Effective student onboarding provides a powerful tool for fostering student success, particularly for the diverse community college student population, including adult learners, full-time workers and dually-enrolled students. This brief explores how Catawba Valley Community College (Catawba Valley) redesigned its onboarding process by expanding new student orientation with follow-up support, via student success courses, to address the diverse needs of its student population. Through innovative approaches--such as automatic enrollment in orientation to encourage participation, hybrid student success courses frontloaded into the first four weeks of the semester, and embedded opportunities for feedback and continuous improvement--Catawba Valley created a more inclusive and effective onboarding experience. Exploring the specific strategies used in Catawba Valley's redesign offers a replicable framework for college leaders seeking to enhance their onboarding practices and improve student outcomes.