Orientation Schedule

Student Orientation

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Monday August 27
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Welcome, Registration and Check-In Get your room combination, ID/meal card, and more!	at Residence Halls
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon	Campus Resources Area Get information and find answers to your questions with the following offices: Academic Advising and First-Year Program, Student Financial Services, Dining Services, Financial Aid, Information Technology, Registrar, Safety and Security, Diana B. Torrey '82 Health and Counseling Center, Student Employment, Canton Police Department, International Studies	Student Center
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	Welcome Vice President and Dean of the Academic Affairs Dr. Valerie Lehr and Vice President and Dean of Student Life Dr. Joseph Tolliver will welcome you to SLU and the Family Orientation program. Making the Transition to St. Lawrence: Families’ Introduction to Community Values and the First-Year Program (FYP) Cathy Crosby-Currie, Associate Dean of the First Year Meet members of the academic affairs and student life staffs and learn about the services they provide. We will then move into a discussion of various transition issues facing new students and how you can help us and the students manage them.	Gulick Theatre
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.	Complimentary Lunch OR Complimentary Box Lunch	Dana Dining Center Northstar Cafe
12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m.	Special Needs Planning Lunch/Discussion	Dean Eaton Formal Lounge
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.	Meet the Deans Join Vice President and Dean of the Academic Affairs Dr. Valerie Lehr and Vice President and Dean of Student Life Dr. Joseph Tolliver  for informal conversation about the St. Lawrence experience.	Sykes Formal Lounge
2:30-3:15 p.m./	An Introduction to Your Student's First-Year Program Join the faculty/advisors teaching in your student’s FYP for an introduction to their course. • Brown College: Making A Difference –Carnegie 207 • Buys College:  Political Economy     –Hepburn 20 • Campbell College: Amazing Grace –Hepburn 112 • Corey College: Coldest Cold War Flicks –Hepburn 21 • Curtin College: Collaboration of Law                          and Science                                   –Richardson 104 • Eaton College: Culture and Revolution –Hepburn 218 • Ford College: Theorizing about Horror –Richardson 202 • Gaines College: Finding a Voice    –Carnegie 107 • Herrick College: Growing up Victorian –Carnegie 114 • Holmes College: Hits of the 50s, 80s    and Today                                            –Hepburn 113 • Manley College: Mysteries, Secrets,    Resistance and Lies                   –Richardson 304 • Plaisance College: Identify and Belonging    in the St. Lawrence Valley           –Richardson 204 • Priest College:  Global Questions,    Local Action                                   –Richardson 301 • Reiff College: Plagues and Peoples –Richardson 105 • Romer College: Health and Disease –Carnegie 112 • Romoda College: Effecting Change at    Every Level                                          –Hepburn 111 • Sawyer College: Conceptualizing Nature –Carnegie 105 • Sprague College: The Psychology and    Expression of Creativity                       –Hepburn 19 • Young College: Telling Stories  –Richardson 201	FYP Room
3:30 p.m.	Matriculation Ceremony For new students, families, faculty and staff.	Creasy Commencement Commons (Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)
4:30 p.m.	Families Say Goodbye