Heroes Shaping the Future of New Student Experiences
Inspiring Virtual Orientation Success Stories
You’re just in time to prepare for the year ahead with insights from your colleagues, enrollment, and onboarding experts. These orientation, transition, and retention professionals are shaping the future of new student experiences with virtual orientation solutions from Advantage Design Group®. You can, too!
Models You can Follow to Make Your Case
These New Student Experience Heroes represent all types of institutions, large and small, private and public, with both open and selective admissions models. So, regardless of your onboarding or engagement strategies, you'll find the insights and the outcomes you need to make your case to develop digital experiences you and your students will love.
Explore these Video Case Studies & Get Inspired!
Choose any or all of these conference session or webinar recordings. Learn why they chose Advantage Design Group® as their trusted partner to develop the most engaging and effective virtual orientation solutions available, anywhere.
Soon, you’ll be empowering the journey to college for more students than ever before. Oh, in case you were wondering, capes are optional.
Start with First Impressions: Online Orientations that Stand Out
The University of Tampa, University of Montana, and Ohio University
panel discussion as presented at NODAC 2023
"Increasing our completion rates year over year, is a huge win for us."
Shannon Calega, Ed.D., Director, Office of Orientation and Family Engagement, University of Tampa
"What is really cool is seeing how our special populations felt about being better equipped to attend class."
Devin Carpenter, Director of New Student Success, University of Montana
"Reporting was the biggest thing. I love how we can see where students are in the platform. I had no idea how many students were completing orientation before."
Vincent Prior, Director, Undergraduate Orientation Programs, Ohio University
Orienting Each Student to Reach their Peak
Pikes Peak State College
as presented at a live webinar April 2023
"After doing the research, we chose Advantage Design to produce our virtual orientation because we found they offered the best quality, pricing, product, and support we needed."
Homer Wesley, Vice President Student Services
Rising to the Challenge of Change with Online Pre-Orientation
California State University, San Bernardino
as presented at the NASPA Western Regional Conference and 2023 First-Year Experience Conference
"When we moved our orientation with Advantage Orientation, our completion rates soared!"
Megan Huston, Orientation Senior Program Coordinator
The Digital Hub of Graduate Student Onboarding
Clemson University Graduate Studies
as presented at a live webinar May 2023
"95% of graduate students said they feel more prepared to attend after completing the virtual orientation."
Misty Stewart, Ed.D., Director of Graduate Student Success
Online Orientation: Balancing Creativity & Technology
Rutgers University
as presented at a live webinar September 2023
"We were actually able to see about an 18% increase in our transfer student completion and attendance rates with our online orientation."
Laura L. Randolph, Ed.D., Associate Dean of Students, Director for Student Orientation and Transition Programs
Bring Your Advantages to Life with Online Orientation
Furman University
as presented at a live webinar November 2023
"Communication was definitely more effective, students and their families knew where to go. We were able to achieve a big initial goal of reducing confusion."
Jessica Berkey-Barnes, Associate Dean for Student Involvement and Engagement
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