New Student Orientation 2023
Start your college career on the right foot! New Student Orientation is an opportunity for Fall 2023 first-year and transfer students to get to know the places, peers, and faculty that they will be sharing their home with for the next four years. Discovering new passions, redefining academic and personal goals, and building lifelong friendships: it all starts here!
Schedule
Head on over to our Orientation Schedule Webpage for an inside look at what your first day as a Black Bear will be like!
Attending the Maine Business School’s New Student Orientation? Find the schedule for your first day as a Business Black Bear here!
Need additional assistance?
For further assistance, please call the Admissions Office at 207.581.1561 or email umaineadmissions@maine.edu.
Directions and Parking
Collins Center for the Arts
From the South
Traveling north on I-95: Take exit 191. Turn right onto Kelley Road. Turn left onto Route 2. Proceed to the third set of lights and then go straight for about two miles. Enter the roundabout and take the third exit onto Rangeley Road. Bear left at the fork and you will see the CCA and Belgrade parking lots. Signs will be posted directing students and guests to the Collins Center for the Arts.
From the North
Traveling south on I-95: take exit 193 and turn left onto Stillwater Avenue. Drive straight for one mile and turn right onto College Avenue. Drive one mile and turn left onto the UMaine campus entrance. Follow Long Road for about .5 miles, then turn right onto Flagstaff Road. At the end of Flagstaff Road, you will see the CCA and Belgrade parking lots. Signs will be posted directing students and guests to the Collins Center for the Arts.
Parking
Students and guests may park at the CCA or Belgrade lots in front of the Collins Center for the Arts. Parking passes are not required for guests attending this event and parking at the CCA or Belgrade Lots. However, parking passes are required for other lots on campus and are available at the check-in area at the CCA.