Welcome to the Start of Fall Semester!
Here's the news students need to know before the first day of classes.
Be Sure to Register for New Student Orientation!
Iron Mountain Campus New Student Orientation
Friday, August 15
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time.
Escanaba Campus New Student Orientation
Friday, August 22
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time
Students can RSVP through the link in this Bay Today news post HERE.
Log in is required.
For more information on student orientation, click here.
If you can't attend orientation in person, a virtual orientation will be loaded into your Blackboard classroom -- be sure to watch the videos before classes start.
Don't confuse the online new student orientation with OLO — online learning orientation
OLO is for students enrolled in online or hybrid courses. If you are taking an online
class for the first time, you do need to complete the OLO — online learning orientation
before the first day of class. Click here to learn more about the Online Learning Orientation.
Student Apartment Decorating Contest
Welcome to Student Housing! You’ve taken the time to move in and get organized, and we invite you to show off your space! We’d love to have you participate in the apartment decorating* contest! Here are the details:
Show us your space! Winners receive gift cards to Bay Café and have pictures of their apartments used for Bay College promotions!
Prizes:
1st place – each participating roommate will receive a $30 gift card to Café Bay
2nd place – each participating roommate will receive a $20 gift card to Café Bay
3rd place – each participating roommate will receive a $10 gift card to Café Bay
*Please be sure to use Command™ Hooks products to avoid damage to walls and paint. Do not drill or nail holes into walls, or use tape.
Participating apartments will have pictures taken to be used in Bay College promotional items. You don’t have to be in the pictures if you don’t want to!
How to sign up:
Talk with your roommates to make sure they are good with your space being shown off,
then send Dave Laur an email at dave.laur@baycollege.edu.
Include a picture of your decorated living space. Someone from Housing or Bay College Marketing will contact you to set up an apartment tour/photoshoot in September.
Work Study Jobs Available!
Students have been discovered working and actually enjoying it. Snag a work study. (garbled) Snag a work study job at Bay College today. Boost your confidence with on-the-job training while getting paid. Build professional connection and find mentors. Get real references.
- Boost your confidence
- Get on-the-job training while getting paid
- Build professional connections
- Find mentors.
- Get real references
- Get a behind-the-scenes peek at your dream job.
- Rock a truly flexible schedule
- Amp up your resumé
Click HERE to check out available work study positions.
Strings on the Bay
Don’t Miss the Season’s Last Performance!
Nordic Dreams
Tuesday, August 12th
7 p.m. Eastern Time
Besse Center Auditorium.
Tickets are only $7 for any student, K through Bay and only $15 for non-students.
Click HERE for tickets.
College Bookstore Info
Do you need to buy books? Visit the Bay College Bookstore on the Escanaba Campus or go online at baycollegeshop.com.
That's all for this edition of Bay today.
Have a good one!
About Bay College
Bay College is the community’s college with a mission of: Student Success, Community Success, and Culture of Success. Bay is devoted to each individual’s achievement in the classroom, on-campus, online, in the community and into the workforce by providing career certificates, associate degrees, transferable university credits, industry certifications, trainings, and professional development programs which develop skillsets, enrich individuals, and advance careers. #BayIsTheWay