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Gateway Orientation, Advisement & Registration

See your advisers, choose your classes, meet new people, and more! Make the connection and get engaged.

Registering for a program

New freshmen are required to attend an Orientation, Advisement & Registration program. The program is designed to provide an orientation to campus, allow new students to meet with an academic adviser, register for courses and complete several other tasks. Freshman students will be e-mailed an invitation to the program. The invitation will contain a program reservation clink. Students will need to complete the reservation form online to secure a program date. 

The Gateway program will provide you with an opportunity to accomplish a number of important tasks including:

• Learn the ins and outs of the Gateway Program
• Mandatory placement testing
• Learn about academic degree requirements
• Meet with your academic advisor
• Use P.A.W.S. to register for your fall classes
• Specific majors require mandatory testing
• Learning the ropes from current students
• Become more familiar with campus facilities
• Learn about campus support services and programs
• Programs designed to help parents and students in their transition to EIU

Coming to Eastern opens a new chapter in your life. The transition from high school to the university setting is an exciting time filled with a myriad of opportunites. This transition also raises a number of questions and concerns regarding your first year here at Eastern Illinois University. We promise that your orientation day will provide you with more than a class schedule: it will prepare and excite you for your Freshman year at EIU. 

Upcoming Dates

Entering Fall 2013 (program reservation begins March 1, 2013)

• Tuesday, June 11, 2013 (Date is full)
• Monday, June 24, 2013
• Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Program Schedule:

7:00 am  Program Check-In, Grand Ballroom

7:45 am  Morning Welcome, Gateway Program Orientation

8:30 am  Academic Orientation

9:30 am  Student and Family Programs

12:00 pm  Panther Fair and Lunch

1:00 pm  Student and Family Programs

4:00 pm Program Concludes