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Orientation for First-Year Students

Office of Student Life

(440) 826-2356, orientation@bw.edu

Photo of Group of BW Students at Orientation

Get Started at BW

First-year students are those incoming students who will be starting their first semester of college in the fall of 2025.

Orientation is an important first step in your BW experience! It offers helpful information about college life, as well as the opportunity to meet other first-year students, faculty and staff.


Summer Orientation Session Dates

  • Monday, July 14 
  • Tuesday, July 15
  • Thursday, July 17
  • Tuesday, July 22
  • Wednesday, July 23
  • Thursday, August 21

Orientation is a one day experience. Parents and family members have concurrent orientation programming that provides useful information and opportunity to learn about the parent and family role in a student’s experience.

Additional information and registration details will be available in early spring 2025.