Meet the O-Team!
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Please select one of the links below to learn more about the members of our team:
Assisting New Transfer Students (ANTs)
The nine Assisting New Transfer Students (ANTs) work exclusively with our incoming transfer students as a part of the Transfer Summer Springboard and 1787 Transfer August Orientation programs. This team of transfer students are selected in the spring and work throughout the summer making connections with incoming students and connecting them with resources around campus.
Orientation Operations Assistants (OOAs)
Our team of Orientation Operations Assistants (OOAs) work diligently behind the scenes to make sure that your transition experience is as seamless as possible. OOAs work throughout the year assisting our guests, students, faculty, and staff members as well as the members of the Orientation Office professional staff. Their time and effort are crucial to our success... and yours.
Orientation Peer Advisers (OPAs)
Orientation Peer Advisers (OPAs) are a group of 28 students selected each spring to work with our First Year Summer Springboard and 1787 August Orientation programs. Assisting us in the supervision of our 250 First yeaR Orientation Guide volunteers, OPAs are a key link in the successful transition of first-year students to James Madison University.
Our team of Student Coordinators is a group of juniors and seniors at JMU who have served in a variety of roles within our Orientation programs prior to their current role in the office. Responsible for creating intentional programming during the week of 1787 August Orientation and recruiting, selecting and training our almost 300-member student staff, these five students have a passion for JMU that cannot be missed.
The Orientation Office Professional Staff
The professional staff in the Orientation Office consists of six full-time staff members and three graduate assistants. Our staff works year round to bring incoming transfer and first-year students purposeful programming aimed at preparing students to be active and authentic participants in the JMU learning experience.