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START gets students rolling

Sarah Mazur addresses incoming students at a START session July 13.
Sarah Mazur addresses incoming students at a START session July 13.

START sessions aimed at helping new students, both transfers and freshmen, make a smooth transition toward the College of Business in fall 2015 are under way and will continue periodically throughout August, with a final session scheduled for late September.

A group of about 50, students and parents alike, filed into Austin Hall’s Stirek Auditorium for one of the sessions on Monday, July 13. Advisors Daniel Schwab and Sarah Mazur briefed the audience on a wide range of topics ranging from core requirements to academic honesty to the importance of networking – an overview of everything a new student needs to know to be successful in the College of Business.

“This makes me feel more focused, more ready,” said freshman to be Sarah Ryner of Oregon City, who’s interested in entrepreneurship. “I’m excited.”

Ryner was accompanied by her sister Rachael, a junior majoring in microbiology.

“I’m playing the role of parent today,” Rachael joked.

The rest of the START sessions are scheduled for July 21 and 24, Aug. 24 and 26, and Sept. 21. The July 21 and Aug. 24 sessions are aimed at freshmen, the July 24 and Aug. 26 ones are geared for transfer students, and the final one is a catch-all.

For more information, visit the advising office, 122 Austin Hall, or call 541-737-3716.

 

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Students get first taste of Oregon State at START

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Each year College of Business Advisor Jayne Andersen tries to give incoming students a little something more than the basics of degree requirements and where the advising office is.

This year her presentation to incoming students includes a photo of Daniel Changkuon, a recent COB graduate, with a list of his accomplishments at Oregon State; president of multiple clubs, scholarship winner, Nike intern and much more.

“If we had you up here in four years, what would you want it to say about you?” Andersen asked a crowd of incoming freshmen and their parents Monday.

The presentation is part of Oregon State’s annual START orientation, advising and registration program for new students.

START gives students an introduction to life at OSU, leading them through their first advising appointments, signing up for their first classes and sharing the information they’ll need to succeed in September.

“It makes college more real,” Andersen said. “We plant the seeds for opportunities but also expectations.”

While the College of Business presentation lays out import things such as Professional School requirements and how to use the college Career Success Center, advisors also touch on clubs, study abroad and other opportunities.

“We’re always trying not to tell them too much info,” Andersen said. “We want to start to build that connection and community.”

Each session (advisors in the college will run around 15 START sessions in the summer for a total of around 500 freshmen and transfer students) includes a several tips to help students through their first year.

Andersen always reminds students to treat college like they would a job, including checking their ONID email every day.

She counsels students to think about what they want to get out of college and start making a plan now to make it a reality.

As part of that, students should also make sure and schedule an advising appointment each term. She suggests using Halloween as a good marker in the fall.

While students get a ton of information in these first few days at Oregon State, Andersen has seen it pay off once they officially become Beavers.

“My favorite thing is when they come in and say ‘I’m here for my Halloween appointment,’” she said.