Office of New Student Programs Records, 1943-1980

Predominant Dates: 1965-1980

The Office of New Student Programs Records document the coordination of annual orientation events and tours for prospective students and incoming freshmen to OSU. The collection includes brochures, correspondence, meeting minutes, posters, reports, and a sound recording.

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ID: RG 279

Extent: 3.5 cubic feet

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Biographical / Historical Notes

Orientation programming at OSU for prospective students and incoming freshmen dates back to the launch of Freshmen Week in September 1924. This week-long program of tours, presentations, and other activities was coordinated by a committee of faculty headed by the University Registrar and included the Dean of Women and Dean of Men. When OSU started Freshmen Week, it was among the first orientation programs of its kind in the U.S. collegiate community.

Administratively, policies made by the High School-College Relations Committee of the Oregon State System of Higher Education guided orientation program planning on the campuses. The committee formed in 1934 and OSU was represented by faculty chiefly responsible for developing orientation programs. From 1934 through 1972, the faculty who sat on the committee were Registrar E. B. Lemon, Director of Admissions Dallas Norton, and Dean of Men Dan Poling.

In the 1940s, the university created another annual orientation event structured as a three-day, and later, a two-day program, called the Beaver Preview. This new program operated concurrently with the traditional 5-day Freshman Week (then known as New Student Week) program. A decision by the High School-College Relations Committee in 1963 to pare down orientation programs to one day events further changed orientation programming. That year, the university transformed the Beaver Preview into a single day activity and renamed it the Beaver Open House.

In 1969, to address the needs of an increasing enrollment, the university began to develop a new model of orientation programs scheduled for each term, the first of these, the Summer Orientation and Advising Program (SOAP) was established that year. The formation of Winter, Fall, and Spring programs soon followed the launch of SOAP. The Beaver Open House continued to be organized as a separate event.

In 1970, an administrative reorganization that dissolved the Office of the Dean of Men also created the first position of New Student Programs director. Dan Poling served as director of this new office until retiring in 1973. J. Franz Haun served as New Student Programs director from 1973 to 1980.

Currently, the Office of New Student Programs and Family Outreach coordinates orientation programming at OSU and organizes the annual START and Welcome Week programs.

Author: Karl McCreary

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Office of New Student Programs Records (RG 279), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: These materials were transferred to the University Archives from 1977 through 1991. They were initially described as part of the Office of Student Affairs Records until 2017 when they were separated and processed as a new record group.

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Container List

Series 1: Annual Reports, 1976-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 1 is made up of annual reports prepared by the Office of New Student Programs.

Box-Folder 1.1: Annual Reports, 1976-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-1979 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of correspondence and memoranda sent and received by New Student Program Directors Dan Poling and J. Franz Haun. Topics addressed in this series include: research of other universities' summer orientation programs, policies for the recruitment of minority and women students, and the OSU Retirees Group.

Box-Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1963-1979 Add to Shelf

Series 3: Committees, 1961-1976 Add to Shelf

Series 3 documents the work of two committees: the High School-College Relations Committee and the New Student Programs Committee. In addition to meeting minutes and agendas, this series contains annual reports, bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, handbooks, activity logs for event preparation, membership rosters, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, survey materials.

Box-Folder 1.3: High School-College Relations Committee, 1961-1964 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.4: High School-College Relations Committee, 1964-1966 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.5: High School-College Relations Committee, 1967-1968 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.1: High School-College Relations Committee, 1963-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.6: High School-College Relations Committee, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.7: High School-College Relations Committee, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.8: High School-College Relations Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.9: High School-College Relations Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.01: High School-College Relations Committee, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.11: High School-College Relations Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.12: High School-College Relations Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.13: High School-College Relations Committee, 1973-1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.14: New Student Programs Committee, 1963-1967 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.15: New Student Programs Committee, 1967-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.16: New Student Programs Committee, 1969-1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 1.17: New Student Programs Committee, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf

Series 4: Programs, 1943-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 4 contains documentation of programs, tours, and other orientation activities organized for new students and their parents. These materials reflect program planning, interaction with registrants, event publicity, and statistical compilation. Among the records included in this series are brochures, correspondence, financial statements, flyers, notes, photographs, summary reports. The photographs consists of two prints. One depicts a group of students at one of the 1969 Summer Orientation and Advising Program tours and the other is a stock image of students playing frisbee. The latter one was used for the 1973 Beaver Open House brochure.

Box-Folder 1.18: Beaver Preview and Open House, 1953-1967 Add to Shelf: The Beaver Open House materials date from 1963 to 1967.
Box-Folder 1.19: Beaver Open House, 1968-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.1: Beaver Open House, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.2: Beaver Open House, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.3: Beaver Open House, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.4: Beaver Open House, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.5: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.6: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.2: Beaver Open House, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.7: Beaver Open House, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.8: Beaver Open House, 1973 Add to Shelf: This folder contains a photograph.
Box-Folder 2.9: Beaver Open House, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.10: Beaver Open House, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.11: Beaver Open House, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.12: Beaver Open House, 1976-1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.13: Beaver Open House, 1979-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.14: Fall Orientation Program, 1970-1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.15: New Student Week, 1943-1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.16: Procedures For Program and Event Planning, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.17: Spring Orientation Program, 1971-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.18: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.19: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 2.20: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf: This folder contains a photograph.
Box-Folder 3.1: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1969 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.2: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.3: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.4: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1970-1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.5: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.6: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.7: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.8: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1971 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.9: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.10: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.11: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.12: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.13: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.14: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1974 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.15: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.16: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1975 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 3.17: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1976 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.1: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1977 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.2: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1978 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.3: Summer Orientation and Advising Program, 1979 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.4: Tutorial Program, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.5: Winter Orientation Program, 1969-1980 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.3: Winter Orientation Program, 1971-1972 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 5.4: Posters, 1955-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 5: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1967-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 5 reflects the involvement of New Student Programs Directors on the OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs. Primarily pertaining to the dispersal of student scholarships offered by the clubs, this series is made up of annual reports, brochures, correspondence, financial reports, flyers, meeting minutes, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, and lists of scholarship winners.

Box-Folder 4.6: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1967-1973 Add to Shelf
Box-Folder 4.7: OSU Dad's and Mom's Clubs, 1973-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 6: Prospective Student Visitation Statistics, 1977-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 6 consists of statistics compiled by the New Student Programs Office that reflect visits to campus by prospective students. Organized by month, the data includes the total number of students who contacted the New Student Programs Office, the number of visitors as a part of groups, and the geographic areas represented by visitors.

Box-Folder 4.8: Prospective Student Visitation Statistics, 1977-1980 Add to Shelf

Series 7: Sound Recording, 1969 Add to Shelf

Series 7 is made up of a reel-to-reel sound recording documenting an evaluation of the 1969 Summer Orientation and Advising Program by student advisors involved in the orientation sessions. The length of the recording is not described.

Box-Folder 4.9: Sound Recording, 1969 Add to Shelf

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