14 Must Knows For The University Of Wisconsin-Whitewater

14 Things That You Will Want to Know About Before Arriving!

1. Add the First Year Experience Snapchat!

SC: fye_uww

They will be posted on the story! Don't you want to be famous at Whitewater?

2. About Me

A little about Larissa:

→ Transferred from UW-Oshkosh

→ Junior

→ Public Relations/Business Law

→ Milwaukee

→ I’m an only child!

3. Let's Learn About Each Other!

→ Name

→ Where you are from

→ Fun Fact/Interesting thing about you

IF SOMEONE HAS THE SAME FACT/INFO. AS YOU, GIVE A HIGH FIVE

4. What's Left On the Schedule?

Pull Out That Schedule! (It's in your folder)

Also, Pull out your authorization forms in your folder as well!

5. First Year Experience

→ Plan-It Purple

* Warhawk Send Off - August 10th, 2017

→Transfer New Student Seminar

* Be sure to register for Transformation

* TechQuest (D2L technology, automatically enrolled)

* Transformation -- Registration is September 3rd, 2017. Dates it takes place: September 4th and 5th.

6. University Housing

→ Example of a room layout (Goodhue 2nd Floor)

→ Complex Director

→ Assistant Complex Director

→ Resident Assistant (RA)- Serve as resources in a residence hall and help maintain safety in the halls

→ Items such as candles, pets (other than fish), indoor grills, & sandwich makers are a few of the items prohibited.

→ Talk to your roommate!

→ Laundry is now included in the housing fee beginning Fall 2016

7. ALWAYS Remember Your Hawk ID Card

Proof of association with the University

University ID Card

Residence Hall Access Card

Meal Plan Card

University Library Card

Textbook Rental Card

Purple Point Debit Card

Admission to UW-W Athletic Events

UW-W Fitness Center ID Card (with paid membership)

8. Dining Services

→ Fixed meal plans: 10, 14, 19, or 24, can be combined with $50, $75, $100, or $150 dining dollars. Maximum of 6x per day. Reset on Monday mornings at 4:00a.m.

→ Full Dining Dollars: $925 redemption value; Mega Dining Dollars: $1,460 redemption value

→ Purple Points. Ex: Cost Cutters, Mc.Donald’s, Rosa’s Pizza, Culver’s

→ Drumlin & Esker (Dining Halls)

→ 4 Eateries in the University Center

→ Center of the Arts, Hyland Hall, Andersen Library

9. Parking

→ Resident Parking- $260, parking lot nearest residence hall; Lot 24 (adjacent to Perkins Stadium, cars must be moved during football games)- $135

→ Commuter Parking - $155 annual, $80 Semester

→ Motorcycle/Moped Parking- $30

→ Bicycle Locker Parking- $50 annual, $25 Semester, $ 20 Summer

10. Campus Police/Security and Safety

Via uww.edu

→ [phone]

→ Blue Lights, Campus Service Officer (CSO), 2 Different Counties (Jefferson and Walworth)

11. Making the Most of Your UW-W Experience

Via orgsync.com

→ Numerous Organizations (Multicultural, LGBTQ, Sports, Majors)

→ Variety of Sports, Intramural for less competitiveness

→ UC Events (Hypnotist, $1 Movies, Bands)

→ University Health & Counseling (UHC)- 16 free counseling sessions

* In the Career and Leadership Development Center:

- Mock Interviews

-Career Closet

-Internships Available

-Multicultural Organizations, LBTQ, and Student Government offices

-Non-Traditional Student Pad

12. General Education

→ General Education includes classes required for graduation

→ Core classes, provide foundation

→ Probably wouldn’t take otherwise

→ My personal experience?

13. Transfer Student Seminar

→ 1 Credit Academic Course (counts towards graduation)

→ Instructed by faculty/staff

→ Connections with other freshmen students

→ Higher graduation rate (want to come back following year)

14. Student Accounts

Via uww.edu

15. Academic Advising

→ Master’s degree or above

→ Hold will be present until meeting

16. Instructional Communication & Informational Technology (ICIT)

→ Assist with password changes (NetID)

→ Change password every 180 days ( 6 months)

→ ICIT Website (Discounts)

→ TechQuest - Developed to ensure awareness of campus technology, 85%

→ CHECK EMAIL DAILY!

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18. Registration

Via uww.edu

Demonstration of WINS (Class Schedule, Adding/Dropping)

19. Questions???