Welcome Class of 2021 First-Year Student Guide
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WELCOME CLASS OF 2021 FIRST-YEAR STUDENT GUIDE FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY i WELCOME TO FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY WELCOME! Welcome, and congratulations once again on your acceptance and enrollment at Fairfield University. This First-Year Student Guide has been designed to simplify the next steps in the process and to answer questions you may have about what to expect as a first-year student. For more information, contact the Office of Student Engagement at: e-mail: [email protected] phone: 203-254-4053 fax: 203-254-5565 website: fairfield.edu/orientation FIRST YEAR GUIDE SECTIONS Action Items Student Life & Resources Important Action Items for first-year Learn about campus life and important students to complete resources available to students Getting Started Financial Planning Describes the first-year student transitional See important deadlines, payment plans, experience at Fairfield University and resources Academic Planning Just for Families Details information students need to Specifies parent/guardian(s) Orientation consider when selecting classes information, pre-college conversation topics, and other resources www.fairfield.edu iii FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Items Action FIRST-YEAR STUDENT CHECKLIST ACTION ITEMS To ensure your successful transition to Fairfield University, please visit the First-Year Student Checklist at First-year students are required to complete several tutorials and/or tests that assist in the transition to college. fairfield.edu/orientation as soon as possible. Here you will have access to all the assignments and forms you Please log in to the First-Year Student Checklist at fairfield.edu/orientation as soon as possible. Here, students need to complete before June Orientation and Fall Welcome. To facilitate a smooth transition, please complete will have access to all the assignments and forms they need to complete before June Orientation and Fall each task and adhere to the deadlines. Welcome. It is essential that students complete each task and adhere to the deadlines. CHECKLIST ITEMS DEADLINE ■■ CLAIM NETID DUE ASAP ■■ Claim NetID ASAP You will need to claim your NetID in order to access online resources. You will receive an email notifying you that your netID is ready to be claimed. To claim your NetID, go to fairfield.edu/netid and make sure you ■■ Complete StagAlert Information (Emergency Notification System) ASAP have your Fairfield issued ID number. Once claimed, you can log intomy.Fairfield.edu to access your Student ■■ Register for Student Orientation (attendance is essential) May 19 Gmail account. Your NetID Login (which is generally your "firstname.lastname") information is also required to use the First-Year Student Checklist. ■■ Register for Parent/Guardian Orientation (attendance is optional) May 19 ■■ Academic Interests Questionnaire May 19 ■■ STAGALERT INFORMATION UPDATE DUE ASAP Students must add their cell phone number to StagAlert, which is the University’s emergency notification ■■ First-Year Housing Application May 19 system used in the event of an emergency. To add or change a cell phone number, log into my.Fairfield.edu, ■■ Parent/Guardian Information Form May 19 click on Self Service Links, then Update Cell Phone Number. Follow the on-screen instructions. ■■ Students with Disabilities or Temporary Impairments: After May 1 ■■ REGISTER FOR STUDENT ORIENTATION DUE MAY 19 Complete a Student Intake Form and Provide Documentation to Accessibility Students must register for June Orientation. Please note that if a student is unable to attend Orientation, they must still complete the registration process, stating the reason for not attending. ■■ Honor Code Signing May 19 How to complete: Via the First-Year Student Checklist ■■ Language Placement Exam May 19 ■■ Proxy Access for Financial Aid and Bursar Information (optional) June 1 ■■ REGISTER FOR PARENT/GUARDIAN ORIENTATION DUE MAY 19 Parents/Guardians also register for June Orientation. Attendance is optional and highly encouraged. ■■ Immunization/Student Medical Report Form June 6 There is an $100 fee per parent/guardian. ■■ Awarding of Advanced Placement, IB, or College Credit July 10 How to complete: Via the First-Year Student Checklist or Parent/Guardian Checklist located at ■■ Financing College Expenses: Payment Plan Fall Semester Enrollment (optional) August 1 fairfield.edu/orientation. ■■ Verification Documents Due August 1 ■■ ACADEMIC INTERESTS QUESTIONNAIRE DUE MAY 19 ■■ Health Insurance Waiver August 2 The Academic Interests Questionnaire is essential for preparing students for their academic life on campus and specifically, their fall semester course schedule. The information received guides placement in ■■ CIRP Freshman Survey August 25 mathematics and in languages for which an online exam is not available. Please complete all sections of the ■■ Student Handbook Acceptance August 25 Academic Interests Questionnaire. Students can e-mail questions to [email protected]. Via the First-Year Student Checklist ■■ Code of Conduct Quiz August 25 How to complete: ■■ Register Your Computer August 25 ■■ FIRST-YEAR■ HOUSING APPLICATION DUE MAY 19 Assignment Process ■■ Login & Explore Orgsync August 25 The process for assigning rooms and roommates, including the assignment of varsity athletes, is overseen ■■ Everfi Wellness Program: AlcoholEdu & Haven August 28 by the Office of Residence Life. Placement is based upon the student's completed First-Year Housing ■■ Class of 2021 Common Read and Webinar Sign-Up Prior to First-Year Academic Gathering Application which includes their housing lifestyle preferences. Fairfield University houses students by their self-identified gender. Room assignment and roommate(s) information will be e-mailed to students’ University G-Mail Accounts in The First-Year Student Checklist and forms are to be completed online at fairfield.edu/orientation. mid-July. Residence Life utilizes Adirondack’s The Housing Director to assist with the Housing Assignment Process. For more information, contact: For more information regarding housing please contact the Office of Residence Life at Office of Student Engagement [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] How to complete: Via the First-Year Student Checklist Phone: 203-254-4053 Fax: 203-254-4107 Note: Deadlines relating to financial aid and billing are Website: fairfield.edu/orientation located in the Financial Planning section of the Guide. First-Year Student Guide www.fairfield.edu v FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY Items Action ACTION ITEMS ACTION ITEMS Action Items Action ■■ PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION FORM DUE MAY 19 Italian Test Parents/Guardians are asked to provide their contact information for print and electronic communications. • Go to the website fairfield.edu/blackboard The University mails Fairfield University Magazine and invitations to regional and campus events and e-mails • Log in with your Fairfield University NetID user name and password. urgent information as necessary, as well as , the University’s weekly e-newsletter, a key news.fairfield.edu • Click ‘2017 Language Placement’ - Italian' link located in `My Organizations & Communities' on the source of campus news and student information. Parents/guardians can visit to learn fairfield.edu/parents Blackboard homepage how to get involved with Fairfield University. • Answer the preliminary questions and language questions (50) and submit the test Via the First-Year Student Checklist or Parent/Guardian Checklist located at How to complete: • The time limit is 45 minutes fairfield.edu/orientation. Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Spanish (Not Italian) ■■ ACCESSIBILITY:■ NEW STUDENT INTAKE FORM (OPTIONAL) DUE MAY 19 OR ASAP • Go to the website webcape.byuhtrsc.org Fairfield University is committed to providing qualified students with disabilities an equal opportunity to access • Select ‘Fairfield University’ from the drop-down menu the benefits, rights and privileges of its services, programs and activities in an accessible setting. In compliance • Enter the password ‘stags21’ (no quotation marks) and click on the ‘login’ button with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Connecticut state laws, we • Select the placement test language from the drop-down menu provide accommodations to qualified students with disabilities to reduce the impact of disabilities on academic functioning or upon other major life activities. Fairfield University also recognizes the need for accommodations • Enter last name, first name, and 8-digit Fairfield ID number at the top of the profile screen that appears when a student is suffering from a temporary impairment and will work to provide accommodations to the • Answer the preliminary questions about language experience. For the question ‘How have you learned student should the temporary impairment impact academics or other major life activities. [name of language] other than in school,’ students can select up to two choices. The choice ‘Exchange Student’ means the student was studying abroad as an exchange student living in a country speaking the A student with a disability or temporary impairment who wishes to be considered for academic or campus language in which he or she is being tested. life accommodations at Fairfield University must identify him/herself to Accessibility in the Academic and Career Development Center and complete the registration process for accommodations. • Click ‘Continue’ at the bottom of the screen • The BYU test is an untimed, adaptive test How to complete: After May 1st, please access the Student