{"id":15,"date":"2025-07-21T13:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/student-accessibility-services\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:15:54","slug":"first-year-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/student-accessibility-services\/first-year-students\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Year Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe7643b9040590d1741b0673c9ffeccd is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-deeper-red)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">information specifically for incoming first-year students<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro has-large-font-size\">During the summer before their first semester at Clark, new Clarkies should consider doing the following as soon as possible:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/student-accessibility-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/sign-language.jpg&apos;);background-position:66% 49%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" 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wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-6f90b940 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">register<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c6899bd326dc528ab29483f0550f0fe\">Register for accommodations through Student Accessibility Services by submitting an <a href=\"https:\/\/clarku-accommodate.symplicity.com\/public_accommodation\/\">online application<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0308daa973ebf5ad7502f8d135fc5db1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-gray-600-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-73b89f41 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-white)\" class=\"eyebrow has-drop-shadow has-text-align-left\">Attend Orientation<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consider attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/orientation\/summer\/undergraduate\/student-accessibility-services\/#:~:text=Bridge%20to%20Clark%20provides%20you,find%20your%20way%20around%20campus.\">Bridge to Clark<\/a> Early Orientation session.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-326caa4f18f992b2f1df51a3a4bd5f98\" 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