Check Online Accounts.  Make sure you can login to Email, Sonis, and Blackboard.  These will require you to know your username (given to you by the Registrar at the time you registered for courses).  You may need these instructions for logging in the first time from home or for logging in the first time at the college.  If you do not know your username and/or password for email, call 717-544-5001, option 2.  Have your SSN ready to confirm your identity; they will call you back.  Once you are in email, Sonis and Blackboard are self-service.  (NOTE: assuming you know your username, returning students who are having difficulty logging in are almost positively simply using the wrong password.  For email and the network, call 717-544-5001, option 2; Sonis and Blackboard are self-service.)

Confirm Your Schedule of Courses.  Once you have logged in to Sonis (see step 1 above), confirm that the schedule of classes is what you believe it should be.  You will need this to confirm the accuracy of your bill, and when ordering textbooks.  If the schedule is not what you believe it should be, contact the Registrar at 717-544-5373.

Confirm Your Financial Aid.  IF you are applying for Financial Aid, you should be working closely with the Financial Aid Office.  If you have not received your Financial Aid Award Letter prior to classes, contact the Financial Aid Office immediately.

Order Textbooks.  Order your textbooks from the College Bookstore at MBS Direct.  This will require you to know what courses you are registered for.  Textbooks are available 3-4 weeks prior to the first class of the semester.

Complete the checklist for "All Students Regardless of Status".

College Orientation.  Complete the College Orientation and hand in the Signature Page to the person indicated at the bottom of the Signature Page.  See Blackboard for details.  (If you have completed the checklist for "All Students Regardless of Status", you will know how to access Blackboard.)

ID Badge and Parking Permit.  Instructions for receiving the ID Badge, including dates, will have been given to you by the Registrar at the time you registered for classes.  ID Badges are managed by the Employee Service Center at Lancaster General Hospital.  Pick up your Parking Permit for the Burle Lot when you get your ID Badge.  PLEASE visit the Employee Service Center ONLY during the specified dates and times you received from the Registrar.  Please call the Employee Service Center (717-544-4421) only as a last resort if you absolutely can not make the specified dates and times.

Transcripts.  Ensure that the Admissions Office has received all of your transcripts.  Please contact the Admissions Office, lgc_admissions@lancastergeneralcollege.edu, if you have questions about whether or not your transcripts have been received.

Complete the checklist for "All Students Regardless of Status".

Complete the checklist for "Students Entering their First Semester at the College" (if applicable).

Annual PPD.  Complete your PPD skin test through your private physician and have the results of the test sent to the College Health Office.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your PPD skin test is not on file with the College.  See the College Health Office for details.

Annual Physical.  Complete a Physical Examination and any necessary immunizations through your private physician.  Have the results of the test sent to the College Health Office.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your Physical Exam and Immunization Form is not on file with the College.  See the College Health Office for details.

Drug Screening.  Complete your Drug and Alcohol Testing through the College Health Office.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your Drug & Alcohol Testing Form is not on file with the College.  See the College Health Office for details.

CPR Certification.  Complete the American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course for Health Care Providers.  You may complete this at a certified location which provides a card issued by the American Heart Association.  We provide this list of locations for your convenience.  Evidence of completion must be provided at the first day of your Program Orientation on-site at the College.

Criminal Background Check.  Complete a PA State Criminal Background Check early, and forward to the Office of Admissions at least one month prior to classes.  This is most easily accomplished online and costs $10.  See these instructions to complete the check online.  If you prefer, you can also do this by mail for $10.  To complete the check by mail, visit the DPW Child Abuse Clearance website, read the instructions, and scroll down to the State Police Criminal Record Check Form.  (Note: You must complete this check even if you have never lived in Pennsylvania.)

FBI Clearance for Out-of-State Students.   This process is different than the process in step 9 above. Complete an FBI Clearance VERY EARLY (may take eight weeks to complete), and forward to the Office of Admissions at least one month prior to classes.  The Admissions Office will have provided you with this form and a fingerprint card .  If you have lost the fingerprint card, you will need to contact the Admissions Office to receive a new one.  Carefully follow the directions on the form.

Order Uniform.  Order a uniform early, and allow 4-6 weeks for delivery! You will have received a Uniform Order Form, either in the mail or at Accepted Student Day.  The forms vary by gender, and vary depending on whether you are in Nursing or Allied Health.  The company the College works with is Student Profiles, Inc., 800-901-3232.  (They have no website.)  If you do not have an Order Form, contact the company or call the College at 717-544-4912, option 0.

Acquire Additional Mandatory Clothing.  (A) You must have all-white shoes with enclosed toes to wear with your uniform.  (B) Nursing students must purchase a Nurse Pack from the College Bookstore at MBS Direct.  (C) Nursing students must have business casual clothing for community health nursing activities.  The business casual clothing must be purchased through Uniform Solutions; for more information read these requirements. 

Program Orientation.  Attend the on-site Orientation at the College for your specific program.  The dates and times for your Program Orientation will have been communicated to you by mail and/or email, and are generally posted on the College website in the weeks preceding the semester.  If in doubt, contact the College at 717-544-4912, option 0. 

Program-Specific Requirements.  Your particular program may have additional requirements.  If additional requirements exist, they will have been communicated to you by your program.  Check with your Academic Advisor or Program Chair for more information.

Check Clinical-Specific Online Accounts.  Clinical students will have Netlearning accounts, and may have additional accounts such as SMS, Novius, Bridge, or others.  You will NOT be able to access these until after the semester has begun.  The usernames and passwords will be communicated to you via email, either just before the semester has begun, or just after the semester has begun.  Keep an eye out for these emails and do not lose your account information.  If you have lost your information, be patient until the semester begins; directions for getting into these systems varies by system, and is posted in the Computer Lab and in Blackboard under Student Affairs, Information Systems.

Complete the checklist for "All Students Regardless of Status".

Annual PPD?  Update your annual PPD skin test through the College Health Office or through your private physician.  If you use a private physician, have the results of the test sent to the College Health Office.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your PPD skin test is not updated annually and on file with the College.  See the College Health Office for details.

Annual Physical?  Complete your annual Physical Examination and any necessary immunizations through your private physician.  Have the results of the test sent to the College Health Office.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your Physical Exam and Immunization Form is not updated annually and on file with the College.  See the College Health Office for details; note that the necessary forms can be found in Blackboard.

CPR Current?  Make sure that your CPR Certification is current.  You will be held out of clinical classes if your CPR Certification is not current.  You may complete this at any certified location which provides a card issued by the American Heart Association.  We provide this list of locations for your convenience.  Evidence of completion must be provided at the first day of your Program Orientation on-site at the College.

Complete Your Netlearning.  Your Netlearning annual mandatories come back every year.  It is a good idea to complete them prior to the semester.  As a returning clinical students, you should already know your account information for Netlearning.  The list of mandatory requirements is provided by your instructors.

New Uniform?  If the uniform requirements have changed in the last year, make sure you order a new uniform (see the checklist above for "Students Entering their First Year of Clinical Courses").

Program-Specific Requirements.  Your particular program may have additional requirements.  If additional requirements exist, they will have been communicated to you by your program.  Check with your Academic Advisor or Program Chair for more information.

Check Clinical-Specific Online Accounts.  As a returning clinical student, you should already know your account information for Netlearning, SMS, Novius, Bridge, or others, as needed.  Check to see that you can still access these accounts.  If not, be patient until the semester begins; directions for getting into these systems varies by system, and is posted in the Computer Lab and in Blackboard under Student Affairs, Information Systems.