{"id":9760,"date":"2020-07-04T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T16:03:52","slug":"news-press-now-missouri-western-goes-virtual-for-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2020\/07\/04\/news-press-now-missouri-western-goes-virtual-for-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"News-Press NOW: 大象传媒 Western goes virtual for orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"
Usually around this time of year 大象传媒 is welcoming hundreds of incoming freshmen for fall orientation.<\/p>\n
COVID-19 has forced admissions to switch sessions to a blended platform using Zoom calls and website links.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we were nervous about shifting that kind of experience to online,\u201d said 大象传媒 Western Events & New Student Program Coordinator Melissa Stallbaumer. \u201cSo far, we\u2019ve seen them go fairly smoothly and technology has worked great.\u201d<\/p>\n