{"id":22,"date":"2019-04-30T18:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/newstudents\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:11:18","slug":"orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re coming to Furman for our rigorous academics, undergraduate research opportunities or fine arts programs, our goal is to ensure that your first year is a success. That\u2019s why we have a created a two-pronged orientation program to make the transition to college as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n<p>For students starting in the fall semester, Furman offers a hybrid approach to acclimating students to academics and college life\u2014Summer Orientation and Fall Orientation. Summer Orientation focuses on the nuts and bolts of class selection, while Fall Orientation introduces students to the Furman experience. Together, these orientation sessions will help you adapt to life on our campus.<\/p>\n<p>Students starting in the spring semester should plan to attend our Spring Orientation program designed specifically for them.<\/p>\n<p>Discover how we&#8217;re going to prepare you for the next four years. Scroll down for additional information about each of these programs.<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/furmanorientation\/\">follow us on Instagram<\/a> for tips, reminders, and fun along the way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you\u2019re coming to Furman for our rigorous academics, undergraduate research opportunities or fine arts programs, our goal is to ensure that your first year is a success. That\u2019s why we have a created a two-pronged orientation program to make the transition to college as smooth as possible. For students starting in the fall semester, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":303,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1409,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/1409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/new-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}