ADVENTURE AWAITS - ORIENTATION 2024
Welcome to Orientation Week 2024! We are proud to announce our theme this year is Adventure Awaits!
The UNBSU O-Week is a time-honoured tradition, 100% student-run, and a cornerstone of student experience. Last year we welcomed over 1,500 incoming students to our beautiful campus, community, and city!
The transition to university is an extremely influential time for students. As you embark on your university journey our diligent team of RedShirts (student leaders) will guide you towards success. Our team is dedicated to ensuring that O-Week is a safe, inclusive, and positive experience for all incoming students. We work diligently to curate adventures and events where students can form healthy, long lasting connections.
During your O-week adventure, you’ll form lifelong friendships, chart your course forward, and begin to learn who you are and what you value. We aim to help you find your path and place in the world, foster new connections, and delve into our campus community. The three points on compass of this year’s logo embody the three pillars of O-week:
COMMUNITY, AUTHENTICITY, INCLUSIVITY.
UNBSU Orientation is a branch of the UNB Student Union that organizes Orientation Week events. We bring together new students of all faculties, residences and areas of campus to our fully inclusive events designed to allow students to form connections immediately when they arrive at UNB, virtually or physically. We are a 100% student-run organization facilitated each year by our amazing Redshirts and Blackshirts; who are among the most passionate and spirited students imaginable.
We hope that, like many students before you, your O - Week will be the opening chapter to many UNB adventures.
#AdventureAwaits #proudlyUNB #WeAreUNB
ORIENTATION CHAIR 2024
Sophia Gatto (she/her)
Sophia is an experienced business student entering her fifth year at UNB, where she is pursuing an honours degree in accounting with a minor in mathematics and a concentration in logistics. Having been born and raised in Fredericton, Sophia has a strong connection to the community. This year marks Sophia's fourth year on the orientation leadership team.
On campus, Sophia is actively involved in multiple student clubs, including the Mental Health Association, the Environmental Society, and UNB Gives Blood. She is committed to improving student life through various avenues, and can't wait to translate this energy to O-Week. As Orientation approaches, Sophia can't wait to meet you all and welcome you home!
orientation@unbsu.ca
ORIENTATION CHAIR 2024
eli morton (HE/HIM)
Eli is a fourth year BSC student studying psychology with a focus in Social Psychology. In the coming year he plans to pursue an Honours in Psychological Research. Eli’s years of experience as hiking guide prepared him with the risk assessment skills to execute a safe and smooth O-Week. As a student teacher with the departments of Earth Science and Psychology Eli has guided students through all the trials and tribulations of academic life His passion for UNB was ignited while volunteering on the media team for O-Week 2023: Winning the ‘lifeguard award’ for always taking care of his team. Since then, he has worked diligently to create a vibrant and inclusive campus community. Originally from the west coast he is proud to call Fredericton his home.
orientation@unbsu.ca