Join Summer Connect!
At Trent, new students have a unique opportunity to meet other incoming students, connect with their Orientation Leaders and other upper-year students, learn about the services and resources that make Trent a great place to learn before they even arrive on campus.
The Summer Connect program is currently open. Check your Trent University email for an invitation to Microsoft Teams for your residence community or off-campus College team.
Summer Connect is a 12 week program that covers different student services and other aspects of university life at Trent. Summer Connect will take place on Microsoft Teams. Trent students can download Microsoft Teams through the Microsoft Student Advantage Programs.
If you are an incoming Trent student who is living in residence, you are automatically added to a new Microsoft Teams chat with your peers in residence, Residence Life Dons and Orientation Week Leaders. If you are not living in residence, you will be added to an Off-Campus Microsoft Teams with other off-campus students who are affiliated with the same College and Orientation Week Leaders. Mature Students will also be invited to their own Microsoft Teams group in July.
Summer Connect Topics
A variety of topics will be covered over the Summer Connect program. Each week, student leaders will post new topics and information your Microsoft Teams Degree Group. Below you will find the topics we cover in Summer Connect that will help your transition to university.
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Topic 1: Welcome to Your Home Away from Home We encourage all incoming students to download Microsoft Teams. From there, you will be added to an "Interest Group" to communicate with incoming students and student leaders with similar interests. |
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Topic 2: Funding your Education This topic provides information regarding funding your education. These include: The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries Purchasing textbooks from the Trent Bookstore and the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) |
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Topic 3: Academic Advising This topic discusses Academic Advising: a fundamental element to a student’s academic success. This service is available in every college, and is dedicated to student learning, development, and success. Academic Advising is a service which helps students develop educational plans for achieving their personal and academic goals. |
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Topic 4: Academic Skills This theme provides information on Academic Skills and the resources that they offer: including help with time management and goal planning, organization and notetaking. This theme also provides information about how to learn online. |
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Topic 5: Wellbeing at Trent This theme provides many resources that are available to support students’ wellbeing at Trent. These include: |
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Topic 6: International Support and Cultural Services This theme provides information about international support, and cultural services that are available to students at Trent University. Trent International supports students from 85+ different countries and helps with their transition to life in Canada. The First Peoples House of Learning (FPHL) offers cultural services to a diverse community of Indigenous learners (First Nations Status, Non-Status, Métis and Inuit). FPHL collaborates with students to support their academic success, personal development and leadership potential. |
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Topic 7: The Collegiate System Trent is a Collegiate University (an institution comprised of University colleges) and shares its core traditions with several similar schools found around the world. This theme provides information about what the colleges have to offer and introduces the college Principals. Click to learn more information about the colleges and introductions to the college Principals. |
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Topic 8: To Campus and Beyond This theme provides information about Peterborough, and how to navigate campus and beyond. Trent’s campus is located in the vibrant city of Peterborough and offers an energetic arts and culture atmosphere, a thriving music scene, many shops and boutiques, and a phenomenal selection of more than 70 restaurants, cafés and pubs. For information about navigating Peterborough bus route, please visit the Trent Central Student Association website or the Peterborough Transit website. |
College Orientation Summer Connect
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Topic 9: Consent at Trent, and Off-Campus Information At Trent University, we take consent very seriously. This theme provides resources about Consent at Trent that will be shared with all incoming first year students. Visit the Consent at Trent website for more information on the mandatory Consent at Trent training. Off-Campus Students are the largest population at Trent. This theme will go over resources and spaces dedicated to those living off-campus. Click here for more information about the resources for students living off-campus.
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Topic 10: Orientation Week Event Registration This theme will explain how to sign-up Orientation events, both online and in-person. |
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Topic 11: Summer Connect Review This theme is to recap the resources above to make sure incoming students feel comfortable and supported with their transition to University. |
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Topic 12: Orientation Week in More Detail This theme will include event details and connect students with Orientation programming which suits their interests and future educations. |
