July 6: What does UGA’s virtual new student orientation look like?

We’re breaking down the University of Georgia’s virtual new student orientation.

For most UGA students, attending orientation is their first step on campus as a college student. A night of summer camp away from home. It’s their first taste of dining hall food, their first chance to take part in UGA’s traditions. It’s where orientees get to jump in the iconic North Campus fountain, where they learn how to “Call the Dawgs” and where they make some of their first lasting memories in Athens.

But due to COVID-19, this program had to move entirely online.

We talked to an orientation leader and an incoming freshman about their online orientation experience.