Orientation Mania Hits College Campuses Everywhere

No, universities aren’t faring a sudden outburst of a neurological disorders, but they’re definitely on high alert. As these warm, musky days of August roll forward, colleges and universities across the country are whipping out the pop-up tents, setting up check-in booths and passing out pre-stuffed folders to freshmen, new graduate students and other fresh faces on their respective college campus. Phew, what a long sentence. In short, it’s orientation week at tons of schools. Bring on the orientating! I have one more day of my journalism graduate student orientation at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, and I’m wiped! In a good way. My 40-or-so other new student cohorts and I have been wowed with dozens of multimedia presentations, lectures and discussions with faculty, program directors and current students. We’re getting a full dose of the opportunities available to us through our [...]