First Year Resources

Mardi Gras Information

• Mardi Gras Safety Information

Orientation Guidebook

• The 2013 New Student Orientation Guidebook will be available for download in early summer.
  

Navigator E-Newsletter

These Navigator newsletters are for new students, written by members of the Orientation Planning Team - for students, by students!

• Check your Tulane e-mail account for the first 2013 Navigator E-newsletter in mid-June!
  

Webinars

2012 New Student Orientation Information Webinars

• Gibson Online, Tulane Email, Advising, Safety and Security, Student Organizations, Dining Services
  
• Health Services, Card Services, Technology Services, Reading Project, Dates and Deadlines, Move-In
  
• Welcome Week
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Download the July 2012 New Student Orientation presentation (PDF)

New webinars will be added throughout summer 2013 to assist you in preparing for your arrival to Tulane in August. 

If you are unable to attend New Student Orientation in June, we encourage you to sign up for our New Student Orientation overview webinar on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CDT. Important information covered during New Student Orientation will be reviewed at this time. Sign up now:  http://riptide.me/h0L

Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society

Phi Eta Sigma was founded in 1923 and chartered at Tulane in 1954 to encourage and recognize high scholastic achievement among members of the freshman classes. The organization, which has the slogan, "Knowledge is power," is the nation's oldest and largest honor society for first-year college and university students in all disciplines.

Students elected to membership include those who have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale at the end of any first year, full-time curricular period, provided they have carried a normal academic load acceptable towards a bachelor's degree and rank in the upper 20% of their class.

In recognition of their academic achievements and contributions to the New Orleans community, members who maintain active membership in Phi Eta Sigma become eligible for a distinct honor cord and medallion at their graduation ceremony.