2006 Orientation Schedule

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Welcome to DePauw

Orientation promises to be one of the most exciting and hectic times of your college life. Not only will you meet many of the students, faculty and staff members who make up the DePauw community, but you will also review your class schedule, learn your way around campus and begin to make DePauw your home. Your depauw.year1 mentor, resident assistant and academic advisor will all serve as primary resources to help you during orientation and throughout your first year at DePauw.

This schedule of events is designed to help you meet the requirements of the week. The schedule will help you stay organized if you read all the information carefully and attend each meeting or event scheduled for you.

Please ask questions. The staff at the Office of Student Affairs can respond to many of your questions. Feel free to stop by the office on the second floor of the Memorial Student Union Building or call 765-658-4270.

Meal Information

Student meal cards are activated as of Saturday, Aug. 19. A number of meals, including dinners on Saturday and Tuesday evening and lunch on Sunday, are arranged for you as part of the orientation program. The cost of these meals will be administratively deducted from you meal plan. All new students are expected on their residence hall floors for dinner at 6:30 on Saturday. Each mentor group will make its own arrangements for dinner on Sunday.

Saturday, Aug. 19: Opening Day
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Check-in
  • Station 1: Residence Hall check-in— keys, schedules, campus information packet. If you live in Hogate, Humbert, Bishop Roberts, Longden, or College Street, go to Humbert Hall. If you live in Lucy Rowland or Mason, go to Reese Hall in Rector Village. See Directions for Unloading.
  • Station 2: Your room — meet your roommate and RA; move in.
  • Station 3: Memorial Student Union Building — student ID, automobile registration, mailbox, class schedule, information technology help desk.
3 - 3:45 p.m. Opening convocation. Performing Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
4 - 4:45 p.m. Student meetings with faculty advisor (meet in the room listed on the orientation schedule you received at home)
4 - 4:45 p.m. Parent information sessions. Performing Arts Center
4:45 - 5 p.m. Rendezvous
5 - 6:30 p.m. Family goodbyes
6:30 - 8 p.m. Dinner and residence hall floor activities
8 - 10 p.m. Community social activities
10 p.m. - midnight Opening night luau. South Quad dells
Sunday, Aug. 20
morning Personal time
9 - 10:30 a.m. Spiritual Life Brunch, Memorial Student Union Building.
noon - 9 p.m. Mentor group activities
Monday, Aug 21
8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Placement
  • 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. — French, German, Spanish, Julian Center 108 & 109
  • 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. — music placement and auditions, Performing Arts Center
  • 9:30 or 11 a.m. — Latin Placement Exam, Julian Center 111
  • 9:30 or 11 a.m. — Calculus Placement Exam (for attempting placement in second or third semester calculus), Julian Center 147
  • 1 p.m. — placement information sessions for computer science (Julian Center 272), Chinese (Harrison Hall 108), Japanese (Emison Museum 211), Russian (East College 109)
10-11 a.m. and
11 - noon		 Introduction to work-study. 10 a.m. Students whose last names begin with A-J. 11 a.m. Students whose last name begin with K-Z. Performing Arts Center, Thompson Recital Hall
noon - 1 p.m. Pre-professional programs lunch —
  • health sciences (UB Ballroom)
  • athletic training (UB Terrace Room A)
  • teacher education (UB Terrace Room C)
  • pre-engineering (UB Terrace Room B)
  • pre-law (UB Fishbowl)
Bring your own lunch from the HUB.
2 - 4 p.m. Preparing for classes at DePauw. Same location as the Saturday meeting with advisor.
4 - 5 p.m. Black and Gold ice cream social. East College lawn
5 - 6:30 p.m. School of Music welcome dinner. Meet in Locust Street lobby of the Performing Arts Center.
7 - 7:45 p.m. Getting to know your community's standards
8 p.m. Eric Nieves, comedian. Lilly Center
Tuesday, Aug. 22
9 - 10 a.m. Advising group meeting. Same location as Saturday meeting with advisor.
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Library and Information Services: All-campus technology open house. UB lobby.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Individual advising meetings
10 a.m - 4 p.m. Campus offices open for interviewing work-study students
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Music ensemble auditions continue
noon - 1 p.m. Multicultural Affairs luncheon. UB Ballroom.
1 - 1:30 p.m. and 1:30 - 2 p.m. Planning for international and off-campus study, Julian Science and Math Center, 157 & 159
1 - 1:30 p.m. and 1:30 - 2 p.m. Understanding Winter Term. Julian Science and Math Center, 151 & 152
2 - 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 - 3 p.m. Introduction to Career Services. Julian Science and Math Center, 157 & 159
3 - 4:15 p.m. Honors & Fellows program meetings
  • Honor Scholar. Senior House.
  • Management Fellows, UB 231/232
  • Media Fellows, Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, Watson Forum
  • Science Research Fellows, Julian 109
4:30 - 6:30 Destination Downtown
9 p.m. - midnight Casino Night, UB Ballroom
Wednesday, Aug. 23
Classes Begin
7 - 8 p.m. Develop you own community's standards
8 - 9:30 p.m. Celebrating a new year
Thursday, Aug. 24
8 p.m. Drive-In Movie. East College lawn
Friday, Aug. 25
6:30 - 8 p.m. Activities Fair. Union Building
8:30 - 10 p.m. How to find your passion. Lilly Center
Saturday, Aug. 26
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Service Plunge. East College lawn
1 - 9 p.m. Lawn party. East College lawn