The Spartan Orientation Station Madison Sewick

On this week's episode of the Spartan Orientation Station, we will be discussing intramural (or IM) sports on campus, your MSU gym membership, how to sign up for IM teams and fitness classes, and hearing from students who have been a part of an IM team! Joining us this week is Ross Winter, the Assistant Director of Recreational Sports and Fitness Services.For more information about IM sports, gym memberships, and more, check out the Recreational Sports and Fitness Services website: https://recsports.msu.edu/. To activate your fitness membership, use your Spartan ID card and sign in here: https://recsports.msu.edu/fitness/memberships.html.

On this episode of the Spartan Orientation Station, our team talks about all things MSU Varsity Athletics. Featuring conversations about how students can buy athletic tickets and attend MSU athletic events, we’ll also share a little bit about our experiences as students attending these events. For more information, visit the Official MSU Athletics Website at msuspartans.com. To learn more about student sections or student athletic tickets, including all of the information shared here, check out the Student Section page linked here. To sign up for the Athletics newsletter mentioned in this podcast, click here.

As we get ready to welcome new Spartans to MSU, the New Student Orientation (or NSO) office is excited to talk about this summer’s orientation process! Throughout the summer, students can engage in a variety of different virtual programming before our in-person fall welcome program. Here to talk about the student orientation process are three NSO Program Coordinators, Maddie Sewick, Raven Baugh, and Jared Stratz.
For more information on Transitions and Transfer Student Success (which houses NSO), find us on Instagram @msu_nso, Facebook MSU New Student Orientation, or email us at nso@msu.edu. 

New Student Orientation (NSO) offers many different positions for undergraduate students to gain invaluable experience and have the chance to help incoming students make MSU (Michigan State University) their home.  I’m here with a few of these student employees to talk about their experiences in the many different positions offered at the NSO office and give some insight into the kind of work they do. These students represent the four undergraduate positions available in the office, spartan leaders (SLs), office assistants (OAs), orientation interns (OIs), and student coordinators (SCs).
For more information about working for NSO, check out our website: https://orientation.msu.edu/about/work-for-orientation/ or our Instagram account @msu_nso. 

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Spartan Orientation Station! Today we’ll be talking about the Student Veterans Resource Center, also known as the SVRC. The Student Veterans Resource Center is dedicated to promoting the educational, career, and personal advancement of service members, veterans, and their families at Michigan State University. Today we are joined by Patrick Forystek, the Director of the SVRC. 
For more information about the Student Veteran Resource Center, check out their website: https://veterans.msu.edu/. You can also find them on Instagram: @msu_svrc or visit their office in Room 8 of the Student Services Building. 

Living off campus is a possibility for some incoming students, and many students will eventually choose to live in off campus housing. You may be wondering how to stay connected to on campus activities, when to sign a lease, or even how to start finding an apartment or house. These are all new responsibilities that we'll be discussing in today's episode. Joining us today is Suchitra Webster, who is the Director of the Office of Community and Student Relations.
For more information about living off-campus, please visit https://offcampushousing.msu.edu/. For more information about the Office of Community and Student Relations, view their website here: http://www.collegelifeel.msu.edu/, email them at scr@msu.edu, or follow them on Instagram @collegelifeeastlansing.