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New Student Programs

  • Welcome!
  • Eagle Summit
  • Parents
  • Welcome to Washington, DC

    Welcome Week 2013

    During the week before fall classes begin, you can participate
    in an exciting Welcome Week program that will get you out
    and about in your new home: Washington, DC.

  • Get Ready

New Student Programs Welcomes You to AU!

Your decision to attend AU is one of the most important ones that you'll ever make. The staff of New Student Programs is here to make sure all of AU's new students-first year, transfer, and graduate-start the academic year off right. The people you meet and the activities you participate in during orientation programs and Welcome Weeks activities will help to shape your AU experience. We hope that you'll look, listen, discover, and ask questions. Staff members from New Student Programs as well as other members of the university community, will do everything possible to help you on your journey towards success.

If you have difficulty accessing any portions of this page with adaptive technology, please contact New Student Programs at orientation@american.edu

94%

of the incoming class attended an orientation last year.

609

pounds net greenhouse gases prevented by NSP using environmentally friendly paper for orientation brochures. 

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highly trained, energetic, and friendly Orientation Leaders ready to welcome new students, parents, and their family members.