New Student Orientation

1. Review your financial aid award notification (accessible mid-spring), available through myGVU within myTools located on the home page of myGVU.
2. Report all off-campus/hometown scholarships to the financial aid office.
3. View the online job board to learn more about on-campus employment and to search for jobs. On-campus employers may be accessible during orientation or could be contacted prior to the start of the semester.
4. Complete Direct Loan Entrance Counseling at www.studentaid.gov. Entrance counseling is required prior to any disbursement of loans to the university. We encourage all students to complete this process if they ever plan to borrow during their collegiate career. If choosing to accept a loan, students and parents need to complete separate electronic promissory notes at www.studentaid.gov.

Make arrangements to have your transcript(s) sent to the Grand View Office of Admissions for college credit earned by:

• Testing Equivalencies
• College Coursework

Ask the college granting you credit to send a transcript to Grand View, including any courses that you are currently taking. For example, if you are taking a psychology course through your high school for Des Moines Area Community College credit, you must contact DMACC and ask them to send a transcript directly to Grand View. If you are unsure of whether Grand View has received your official transcripts prior to your orientation date, please bring appropriate documentation (such as unofficial transcripts) to orientation. This will provide academic advisors with more accurate information about degree requirements you have already completed.

Please note: You must have official transcripts sent directly to the Grand View Office of Admissions for earned college credits from all previous institutions to be entered in your official Grand View records.

Grand View University regards standing up and looking out for one another’s safety as a core value. One way in which our school commits to this value is by providing students with bystander intervention training. We want each student to have the knowledge and skills to be an activate bystander, who intervenes if anyone is observed being harassed or endangered by sexual violence.

How to Complete:

You will receive an email in your Grand View email account from our training partner, Get Inclusive, before your orientation. Simply follow the link in that email to begin the training. The training module is self-paced and will take around 20-30 minutes to complete. The training must be completed by your orientation day. For technical support, please contact support @ getinclusive.com.