Why it's separate from new-student orientation
Transfer students already know how to be a college student; this session skips the general “how college works” content and focuses on Porter-specific logistics: reviewing the credit evaluation, building a degree map with a transfer advisor, and campus navigation.
Building community anyway
A transfer-specific welcome reception the same day connects new transfer students with each other and with the transfer student organization, since arriving mid-stream can otherwise feel isolating.
In and around Porter Falls
Most families reach campus from the west on US 12 or by regional coach into the Depot District, and the Welcome Center at the Depot is where visits start.
The practical details
Length: One day, versus the multi-day new-student version. Focus: Credit evaluation review, degree mapping, campus logistics. Timing: Sessions before each fall and spring term. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Office of Admissions (Welcome Center at the Depot). Call (715) 555–0143 or email admissions@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
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