Session Dates
Highlander Orientation 2026 Session Dates
- Highlander Orientation is a mandatory program that consists of a two-day orientation session.
- Students are required to stay on campus in Pentlands Hills overnight during our two-day in person on-campus sessions.
- There is no waitlist option for both our student and family programs.
- Students must have a reliable internet connection for the virtual orientation sessions.
- Attending the mandatory Highlander Orientation program is a provision of enrollment.
- An optional two-day Family Orientation program will take place during each of the in-person Orientation sessions (dates listed below).
- The one-day in-person Spanish Language Family Orientation program will take place on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
| First-Year Two-Day Orientation Session Dates |
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| Sessions will take place from July-August 2026. Students must sign up for a session in their admitted college. (ex. BCOE, CHASS etc.) |
| Session 1: July 6-7, 2026 (ALL Colleges) |
| Session 2: July 9-10, 2026 (BCOE & CHASS) |
| Session 3: July 13-14, 2026 (BCOE & CNAS) |
| Session 4: July 16-17, 2026 (CHASS, School of Business, School of Education) |
| Session 5: July 20-21, 2026 (BCOE & CNAS) |
| Session 6: July 23-24, 2026 (CHASS, School of Business, School of Education) |
| Session 7: July 27-28, 2026 (BCOE, CHASS, SPP) |
| Session 8: July 30-31, 2026 (CHASS, School of Business, School of Education) |
| Session 9: August 3-4, 2026 (BCOE, CHASS, CNAS) |
| Session 10: August 6-7, 2026 (BCOE, CHASS, School of Business) |
| Session 11: August 10-11, 2026 (All Colleges) |
| Session 12: August 13-14, 2026 (All Colleges) |
| Transfer Orientation One-Day Session Dates |
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| Sessions will take place in August 2026. |
| Session 1: August 19, 2026 (All Colleges) |
| Session 2: August 20, 2026 (All Colleges) |
| Session 3: August 21, 2026 (All Colleges) |
| Spanish Language Family Orientation |
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| Session 1: July 29, 2026 (Spanish Language Family Orientation) |
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