{"id":8452,"date":"2026-07-16T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=8452"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:08:56","slug":"opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/event\/opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p>This is your official welcome to Carleton University\u00a0and the perfect kick-start to the week ahead! Here you will get a\u00a0chance\u00a0to meet your team leaders, connect with your new team members and hear from our Orientation Coordinators\u00a0Student Leaders. Participants will gather in their teams and sit as a group (seating on floor) to enjoy some quick presentations before getting up and active with some fun ice-breaker games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Students on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-7774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2025\/06\/OCS-on-Stage-2048x1154.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students enjoying DJ Dance Party.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"photos-and-videos\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos and Videos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note, photos and videos may be captured of this event.&nbsp;By attending the event, you consent to photography, audio recording, and video recording to be used for news, promotional purposes, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by Carleton University. Please contact <a href=\"mailto:fallorientation@carleton.ca\">fallorientation@carleton.ca<\/a>&nbsp;if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":7674,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[50],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-8452","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_event_type-central"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2026-09-06 19:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2026-09-06 20:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"AC","cu_event_meeting_room":"Norm Fenn Gym","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"event-mic","cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8454,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8452\/revisions\/8454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=8452"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fallorientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=8452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}