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Welcome to the University of Rhode Island!

Please Note: Orientation Registration will begin April 1.

The Orientation Advantage:

  • Academic Head Start: June Orientation is the only opportunity to meet with academic advisors and register for classes.
  • Academic Benefits: Access courses that are saved specifically for freshman, only at orientation!
  • Meet New People: Create new friendships and meet other URI students & upperclassmen.
  • Involvement Counts: Learn about campus life, campus activities, URI organizations, and opportunities to supplement your in-class experiences.
  • After your Orientation, you will leave with a complete Fall 2012 class schedule, URI Student ID, and tons of excitement for September.

To Register: Please click "Register Now" from the right-hand column of this page. New Student Orientation at The University of Rhode Island is two full days, including an overnight stay in one of our residence halls.

                  

Important Orientation Information for First-Year Students

Early Arrival: Do you need to come the night before?

 

First-Year Families: Families, we have an orientation for you too!

 

Math Placement Exam: Complete this at least 2 days before your orientation.

 

New Student Checklist: A comprehensive checklist for starting at URI.

 

Directions to Orientation: Don't get lost, we want to see you in Kingston!

 

Meet the Team - 2012 Orientation Staff: Your URI welcoming party!

 

URI Common Reading Program: Read this year's book and participate in the discussion!

  

Books and Computers: URI Bookstore and RAM Computer Store

 

Disability Services for Students (DSS)

  

Honors Program

 

Campus Involvement

  

First-Year Leadership Opportunities at URI

Drugs and Alcohol at Orientation:

The University of Rhode Island believes that substance abuse is incompatible with a culture for learning. Therefore, illegal use is met with tough sanctions. If you possess or use alcohol during Orientation, you will be expelled from the program and suspended from the University for one semester, at minimum. Even being around drugs and alcohol can get you in trouble -  if you are found in a room outside an area where alcohol and drugs are present, you will be charged through the University's judicial system and your family will be notified, even if you were not using.

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Orientation 2012 Dates

   Session 1: June 7-8
   Session 2:  June 11-12
   Session 3: June 14-15
   Session 4: June 18-19
   Session 5: June 21-22
   Session 6: June 25-26
   Session 7: June 28-29
   Transfer Day: June 20
   Transfer Day: August 1st
   Fall Advising Day: September 4 

           Contact Information



Office of New Student Programs
The University of Rhode Island
6 Rhody Ram Way

140 Roosevelt Hall
Kingston, RI 02881

Phone: (401) 874-5927

Fax: (401) 874-4320

Email: newram@etal.uri.edu

Web: http://www.uri.edu/orientation



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