Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Orange will welcome approximately 150 new students on Sunday 19 February when they arrive to register for on campus accommodation before the start of Orientation Week (‘O Week’) on Monday. They will join about 300 continuing students for the start of session one of the new academic year a week later on Monday 27 February. Dr Heather Robinson, the Head of Campus at CSU in Orange, said, “Orientation Week is always an exciting time, and we look forward to welcoming new students and the many parents who will visit on registration day. It is important to make the students’ tranistion to university life as smooth as possible, and all our staff are focused on this goal.” The students will register for their on campus accommodation between 12noon to 4pm on Sunday 19 at the Templers Mill Bar on campus. An accommodation information session for students and parents is scheduled at 4.30pm, to be followed by a barbeque. The University expects about 3 000 new domestic students and 260 new international students on its NSW campuses for its first intake this year, and a further 5 000 new domestic distance education students.