Create: New Student Orientation
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The University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus is located in Kelowna
, British Columbia
, Canada
. Create: New Student Orientation is the campus' official welcome to new-to-UBC students.
Create is part of UBC's new student orientation program . The day-long series of events for new-to-UBC students, help new students transition to becoming a student at UBC Okanagan
.
During Create, students learn about the people, places, activities, and resources available at UBC's Okanagan campus. Students meet other students as they explore their new university campus. They're also introduced to UBC's VIPs and given the program-specific information they need to get started on the right academic path. With free entertainment, food, prizes, and UBC swag, Create is a fun-filled, jam-packed educative day-to-remember.
Create is very similar to other Orientation Week
, except it is mostly concentrated to activities on one day, with social events taking place the rest of the week. UBC is the only university in Canada
to cancel the first day of class for a new student orientation program .
Specifically, the day includes several activities:
The Faculty of Education and the College of Graduate Studies do not formally take part in the day as they have specific orientations for their students.
The Create 2010 Orientation Planning Team was also lucky to have the support of several local businesses. Valley First Credit Union, Powerconcepts, Aramark
, Via Rail
, Canadian Springs Water, Interior Savings Credit Union, Classic Fare Catering, and The Central Okanagan Foundation for Youth all financially supported Create 2010.
Kelowna
Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Create: New Student Orientation is the campus' official welcome to new-to-UBC students.
Create
UBC Okanagan
The University of British Columbia Okanagan is a campus of the University of British Columbia, located in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The official name for the campus is simply UBC's Okanagan Campus, although it is frequently called 'UBCO.'...
.
During Create, students learn about the people, places, activities, and resources available at UBC's Okanagan campus. Students meet other students as they explore their new university campus. They're also introduced to UBC's VIPs and given the program-specific information they need to get started on the right academic path. With free entertainment, food, prizes, and UBC swag, Create is a fun-filled, jam-packed educative day-to-remember.
Create is very similar to other Orientation Week
Orientation week
Student orientation or new student orientation, is a period of time at the beginning of the academic year at a university or other tertiary institution during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students. The name of the period varies by country...
, except it is mostly concentrated to activities on one day, with social events taking place the rest of the week. UBC is the only university in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
to cancel the first day of class for a new student orientation program .
Specifically, the day includes several activities:
- Icebreakers - when new students arrive on campus they are broken up into groups based on their intended Faculty/degree of study. An Icebreaker (facilitation)Icebreaker (facilitation)An icebreaker is a facilitation exercise intended to help a group to begin the process of forming themselves into a team. Icebreakers are commonly presented as a game to "warm up" the group by helping the members to get to know each other...
provides the opportunity for students to get to know one another.
- Create Kickoff Event - formerly the InvocationInvocationAn invocation may take the form of:*Supplication or prayer.*A form of possession.*Command or conjuration.*Self-identification with certain spirits....
Ceremony, the Kickoff event is an assemblySchool assemblyA school assembly is a gathering of all or part of a school in order to communicate information and share learning experiences....
-like gathering of all new students and UBC's VIPs. The ChancellorChancellorChancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...
, President and Vice-Chancellor Stephen ToopeStephen ToopeStephen J. Toope, is the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He assumed the presidential post on July 1, 2006 for a term of five years...
, and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Doug Owram are in attendance and give speeches to welcome the new students to UBC's Okanagan campus.
- Meet-the-Dean - Meet-the-DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
provides Faculties to formally introduce their new incoming class of students. Deans normally give a brief introduction of the history and future of the Faculty, as well as introduction to key Faculty personnel (e.g., program directors, unit heads, rock star researchers).
- Student Experience Panel - The Student Experience Panel is the opportunity for new students to ask senior students and academic staff questions pertaining to student success and achievement. The senior students on the panel are asked to speak from experiences and how they adjusted to UBC.
- Campus Tours - allows students to get to the campus. Also, as students are grouped with other students in the same Faculty, Orientation Leaders (student volunteer leaders) are able to show students the specific and relevant buildings and services that apply to a student in each specific Faculty.
- Showcase - Showcase provides both on-campus and community partners of UBC to interact with new students. This provides new students the opportunity to get to know what is available both on campus, and in the local KelownaKelownaKelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
community.
- The Concert - In previous years, students left Create once Showcase was over. However, to keep students engaged in safe activities and to keep them on campus, UBC's Okanagan campus' Associate Vice-President (Students), Ian Cull, financed a free (for students and UBC employees) concert. For Create 2010, possible bands include: DragonetteDragonetteDragonette is a Canadian electropop group active since 2005. Dragonette consists of singer-songwriter Martina Sorbara, bassist and producer Dan Kurtz and drummer Joel Stouffer....
, Marianas Trench, and Current Swell (to be confirmed closer to the date).
Faculties and Schools involved with Create
- The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Faculty of Applied Science (School of EngineeringEngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
) - Faculty of Health and Social Development
- The Faculty of Management (affiliated with the Sauder School of BusinessSauder School of BusinessThe Sauder School of Business is a business school at the University of British Columbia located in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, Canada...
)
The Faculty of Education and the College of Graduate Studies do not formally take part in the day as they have specific orientations for their students.
The Create 2010 Orientation Planning Team was also lucky to have the support of several local businesses. Valley First Credit Union, Powerconcepts, Aramark
Aramark
Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American foodservice, facilities, and clothing provider supplying businesses, educational institutions, sports facilities, federal and state prisons, and health care institutions. It is headquartered at the Aramark Tower in Center City,...
, Via Rail
VIA Rail
Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....
, Canadian Springs Water, Interior Savings Credit Union, Classic Fare Catering, and The Central Okanagan Foundation for Youth all financially supported Create 2010.