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Spring 2025 Orientation Registration

Register for Spring 2025 International & Exchange Student Orientation. Please register by December 8, 2024

International & Exchange Student Orientation begins at 9:00 am on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.  It takes place January 22, 23, and 24.  All required activities will be live that you will attend remotely from within the United States. There will also be in person/hybrid activities throughout orientation with our Global Ambassadors. You will have three days of international student orientation.  Your visa/status requires that you attend.   

University Housing
If you are living in University Housing for Spring 2025, please contact housing@uww.edu to plan your arrival and pick up your key.  Please review if you are required to live on campus. You may pick up your key at the front desk of Goodhue Hall from 8:30 am - 4:00 am on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Hotel information is below if you arrive after hours or weekend.  Keep in mind that Monday, January 20, 2025, is a national holiday and university offices are closed.

Traveling from Chicago to Whitewater  Options include:

    - Take a Van Galder bus from Chicago O'Hare to Janesville 

    - Take Uber or Lyft from Janesville shuttle station to the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
        - Uber 
        - Lyft

   - Mini-van:  University of Wisconsin - Whitewater's Center for Global Education will offer two mini-van pick up times from the Van Galder bus station in Janesville, Wisconsin to bring students to the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater campus.  Pick up times are on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 11:15 am and 2:45 pm.  No reservation required.

   - Hotels in Whitewater (if you are living in the residence halls, you may only pick up your key between 8:30 am - 4:00 pm (M-F))
        - Fairfield Inn 
        - Baymont Inn 



**  If you are attending the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater on the Rock County Campus, please contact Stacy Randell about additional arrival and orientation requirements.  Stacy's email address is: randalls@uww.edu

Insurance
You are required to participate in the University of Wisconsin System health insurance plan. You will be enrolled in the insurance and billed for the charges on your university bill.  Information can be found at: www.gallagherstudent.com/UWW   DO NOT enroll yourself in the insurance program.  UWW will enroll you and you will find the charges on your bill after the start of the semester.


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