We can’t wait to join Florida’s student affairs leaders for Hold On Tight: Leading Through Change at Valencia College–West Campus on January 30, 2026. This energizing, one-day event brings together professionals who are embracing uncertainty, navigating new challenges, and creating joyful, student-ready experiences across higher education.

As the landscape continues to twist and turn, we’re excited to showcase how modern digital orientation experiences help college students, and their families, be better prepared, informed and welcomed, long before arriving on campus. Given the diversity of today’s new college students, providing an inclusive onboarding experience is still aspirational for many orientation professionals. We want students to feel seen and feel part of a community. At the same time, students expect to be treated like the individuals they are. 

Many student services and orientation staff have tried providing student orientation information online through a in a one-size-fits-all video. As a result, completion rates, and subsequent matriculations rates were low. Today, with a comprehensive virtual orientation system intentionally composed to reach disproportionately impacted students, completion and matriculation rates are near 80%. Outcomes are transparent and quantifiable.

We’ll share insights, success stories, and a behind-the-scenes look at how institutions across Florida are already elevating student engagement with Advantage Orientation^®. Stop by to meet our team, explore what’s possible, and see why colleges across the state trust us to deliver clearer, more welcoming pathways for their students.

We’ll see you in Orlando—buckle up for an inspiring day of connection, creativity, and growth!

Discover Virtual Orientation Solutions Your Peers Prefer

Discover how nearly 20 Florida institutions implemented a responsive, personalized, interactive, and video-rich virtual orientation that is welcoming and preparing more new students than ever before. Students engage in content relevant to their experience including Freshmen, Transfers, Veterans, International students, and many others. 

Quickly becoming a best practice in student services, virtual orientation is innovating programs for student engagement. As the new student experience is transformed, staff have access to real-time data for better analysis and greater efficiency, providing greater insight to meet students where they are on their journey to college.

Let's Connect at NAPSA Florida Drive-In

Explore virtual orientation solutions currently deployed at Florida institutions and learn from your peers how digital experiences are impacting the onboarding process.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida Atlantic University

Florida International University
Florida International University Grad
Florida Southern College
Florida State University
Nova Southeastern University
Rollins College
Santa Fe College
Southern New Hampshire University
The University of Tampa
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Miami
University of North Florida
University of South Florida
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Valencia College

Additional Resources:

Top 5 Strategies to Boost Student Engagement with Online Orientation

Why Schools Swear by the Advantage Experience

The Art of Stakeholder Alignment: Building Successful Orientation Programs through Collaboration