Join us for lunch to connect with fellow residential and non-residential Transfer, Exchange, and JDP Host students!

This program explores the Plateau Effect, the tendency for people to stay “stuck at good” and how the college transition can be a critical time for either breaking that pattern or cementing it further.

Join W&M faculty to discuss the academic expectations of the university. A faculty panel follows to discuss classroom dynamics & exciting possibilities for undergraduates with regard to research, scholarship and collaboration.

Learn the five principles of a "better argument" and hear from faculty, staff and administrators as they set in motion a framework for the year ahead.

Consult your OA for exact meal times and dining locations. All meals are provided to new students for the duration of orientation using the wristband issued during the check-in process.

For Class of 2028 new/Home and Class of 2027 continuing/Host W&M St Andrews Joint Degree Programme students and their faculty.

William & Mary’s newest community members will be introduced to the sights and sounds of Colonial Williamsburg through a sampling of musical and staged performances, trade and livestock displays and encounters with a host of 18th-century residents.