Neisha-Anne Green
Senior Director for Academic Support

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📚 Submit your placement credit exam results - due July 15 (two weeks from today!)

📸 Upload your One Card photo - due July 15

✅ For a more detailed checklist, click the link below!

Check your AU email! Showing up on day one without looking at your email is like showing up to hang out with your friends without checking the group chat. It's a recipe for you being behind the rest of the group, so please check it frequently over the summer!

Nolan Cazzari, Orientation Chair
School of International Studies (SIS)

Startup & Standout 2024, hosted by the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship, is a free, fully online festival designed to help you hone your entrepreneurial instincts and build your presentation skills and confidence as you compete for $10,000 in prize money!

Through discussions, workshops, and a pitch competition, you’ll team up with current and incoming AU students to create and present an idea for making a social impact. It’s also a great, low-stress way to make new friends before you even get to campus! Plus, all sessions take place in the evening, so it won’t interfere with your summer job or internship.

Don’t miss out on this valuable and fun opportunity to learn, connect, and show off your skills! For questions about this opportunity, reach out to Danielle Vogel (daniellev@american.edu).

Register closes this Friday, July 5: bit.ly/suso2024.

🖥️ Join us for an informative virtual session about the many resources available on campus! Incoming students should plan to attend one of the remaining upcoming New Eagle Essentials held over the summer on Zoom. New Eagle Essentials will be held:

To RSVP for one of our upcoming webinars, please visit this webpage or click the button below.

And to those who joined us for our first New Eagle Essentials webinar last week: thank you! We can't wait to see you again in August!

💰 Your first bill is right around the corner! This week, an email will be sent to you (and any established proxies), notifying you that your bill is ready to be viewed online.

The bill is due Thursday, August 1. Click on ‘Account Activity’ to see an itemized list of all tuition, mandatory fees, and financial aid. A vast majority of universities, including American University, have a tuition and mandatory fee policy. With this type of policy, mandatory fees are assessed to all (or groups) of students in order to help defray associated costs, not based on actual usage of an individual student.

Because you're education is an investment of time, effort, and money, AU wants to make sure you're protected. We have recently partners with Grad Guard to provide tuition refund insurance should you need to withdraw for a covered reason at any time during the semester. Visit the tuition refund insurance website for more information on Grad Guard how how to apply purchase the tuition refund insurance.

🦅 Flight Ready! is AU’s online pre-orientation program that allows incoming students to get the support and the resources they need to navigate life as an AU Eagle. From June to July, Flight Ready! connects students to campus offices, the storied history of the University, their peers, and opportunities to get involved and make a difference.

If you haven't yet done so, you can access Canvas through the AU Library's website by logging in using your AU credentials. Please make sure to complete the Flight Ready! course by August.

🧳 Now that you know where you're going to live, then next question is, "When do I move in?" Our staff in Housing & Residence Life (HRL) are working hard to schedule all new students' move-in dates and will share that information with you in late July.

While you're waiting to figure out when you'll be able to move into your residence hall, don't wait to think about how you want to decorate your space. HRL makes it easy to plan what to bring—as well as what not to bring. If you want to review the packing list, visit the HRL website or download a PDF version of the list here; or, if you want to see the dimensions of your room and the furniture it comes with, visit this webpage and click on your residence hall.

👋 Throughout the end of July and into early August, meet other new Eagles even before you get to campus during our Summer Send-Off series! Hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations, the AU Summer Send-Offs are in-person social gatherings to help welcome the Class of 2028 to the AU community. You will have the chance to socialize with other new AU students and alumni.

To find a send-off close to you, click the button below.

✨ Hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations in collaboration with the Office of Enrollment and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the 2024 Summer Welcome Series invites incoming students to meet fellow Eagles, hear from alumni about their AU experiences, and learn about resources offered to students by the Alumni Association and our Alumni Affinity Alliances and Networks. All welcomes are virtual and will be hosted on Zoom. Learn more and RSVP here.

🙋 College is an exciting time, but you'll likely experience more challenging course than you're used to. Luckily, you won't be alone! Academic Support is here to help you throughout your time here at AU. Located in our student center, they provide academic and education support to all students through tutoring services, academic coaching sessions, and more.

For a full list of services they can provide you, visit their website by clicking the button below, or check out their informational graphic here.

🙋 If you are currently living with a disability that required you to use accommodations in high school or at your previous institution, you'll need to register through the Academic Support and Access Center (ASAC) if you want to receive similar accommodations.