Congratulations and welcome to Ursuline! We are so excited for you to begin the PA program in January. This website will help you navigate all the things you need to do to get ready for the program.
Additional information will be posted regularly, so check back often!
Orientation (mandatory)
- Orientation will be Friday, January 10, 2025.
- Register here.
Registration
- Use this link to fill out your registration form.
CastleBranch, Immunizations, Announcements, Important Dates
- Click here to download a message and to-do items from the faculty regarding CastleBranch, immunizations, announcements and important dates.
- Please contact Medina (medina.muhammad@ursuline.edu) with any questions.
Student ID
- Submit your photo for your student ID - click this link. You will receive your ID at orientation.
Parking Registration
- Submit your vehicle information here. Physical passes are no longer required.
Name Tag
- Submit your name for your name tag here. Caution: what you type on the form is how your name will appear on your name tag!
New Student Online Experience
- This is a self-guided course to help you with all things technology-related. Click here to access it.
URSAlert
- Sign up for the URSAlert system here. This is the texting alert system Ursuline uses to notify students when there is an emergency or campus closure (click on "Sign Up" in the upper right corner).
Fitness Center
- If you would like to use the fitness center, please fill out the waiver here. Do this after your have your ID (IDs given out at orientation).
Financial Aid, FAFSA, Payment Plans
- Fill out the 2024-2025 FAFSA at studentaid.gov and Grad PLUS Loan (separate MPN and entrance counseling).
- You will receive your financial aid package later this fall. Disbursements occur the second week of classes and refunds will be the following week (not Monday).
- If you have questions about financial aid, contact Rhonda Austin (raustin@ursuline.edu, 440-646-8331) or schedule appointment here.
- Payment plan forms: fall, spring, summer.
- Recording from the financial aid information session: click here.
Recommended Reading
- Before the program starts, we highly recommend reading Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel. Available at this link.
Ursuline Accounts
- Call Melanie (440-646-8146) to provide your Social Security Number.
- Desire 2 Learn will not be ready until closer to when classes start.
- Log-in directions here: New Student Resource Guide
Housing
- On-campus housing is full this year.
- Here is a list of some local apartments that are close to campus.
- Current students have lived here, which is closer to downtown.
