Orientation Leaders

Orientation Leaders shape the IU experience for incoming Hoosiers while having the summer of a lifetime

Orientation Leaders (OLs) are an integral part of welcoming, orienting, and educating new students and their families as part of New Student Orientation (NSO). OLs serve as part of the Orientation Team (OTeam) alongside professional, graduate, and other undergraduate staff.

OLs teach new Hoosiers about the resources, opportunities, and culture of Indiana University during NSO. This is a paid summer position during which OLs grow professionally and personally, and work as a team to mentor and support incoming students.

OLs gain skills in various areas including leadership, teamwork, public speaking, facilitation, goal setting, and conflict management—all while learning more about IU.

NSO 2023 will give new students a taste of what life is like at IU and you can be part of their first experience on the IU Blooomington campus.

Applications for 2023 Orientation Leaders are now closed.

If you are interested in other opportunities to work with our office you can email us at fye@iu.edu.

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[Video: A picture unfolds on the screen. Posing in three rows are student staff members of the 2022-2023 Orientation Team. The students are smiling and posing playfully. They wear uniforms comprised of red or black polo shirts and khaki or black shorts.]

[Words appear: Experience the summer of a lifetime. Become an Orientation Leader.]

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[Video: Crossfade to a student walking outside on the IU Bloomington campus. She speaks directly to the camera.]

Student: When you join the Orientation Team, or as we like to call it, the OTeam, you'll help new Hoosiers find their place during New Student Orientation

[Video: Cut to an Orientation staff member on stage at the IU Auditorium greeting families seated in the audience]

Student Voiceover: by welcoming them and their families,

[Vide: Cut to an audience view of an Orientation staff member on stage presenting and speaking at the Welcome session for New Student Orientation]

Student Voiceover: facilitating conversations,

[Video: Cut to a view of a classroom space, viewing a group students at New Student Orientation. Two Orientation Leaders stand in front and teach the IU Fists and Blades, making the IU trident symbol with their arms]

Student Voiceover: and by showing them what makes IU amazing.

[Video: Cut to multiple views of Orientation Leaders smiling and leading groups of student and families along landscaped paths of the IU Bloomington campus]

Student: Some of the many reasons to apply to OTeam include making friends with people you may have never met before,

[Video: Cut to an Orientation Leader playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with an incoming student. Cut to student walking along a tree-lined path on the Bloomington campus. She speaks directly to the camera]

Student: and getting to spend part of your summer here on our beautiful campus in Bloomington.

[Video: Cut to another student walking along a landscaped path on the Bloomington campus; he speaks directly to the camera.]

Student: By joining OTeam, I was able to meet so many different people,

[Video: Cut to an exterior view of the Eskenazi Museum of Art. It is night and the museum is lit in different colors by an exhibit known as the Light Totem.]

Student Voiceover: learn so much more about campus,

[Video: Cut to view of a row of students laying on the ground with their feet up against the exterior wall of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at night. Cut to video of students jumping outside of the Ezkenazi Museum of Art at night; one student does a backflip]

Student Voiceover: and develop a number of different professional skills.

[Video: Cut to three OTeam staff members sitting around a table eating lunch and conversing]

Student Voiceover: By developing my teamwork,

[Video: Cut to an Orientation Leader smiling. Cut to an Orientation Leader sitting outside and conversing with an incoming student]

Student Voiceover: leadership, conflict management, and goal setting skills,

[Video: Cut to a student walking along a path outside Maxwell Hall, a limestone building in the Old Crescent part of the Bloomington campus. She speaks directly to the camera]

Student: I'm more desirable to employers for job and internship opportunities.

[Video: Cut to another student walking along a tree-lined path on the Bloomington campus]

Student: One really great thing about OTeam is that you develop really strong leadership skills throughout the summer.

[Video: Cut to two Orientation Leaders on a small stage. They are giving a presentation to an audience. Cut to video of an Orientation Leader presenting from the front of a classroom, in front of a chalkboard, with students seated at desks]

Student Voiceover: They really emphasize to you that any personality type can be a leader.

[Video: Cut to an Orientation Leader hyping up first-year students in the bleachers of Indiana Memorial Stadium. The students are cheering and waving thunder sticks (white noisemakers)]

Student Voiceover: So, no matter who you are,

[Video: Cut to Orientation Leaders and professional Orientation staff presenting from the field at Indiana Memorial Stadium. They are wearing IU gear]

Student Voiceover: if you're an Orientation Leader, you walk out of summer knowing that you can lead other people.

[Video: Cut to a line of students wearing IU gear, cheering with raised arms on the field at Indiana Memorial Stadium. Fireworks go off in the background]

Student Voiceover: Being a part of OTeam was a great way to meet new people,

[Video: Cut to an Orientation Leaders readying a t-shirt cannon in front of a crowd of first-year students in the bleachers at Indiana Memorial Stadium. Cut to a student walking along a tree-lined path on the Bloomington campus. He speaks directly to the camera]

Student: as well as help fellow Hoosiers that were incoming as first-year students.

[Video: Cut to another student walking along a tree-lined path on the Bloomington campus. She speaks directly to the camera]

Student: I love that I got to influence the experience of new Hoosiers and guide them through their transition to college.

[Video: An Orientation Leader wearing candy-striped overalls cheers and jumps, hyping up a group of students in the Indiana Memorial Stadium bleachers. The students cheer and wave noisemakers]

Student Voiceover: It's more than just a job.

[Video: Cut to students at New Student Orientation walking past a bronze status of former IU President Herman B Wells. They shake the statue’s hand as they pass]

Student Voiceover: You'll get to see the best of Bloomington,

[Video: Cut to an Orientation Leader smiling while chatting with and leading a group of students and families at New Student Orientation]

Student Voiceover: build marketable skills,

[Video: Cut to a student checking in with an Orientation Leader at a desk in Wells Library on the Bloomington campus. Cut to an Orientation Team staff member firing a t-shirt cannon while first-year students cheer in the stands at Indiana Memorial Stadium]

Student Voiceover: and connect with the newest Hoosiers, and a campus tradition to remember.

[Video: Cut to a student walking along a path outside limestone buildings in the Old Crescent part of the Bloomington campus. She speaks directly to the camera]

Student: Experience the summer of a lifetime and apply for the OTeam.

[Words appear in a red banner and white text showing a link OTeam application website go dot iu dot e d u forward slash O Team. A clip art hand moves to the words and clicks. The link changes to red text on a white background. Words disappear]

Student: Visit go.iu.edu/OTeam to learn more and apply.

[Video: The screen goes black. The IU trident appears on a red tab with the words First Year Experience Programs f y e dot Indiana dot e d u]

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