Meaning-first workshops that boost belonging and retention.

Evidence‑based skills in Connection, Purpose, and Meaning—designed to plug into Orientation, First‑Year Experience, Senior Week, and student‑leader training.

Why this matters now

Students arrive high‑achieving and thinly connected. Attention‑seeking tech, comparison culture, and packed schedules crowd out friendship, purpose, and reflection. The result is rising anxiety, shallow ties, and drifting after milestones—exactly the conditions that hurt persistence.

Reorientation is a practical, upstream antidote. We teach the science‑backed skills that build real community, clarify direction, and make meaning stick—so students belong, engage, and stay.

Outcomes campus leaders care about

  • Belonging & Community — faster friend‑formation, healthier group norms, peer accountability.

  • Mental‑health support — practical coping and meaning‑making skills; earlier, healthier help‑seeking.

  • Retention & Persistence — clearer purpose + stronger ties → higher engagement in classes and campus life.

  • Career Development — purpose clarity improves exploration, portfolio projects, and internship momentum.

  • Recruitment & Yield — a distinctive, research‑based life‑design experience for admitted‑student days and Summer Bridge.

  • Evaluation -We work with your team to align assessments to measure what matters for your community.

What Reorientation teaches

  • Foundation — Stabilize energy and attention so change sticks (sleep rhythm, daily movement, phone‑free focus, recovery).

  • Connection — Build and keep close friends quickly (anchors, weekly reach‑outs, small group norms, contribution habits).

  • Purpose — Aim effort at goals that help self and others (strengths → service, micro‑commitments, experiments that compound).

  • Meaning — Make sense of life and grow (weekly reflection, values → behaviors, narrative reframes after setbacks).

    • Refocus the first weeks on campus to instill deeper connections and a greater sense of purpose.

    • Going beyond the fun, these programs can ensure greater success for first-year students.

    • A series that addresses each of the three pillars and foundation to set students up for long-term success.

    • Senior week that prepares students for their transition after graduation.

    • Outputs: personal compass, contribution plan, peer circle agreements, post‑grad routines.

    • Stand alone workshops for students on targeted topics.

    • Previous topics include: The Happiness Trap; Designing for Purpose After College; Reducing the Barriers to the Life You Want

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