{"id":119,"date":"2016-07-01T03:04:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T03:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2024-01-31T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:29:40","slug":"orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/arrival-in-jordan\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On-site orientation sessions will be held for all students during the week before the beginning of classes. Orientation is conducted in a relaxed informal atmosphere in which you will get the chance to meet the director, on-site staff and other students in the program, as well as Jordanian students and mentors.\u00a0 There will also be in-depth sessions on living in homestays, academics, safety and security, and diversity issues, among other topics. Please consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/schools-abroad\/schools\/jordan\/dates-fees\">School\u2019s calendar<\/a> for dates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-420 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jordan-Orientation.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIENTATION SESSIONS ARE MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS.\u00a0 Please plan to arrive in Amman at least one day before orientation is scheduled to begin.<\/strong>\u00a0 (In most cases it will be fine if you would like to arrive a few days before the beginning of orientation<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and we encourage you to do so to have a time to get over the jet-lag. Orientation week is an intensive time and you will enjoy it more if you are able to get a good night&#8217;s sleep beforehand<\/span>. Please inform the staff in Amman and Middlebury well in advance by completing your Arrival Questionnaire in a timely manner, if you would like to arrive early.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-site orientation sessions will be held for all students during the week before the beginning of classes. Orientation is conducted in a relaxed informal atmosphere in which you will get the chance to meet the director, on-site staff and other students in the program, as well as Jordanian students and mentors.\u00a0 There will also be in-depth sessions on living in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"parent":105,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}