Intake & Orientation

Airport Transportation

• Tucson Airport transportation
• Tucson Airport Shuttle
• Stagecoach Express
• Latrikunda Transportation Shuttle: fajconsult@comcast.net  or  520-991-5906
• AAR Total Transportation: 520-339-3394
• Taxis
• Uber: Book through Uber app
• Lyft: Book through Lyft app

Welcome and Intake Steps 

Intake Steps

• IEP students only, Placement Test 

• CESL Registration
• NetID & CatMail setup

• NetID+ setup
• ID Picture

• Campus Tour
• Orientation
• Survey, Schedule, and Populi

Safety Requirements

Placement Test

Intensive English Program students only

• At your scheduled test times on March 11-13, it is mandatory for all IEP students to complete a placement test.
• All IEP students will do a live interview as part of placement/registration.
• Please allow 1 hour and 30 minutes for the written/computer test and 30 minutes for the interview.
• You must complete the test on your own without help from other people, books, notes, or the internet.

CESL Registration, NetID & CatMail Setup

Log in to Populi using the instructions that were emailed to you. The following steps can be completed anytime on March 11-12. You will do these steps on your own. Please write down and/or screenshot all of the information. If you have any difficulties, please contact Sumayya Granger at sracy@arizona.edu. 

• CESL Registration: Tuesday, March 11 - Wednesday, March 12 (after arriving in Tucson)
  Complete the online CESL Registration Form.
• NetID Setup: Tuesday, March 11 (any time)
  Your University of Arizona NetID is used for accessing campus computers, learning programs, and all university verified sign-ins. You must have a UA NetID. Set up your University of Arizona NetID using the EmplID and PIN that were emailed to you.
• CatMail Setup: Tuesday, March 11 (any time)
  Create your official UA email account. All CESL/UA correspondence will occur through this official UA account. You must create a CatMail email and check your CatMail email every day.

NetID Registration

• After creating your NetID and setting up your CatMail, you must register your NetID with CESL
• You must register your NetID with CESL by 5pm (AZ time), Wednesday, March 12. If you do not register your NetID, we cannot finish your registration process.

NetID+

• You will receive an email with instructions about NetID+ after you register your NetID with CESL. This is required to access D2L and other university services.
• If you have any issues, email sracy@arizona.edu

ID Picture

• Add a face photo of yourself into your Populi account

Orientation and Walking Tour

• New Student General Orientation is on Friday, March 14, 10:00 AM (Arizona Time)
• All new and returning students must attend this live orientation session with Sumayya Granger, sracy@arizona.edu
• In-person, CESL room 202
• Friday, March 14, 8am, students will take a walking tour around campus with CESL Director (meet in the CESL lobby)

Survey and Schedule

• Tell us about your orientation experience! After completing ALL of the above steps, you will complete the CESL Arrival Survey. Please complete on Friday, March 14 (after orientation).
• After completing ALL of the above steps, you will receive an email with your CESL Schedule.

Late Arrivals

• New students who do not attend orientation on Friday of intake week will be charged a late orientation fee of $100 and will not be allowed to receive a schedule until the fee is paid and orientation is completed.
• Late tuition fee: 10% of tuition. Applicable to new, returning, and continuing students who have not paid tuition by 5:00 PM on Tuesday of intake week.

If a full time student fails to enroll on time and accumulates excessive absences, his/her I-20 will be terminated and they will be dismissed from CESL.