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Orientation

Illustration of a boston terrier inside of a graphic reading "The BU Guide to Everything" and surrounded by images of students and parents moving into college

Everything Guide

Your Everything Guide to Dropping Off Your Freshman at College

September 3, 2024

Photo of Shiney James, a brown-skinned woman with short black hair, pointing at a white board. She wears a blue sweater and dress with a colorful white and teal pattern. She wears a name tag and stands the front of the classroom during a section of FY101.

University News

Shiney James Resigns as Orientation Director after Investigation into Behavior with Student Workers

May 16, 2022

Setting up the stage for remotely broadcast student orientation session in Metcalf Hall.

University News

University Asks Outside Fact Finder to Probe Allegations about Orientation Program

October 7, 2021

A photo of students posed together during a previous BU orientation session

Orientation

Zooming into Orientation

May 29, 2020

A woman drops a ballot into a ballot box

LGBTQ+

What Massachusetts Voters Need to Know about 2018 Ballot Questions

November 5, 2018

Shiney James, Orientation Director at Boston University, teaches the FY101 class

Alumni

Making BU Her Family

October 13, 2017

Sustainability Ambassador Lena Adams (SAR’19) directs Composting Comes Out during an orientation

Food & Dining

Putting Emphasis on Sustainability at Orientation

September 2, 2016

students holding suitcases and duffle bags

Staff

Freshmen: Answers to Your Questions

August 29, 2016

Boston University FYSOP 26

In the City

FYSOP-ers Descend on Campus, and Boston

August 24, 2015

Boston University First Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) volunteers doing compost work at Nightingale Community Garden

University News

Volunteer for FYSOP, Do Good around the City

June 11, 2015

Boston University BU, Advice to International Students

University News

Tips for BU’s New International Students

August 25, 2014

Boston University ISSO, International Student Orientation

Global

Class of 2015: Record Number of International Students

September 1, 2011

Photography

Welcoming Gifts

July 27, 2011

Photography

Friends in the Making

July 20, 2011

Orientation

New Faces on Campus

July 18, 2011

Orientation

Heating Up the Tubes

July 15, 2011

Photography

Laughter in the Rain

June 29, 2011

Photography

Health Care

June 5, 2009

In the City

A Whole New Posse

March 26, 2009

University News

Students Find Common Ground

July 21, 2008

Students Find Common Ground