{"id":2,"date":"2024-04-01T18:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/customs\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-09-20T15:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:42:43","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to New to Blue Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is New to Blue Orientation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New to Blue Orientation helps new undergraduate students make the transition into the university; prepares new students for MTSU&#8217;s educational opportunities; and initiates the integration of new students into the intellectual, cultural, and social climate of the institution. In a nutshell, New to Blue Orientation shows new students the ropes on being a student at MTSU.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I sign up for New to Blue Orientation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freshman and Transfer Students Admitted for Spring 2027<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration for New to Blue Orientation will be available in mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New to Blue Orientation is designed a little differently for each type of new student. Please select your classification on the top menu bar to begin your journey!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How is New to Blue Orientation Structured?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two required components for&nbsp;Orientation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Pre-Orientation &#8211;&nbsp;These are REQUIRED Information Modules that must be completed PRIOR to your Orientation date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic Advising and course registration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New to Blue Orientation is designed a little differently for each type of new student. Please select your classification on the top menu bar to begin your journey!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orientation will give you vital information about the University and the many resources that you will use as a student.&nbsp;<strong>This orientation is required to be completed before you can be advised and register for your courses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about New to Blue Orientation, check out our YouTube videos below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-mtsublue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ERArqqb9zCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What is Orientation?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-2-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y9E2FNjqdsA?si=tv_h79kkYg9dqxKI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Check in for Orientation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is New to Blue Orientation? New to Blue Orientation helps new undergraduate students make the transition into the university; prepares new students for MTSU&#8217;s educational opportunities; and initiates the integration of new students into the intellectual, cultural, and social climate of the institution. In a nutshell, New to Blue Orientation shows new students the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}