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This year's orientation was a huge success. We had a welcome kick-off event at the Wharton Center's great hall, where over 1000 students were seated to hear our director Peter Briggs give a welcome address. We also had a resource fair; our new students walked around the concourse of the Breslin center and picked up brochures, free items, and signed up for student clubs and other organizations.

The signature wow-factor event that OISS held for our new students was an elegant welcome dinner at the Breslin center. The city of East Lansing held the first ever East Lansing Welcome to the World event where hundreds of people came from the community and campus to celebrate our new international students. Our volunteers were group leaders and we put over 1000 students into small groups so they wouldn't feel like just a number. Group leaders took their groups on campus tours, helped them get their IDs, had meals with them. Despite the size of MSU's huge campus, and our large numbers of international students who attended orientation, we were still successful in making sure every student knew that they mattered.

Hello everyone, my name is Ruslan, I'm from Azerbaijan and I'm the president of the International Students Association. I'm here today to encourage you to attend MSU International Student Orientation. This orientation is an outstanding opportunity to meet your academic advisor and pick your classes. Through this experience, you will feel the true energy of MSU campus, meet students from all around the world, and learn about the resources on campus. The Office for International Students and Scholars will help you to take care of all important paperwork, including Social Security and driver's license applications. We will be having a lot of fun events, such as the ice cream social, the welcome reception, the welcome festival, and other types of informational sessions. Overall this is an exceptional opportunity that you do not want to miss. OISS staff, 40 international student organizations, including ISA, and 200 volunteers cannot wait to meet you. Go Green!

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