  {"id":120282,"date":"2020-06-16T08:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=120282"},"modified":"2021-03-31T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T23:00:06","slug":"virtual-new-rainbow-warrior-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/16\/virtual-new-rainbow-warrior-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"New <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students welcomed at virtual orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_120279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120279\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-orientation-2.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-orientation-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-orientation-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-orientation-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Online modules<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every semester the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> eagerly welcomes new students&#8212;first year, transfer and graduate&#8212;to the campus community, and this fall teams will make that happen, albeit in a different capacity. Given the current COVID-19 situation, the university is shifting to a virtual experience to welcome and prepare new students for the fall 2020 semester.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-girl.jpg\" alt=\"girl\" width=\"300\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-120281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-girl.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-girl-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-admissions-girl-102x130.jpg 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/welinamanoa\/new-rainbow-warrior-orientation\/\">New Rainbow Warrior Orientation<\/a> gives an overview of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa experience, as well as the necessary resources for incoming students and their families to be successful. The virtual orientation will include opportunities for engagement over the course of five weeks, July 20&#8211;August 21. The orientation includes a series of engrossing webinars and presentations, live <abbr title=\"Question and Answer\">Q&#38;A<\/abbr> sessions, &ldquo;drop-in&rdquo; hours via Star Balance and innovative social experiences to build community and belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Each week is dedicated to a specific category:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1 &#8211; Welcome\/Campus Spirit<\/li>\n<li>Week 2 &#8211; Academic Success<\/li>\n<li>Week 3 &#8211; Student Services<\/li>\n<li>Week 4 &#8211; Campus Engagement and Life<\/li>\n<li>Week 5 &#8211; Week of Welcome (<abbr>WoW<\/abbr>) and College\/Department Open Houses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/welinamanoa\/new-rainbow-warrior-orientation\/\">Registration for the virtual orientation<\/a> is now open. In the meantime, to stay up-to-date on orientation events, new students and their families are encouraged to check their email regularly, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/welinamanoa\/new-rainbow-warrior-orientation\/\">visit the website<\/a> or follow New Rainbow Orientation on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhm_nrwo\/\">@<abbr>uhm_nrwo<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While there may be some uncertainty about Fall, one constant is our desire and commitment to welcoming all new students and their families. We are incredibly excited about the program our orientation team has developed and know all new students will feel prepared, connected, and ready for the first day of school,&rdquo; said Interim Vice Chancellor for Students <strong>Lori Ideta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_57585\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8kGMPCYxSo?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Âé¶¹´«Ã½M\u0101noa Campus Tour Highlights\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The orientation includes a series of webinars and presentations, live <abbr title=\"Question and Answer\">Q&#38;A<\/abbr> sessions and \u201cdrop-in\u201d hours via Star Balance to build community and belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[757,1411,1416,1466,9],"class_list":["post-120282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-admissions","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120282"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121920,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120282\/revisions\/121920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}