Title: Student orientation - Wikipedia
Headings: Student orientation
Student orientation
Contents
Terminology
History of Student Orientation
Purpose of Student Orientation
Around the world
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Finland
Indonesia
New Zealand
Sweden
Thailand
United Kingdom and Ireland
United States
United States Transfer Student Orientation
See also
References
Further reading

Content: In the US, most call it by the acronym SOAR for Student Orientation And Registration; Freshers' week in the majority of the United Kingdom and Ireland and Orientation week or O-week in countries such as Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and also in many Canadian universities. In Sweden, it is known as nollning (from nolla, "zero", in this case meaning the students have not earned any credit points yet) or inspark (being "kicked in" to university life). Orientation week is the common phrase in the United States. Some schools use the acronym WOW for Week of Welcome. In Canada, first-year students are called "Frosh" or "first-years", although the term "frosh" has been phased out as orientations have become dry events. The terms "freshies" and "freshers" are also emerging. In the United States, first-year university students are typically referred to as freshmen. In Australia and New Zealand, first-year students are known simply as "first-years", although in some the colleges of the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney they are also called "Freshers". In the U.K. and Ireland first-year students are known as freshers or first-years.