2007 Orientation Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 18: 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
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
4:45 - 5 p.m. Rendezvous
5 - 6:30 p.m. Family goodbyes
6:30 - 8 p.m. Class kickoff — Students, join your mentor group for dinner and get more information about the rest of orientation.
8 - 9 p.m. Personal time
9 - 10 p.m. Residence hall floor activities
10 p.m. - midnight First Night Social.
Sunday, Aug. 19
morning Personal time
9 - 10:30 a.m. Spiritual Life Brunch, Memorial Student Union Building.
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. A service of beginnings for people of all faiths.
Lunch On your own or with your mentor group
1 - 8 p.m. Mentor group activities
8 - 10 p.m. Community Convocation: Rights and Responsibilities
Monday, Aug 20
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 268), Chinese (Harrison Hall 108), Japanese (Harrison Hall 210), Russian (East College 109)
10-11 a.m. and
11 - noon		 Introduction to work-study
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 block party, Bowman Park.
5 - 6:30 p.m. School of Music welcome dinner. Meet in Locust Street lobby of the Performing Arts Center.
7 - 7:45 Residence hall community standards
8 p.m. Activity
Tuesday, Aug. 21
9 - 10 a.m. Advising group meeting. Same location as Saturday meeting with advisor.
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Information technology and 361° Initiatives: Open training and information kiosks. 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, Asbury 117 and 121.
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, Olin 241
4:30 - 6:30 Destination Downtwon
7 - 8:30 p.m. Activity
Wednesday, Aug. 22
Classes Begin
Thursday, Aug. 23
9 p.m. - midnight Drive-In Movie
Friday, Aug. 24
6:30 - 8 p.m. Activities Fair. Bowman Park (rain site: Union Building Ballroom
8:30 - 10 p.m. Extreme Success: Creating an Exceptional College Experience
Saturday, Aug. 25
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Service Plunge. Union Building Ballroom