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Transition Programs
See below for ways to spread your wings and become a leader with Transition Programs!

Orientation Leaders

Orientation Leaders convey important information about UNCW and assist new students and their families with the transition into UNCW. Orientation Leaders ensure that the orientation program is beneficial, exciting, and educational in its content and presentation. There are three roles on the OL team: Orientation Coordinator, Orientation Leader Council, and first-year Orientation Leaders. The OL position is an outstanding opportunity for students interested in enhancing their leadership skills and for those interested in sharing their passion for UNCW.

Meet the Orientation Leaders

Become an Orientation Leader

Seahawk Links

Seahawk Links are UNCW upperclassmen students who assist incoming first-year students with their transition into college. Seahawk Links serve as positive role models and mentors to new students through interactions in the classroom, by assisting students with making connections to UNCW, and hosting events for first-year students to enhance their collegiate experience. Students are selected to be Seahawk Links based upon their interpersonal, academic and leadership skills, along with their University involvement.

Student Office Assistants

Student Office Assistant serves as an administrative assistant to the staff in the Transition Programs suite and the various staff that work there. This position performs duties to assist with programs and services offered by Transition Programs.

Student Marketing Intern

Transition Programs' Student Marketing Interns create and manage content with the intention of engaging students and families through various communication outlets, social media marketing, & other recruitment duties as assigned.

Graduate Assistants

Graduate Assistants for Transition Programs provides support for programming, student leadership development, and event coordination. The Office of Transition Programs oversees the coordination of new student orientation, convocation, family weekend, peer mentor programs for first-year students, services and support for first-generation and foster care students, and commencement. 
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