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New Student Orientation

New Student Orientation
August 20-24, 2008

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Preliminary Orientation Schedule

August 20-24, 2008
*Please check back over the summer for updates.

 

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 
8:00 am - 2:15 am Campus Offices Open - Student Financial Services (SFS), Registrar, Orientation Center
8:00 am – 10:30 am  Continental Breakfast  Clock Tower
8:00 am – 1:00 pm  New Resident Check In  Residential Quad
8:00am – 6:30 pm Get your Student ID Card & Mailbox Assignment Mail Center 
8:00 am – 1:45 pm  Get your Parking Pass  Campus Police
9:30 am - 4:00 pm   Bookstore Open Bookstore
10:30 am – 11:00 am  New Commuter Student Check In  Residential Quad
11:00 am – 11:45 am  Commuter Student Meeting  Sykes Auditorium
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm  International Student Welcome   McEwen 115
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Lunch Young Dinning Hall 
A-J, please go to Dining Hall from 11:00 - 11:45am
K-N please go to Dining Hall from 11:45am - 12:30pm
O-Z please go to Dining Hall from 12:30am - 1:15pm
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm  Welcome Dana Auditorium
2:40 pm – 3:40 pm Meet Your PRO *Freshmen* Dana Auditorium
2:40 pm – 3:40 pm Freshmen Year 101 *Parents* Core Classrooms
2:40 pm – 3:40 pm Transfer Information Session *Transfers* Sykes Auditorium
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Academic Advisor Meeting *Freshmen* Core Classrooms
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm   Your Students Road to Success *Parents* Dana Auditorium
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Meet your PRO *Transfers* Sykes Auditorium 
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner Young Dining Hall 
A-J, please go to Dining Hall from 5:00 - 5:30pm
K-N please go to Dining Hall from 5:30 - 6:00 pm
O-Z please go to Dining Hall from 6:00 - 6:30pm
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm  Sed Ministrare Line Up Young Dining Hall 
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Sed Ministrare Ceremony Dana Auditorium
9:45 pm – 11:00 pm Residence Hall Programs Residence Hall Lobby

 

Thursday, August 21, 2008 
8:30 am – 5:00 pm   Campus Offices Open (Student Financial Services & Registrar)
8:30 am - 6:30 pm Mail Center Open
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Bookstore Open
7:30 am – 9:00 am  Breakfast  Trexler Center
8:30 am – 9:45 am Queens 101 – Parent Breakfast with Senior Administrators *Parents*  Young Dining Hall
9:00 am –11:30am  Placement Test *Freshmen & Transfers* Classrooms
9:45 am – 10:45 am   The Real Queens Story *Parents*  Sykes Auditorium
10:45 am – 11:30 am  Final Wrap Up & Questions *Parents* Sykes Auditorium
11:00 am – 1:30 pm   Lunch Young Dining Hall 
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm   2008 Special Remarks for New Students   Belk Chapel
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm   Majors Meeting   Various Classrooms
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm  Academic Advisor Meeting 2 *Freshmen* Core Classrooms
3:00pm – 5:00 pm Transfer Advising *Transfers*  Advisor’s Office
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm   Dinner Young Dining Hall 
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm  PRO Group Meeting  Core Classrooms 
9:00 pm – 10:30pm   Playfair Oven’s Gymnasium
10:30 pm – 12:00am  Variety Venue  Residence Halls
10:30 PM Shop Till You Drop - Walmart Run Meet at Clock Tower

Friday, August 22,2008
8:30 am – 5:00 pm   Campus Offices Open (Student Financial Services & Registrar)
8:30 am - 6:30 pm Mail Center Open
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Bookstore Open
7:30 am – 10:00 am   Breakfast Young Dining Hall
9:00 am – 5:00 pm  Individual Advising Appointments/Free Time  Advisor’s Office
10:00 am – 11:00 am  Critical Thinking Exercise (A-M) *Freshmen*  McEwen 1st Floor
11:00 am – 2:00 pm  Lunch  Young Dining Hall
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  Greek 101 Information Session  Sykes Auditorium
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  Critical Thinking Exercise (N-Z) *Freshmen*   McEwen 1st Floor 
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Shop till you Drop - Target Shuttle Meet at Clock Tower
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm   Dinner  Young Dining Hall 
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm  PRO Group Meeting  Core Classrooms 
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm Social Awareness Program  Dana Auditorium

Saturday, August 23, 2008 
10:00 am - 2:00 pm Offices Open (Student Financial Services, Registrar, & Bookstore)
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Mail Center Open
7:30 am – 9:00 am   Breakfast  Young Dining Hall
9:00 am – 12noon  Individual Advising Appointments/Free Time  Advisor’s Office
11:00 am – 2:00 pm   Lunch  Young Dining Hall
12:00 noon  Alumni vs. Students Volleyball Game  Oven’s Gymnasium
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm  Core Class Meeting *Freshmen Only* Core Classrooms
4:00 PM Alumni vs. Students Men’s Soccer Game Marion Diehl Complex
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm   Dinner  Young Dining Hall
5:30 pm   Alumni vs. Students Women’s Soccer Game   Marion Diehl Complex
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   Ice Cream Social   Trexler Courtyard
8:00 pm – 9:00 pm PRO Group Meeting  Core Classrooms
9:00 pm – 12:00 am  The Kevin Hurley Show Dana Auditorium

Sunday, August 24, 2008 
12:00 noon - 6:00 pm Bookstore and Mail Center Open
11:00 am   Chapel Service  Belk Chapel
11:00 am – 2:00 pm  Brunch  Young Dining Hall
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm  Your Road to Success (A-M)  Sykes Auditorium
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  Your Road to Success (N-Z) Sykes Auditorium
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm  Dinner  Residential Quad
3:00 pm - 7:00pm  Welcome Back Party  Residential Quad

Monday, August 25, 2008 
8:00 am    Classes Begin  

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