NSO Planning
New Student Outreach is not only the most critical time of the year to bond with new students, it's also when the entire trajectory of a student's life on campus is shaped, when relationships and communities are solidified, and when incredible spiritual transformation takes place.
New Student Outreach is not only the most critical time of the year to bond with new students, it's also when the entire trajectory of a student's life on campus is shaped, when relationships and communities are solidified, and when incredible spiritual transformation takes place.
Use the NSO Scorecard and NSO Calibrator together, to prepare wisely for this important season of outreach.
Assess your current NSO practices with the NSO Scorecard and discover where you can grow as a community.
Start with the NSO Scorecard
Prepare your plans with the NSO Plan Calibrator and pray for next year's incoming new students.
Open the NSO Calibrator
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About the authors
InterVarsity's Evangelism Department is reaching students and faculty for Jesus through a culture of evangelistic innovation. We empower students, faculty, and staff by: pursuing Spirit-led, innovative evangelism strategies, developing next-generation evangelistic tools that engage diverse campus groups, and strengthening our spiritual disciplines for listening to and collaborating with God in our witness. Learn more
Jennifer Hagin Mitchell served as the Associate National Director of Evangelism. She first got involved with InterVarsity at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill where she also served as a campus staff member. She moved to supervise staff in southwest Virginia and now lives with her husband Nate in Forest, VA. Her passion in ministry has always been to see more students experience the beauty of the gospel and be equipped and Holy Spirit empowered leadership.
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