Impressions from the Orientation Day 2024
At the beginning of the new academic year the University of Nova Gorica has organised the third edition of the traditional Orientation Day of the University of Nova Gorica for freshmen, which took place in the Lanthieri Mansion in Vipava on October 1, 2024.
Senior students were also invited, as the event is an excellent opportunity to get to know each other, the entire university and the study environment.
After the morning introductory receptions at the individual schools, the Rector of the University of Nova Gorica Prof. Dr. Boštjan Golob and the representatives of several UNG offices greeted the new students. After that, a social gathering took place in the atrium, which hosted numerous stands - the stands of UNG schools and UNG Student Council, and the stands of various university offices which offer support to students:
- UNG Student Office: everything about the application-enrolment procedure, registration for exams, student information system, etc.,
- University Library and Publisher: everything about borrowing library resources and access to databases,
- UNG International and Project Office: all about international exchanges,
- Coordinator for equal opportunities at UNG: ensuring equal opportunities, harassment prevention awareness programmes.
Moreover, at the stands of the host organisations the students could obtain useful information on the various services for students available in the local environment:
- KGŠ - Nova Gorica Students' Club: everything about the subsidised student meals and student activities,
- Mjob student job agency: student jobs,
- Institute for Youth Policy: youth policies, projects in the field of combating precarious youth work,
- Primorska hranilnica, d. d.: banking services for students,
- Severno Primorska Chamber of Commerce, Nova Gorica and Regional Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Ajdovščina: cooperation with companies, opportunities for internships,
- NIJZ - National Institute for Public Health, Nova Gorica: health awareness programmes, psychological first aid programme MIRA;
- Red Cross Slovenia - Regional Branch Nova Gorica: presentation of CPR - basic resuscitation procedures.
The students also visited the university's research laboratories in the Lanthieri Mansion and enjoyed a guided tour of Vipava, carried out in cooperation with the Tourist Information Center Vipava.
Dear freshmen, upon the beginning of the new academic year, we would like to welcome you at our campuses, hoping that your studies at the University of Nova Gorica will fulfil your expectations and ambitions, and bring you a lot of success, new friendships and personal satisfaction.
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