Student Services > New Student Programs

As a new student at Nebraska Wesleyan University, you are entering an exciting and rewarding environment. It will stimulate and challenge you, it will foster new perspectives. Wesleyan gives you several opportunities, before and after classes begin, to make the transition to college life.

New Student Registration (NSR)

New Student Registration is the first thing you'll do as a Nebraska Wesleyan student. During NSR, a faculty advisor will give you initial academic counseling and help you register for fall classes. You will also have the opportunity to meet faculty, administrators and –- equally important –- your new friends! You will take assessments that will aid in placing you in math and modern language courses.

There are three registration programs scheduled in early June. To register to attend one of these sessions, contact the Admissions Office at 402.465.2218, 800.541.3818, ext. 2218 or admissions@nebrwesleyan.edu.

All students must attend the entire registration session. Registration activities are informal.

New Student Orientation (NS0)

New Student Orientation (NSO) takes place the weekend before classes begin and is designed to help you adjust to your new environment. Specially planned activities will make you an insider before you know it. You'll make new friends and get to know your way around before the semester begins.

You'll also meet your academic advisor, who will serve as instructor for your fall semester Liberal Arts Seminar. Together, you will begin exploring academic opportunities and the intellectual life of a university.

Events designed specifically for transfer students are also part of NSO.

Liberal Arts Seminar

The Liberal Arts Seminar is a three credit hour course required of all first year students during their first semester at Nebraska Wesleyan University. The purpose of the seminar is to introduce students to intellectual practices that will help you make the most of your liberal arts education. It is an interdisciplinary course in which you will develop your skills in thinking critically, collaborating, doing research and writing about a particular topic of interest. Enrollment for each seminar is approximately 15-17. The Liberal Arts Seminar instructor serves as the academic advisor for students in the seminar until you declare a major. An upperclass student serves as a co-instructor with the faculty member for each seminar.

Expectations

Ten expectations you should have of Nebraska Wesleyan University:

1. to have knowledgeable and well-prepared faculty members
2. to have a knowledgeable and helpful academic advisor
3. to have clear requirements
4. that courses will be offered enabling you to complete your program on time
5. to live in a safe and comfortable environment
6. to have access to services you need—- academic, residential, and personal
7. to have things to do in your leisure time and the right facilities and spaces for them
8. to be exposed to and have support for diversity
9. to have resources for getting questions answered
10. to be able to have your voice heard

Eight expectations Nebraska Wesleyan University will have of you:

1. to participate fully in your classes and academic work
2. to meet regularly with your academic advisor
3. to seek out and use services available to you
4. to understand that the NWU Catalog and the NWU Student Handbook constitute an ongoing contract between you and the University. You are expected to read these publications and learn the information in them
5. to follow the expectations outlined in the Student Code of Conduct and to understand that you will be held accountable if you engage in misconduct as described in this document
6. to understand that Nebraska Wesleyan's official means of communication to you include SMB, correspondence to your permanent address, email on your NWU account, and voice mail on your NWU telephone. You are expected to check your SMB, your voice mail, and your e-mail, and to understand that failure to do so will not excuse your being unaware of University information
7. to use the means that are available for the student voice to be heard by administrators. This includes voting in the student government election, completing the Student Satisfaction Inventory that will be part of your fall pre-registration, talking to your faculty members, your advisor, your coach, your RLC, or making an appointment with the Provost or Vice President for Student Life if you have an opinion or want your voice to be heard
8. to be comfortable with difference and to respect others