New Student Orientation - Friday

Friday August 23, 2013

All Freshmen and Transfer Student Orientation Begins

• 6:00 am to 12:00 pm Pre-season athletic practice

• 6:00 am to 12:00 pm Marching Band Rehearsal

• 8:00 am to 1:00 pm START HERE Welcome Tent (Pick up meal tickets here) MANDATORY

Located in the center of campus on Scott Field, the Welcome Tent is where you will find refreshments, directions, answers to your questions, and your welcome packet.  In addition, students will receive individual student computer login and password, phone number, mailbox number, and email address.  You will also receive complimentary meal tickets for parents planning on eating with us for lunch and dinner on Friday.

• 8:00 am to 1:00 pm COME & GO Residence Hall Check-In

Residence halls open for all new students, including transfers.  Please report to the hall where you have been assigned.  Student Development will be present to help you check in.  A "Baggage Brigade" will be ready and waiting to help you with your luggage!   

A large portion of Registration may be completed online at:  https://fasttrack.greenville.edu .

• 10:00 am to 2:00 pm COME & GO Music Placement Exams (Whitlock Music Center) [Building 35 on your campus map]

Sign up for exams in music office (Whitlock Music Center Room 211). 

*Drums/Percussion Placement exams - Whitlock Music Center Room 306, required of all students for whom percussion is their primary instrument of study or for those who wish to study drums for elective credit.

*Guitar Placement exams - Whitlock Music Center Room 307, required of all students for whom guitar is their primary instrument of study or for those who wish to study guitar for elective credit.

*Piano Placement exams, Whitlock Music Center Room 200, required for all Music majors and minors.    

*Voice Placement exams, Whitlock Music Center Room 213, This audition is required for those whose/who: 1) primary instrument is declared as voice, 2) instrumental primary requires two semesters of voice for certain music degree plans, 3) wish to study voice for elective credit. It is ideal to have this done before you register Saturday morning in order to be in either the correct course with its required textbook or in a studio on the 1^st day of classes (Wed). Come prepared to sing a solo (hymnals will be provided). The assessment will focus on vocal technique and not style. Contact Prof. Marsch, Coordinator of Voice Studies, (618) 664-6574 or Debra.Marsch@greenville.edu  to schedule your interview/audition. (Time Sensitive)

*Choral Auditions - Whitlock Music Center Room 203, required for all students (music majors/minors and students from all other majors) who wish to sing in a choral ensemble (i.e. Greenville College Choir, Chorale or Chamber Singers).                

*Music Theory Placement exams - Whitlock Music Center Room 308, required for all Music majors and minors who have not already completed the online music theory placement test.   

• 10:00 am to 2:00 pm COME & GO Voice Placement Auditions (Whitlock Music Center, Room 213) [Building 35 on your campus map]

This needs to be done well in advance of the 1^st day of classes (Wed) in order to be in either the correct course with its required textbook or in a studio. (See full details listed above. (Time Sensitive)

• 10:00 am to 2:00 pm COME & GO Choral Ensemble Auditions for Freshmen (Whitlock Music Center Room 203)

If you would like to join one of the Greenville College choral ensembles, you must complete a choral audition. Sign up for an audition time at Room 203 Whitlock Music Center. Contact: Dr. Jeff Wilson, Director of Choral Studies, Phone: 618-664-6561 E-mail: jeff.wilson@greenville.edu

• 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Browse Greenville College Bookstore [Building 27 on your campus map]

Browse the new logo wear and other Greenville College items. (Commuter students: Pick up your books at the bookstore. Residential students: Your books have been delivered to your residence hall room.)

• 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Transfer Student Luncheon (Locations listed below) MANDATORY

We value our transfer students greatly!  We want to welcome you to campus with a luncheon in which you can meet and talk with faculty in your chosen major. 

Non-Music Transfer majors:  All students who have chosen majors other than Music or are undeclared.

Location:  LaDue Auditorium.   [Building 32 on your campus map]   

LaDue Auditorium is located just north of the Whitlock Music Center.

Music majors:  All students with Music majors (including Contemporary Christian Music, traditional Music, and Music Education.)  

Location: Marston Hall 202.  [Building 33 on your campus map]

Marston Hall is located just north of the Whitlock Music Center.   

Parents of transfer students:  Lunch is available in the Armington Center Dining Commons.  Complimentary tickets are in the welcome packet.

• 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Lunch (Armington Dining commons) [Upper Level of building 17 on your campus map]

No cost to new students and parents.  Must present complimentary meal ticket from the welcome packets. Other guests will be charged $6.75.             

• 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm First Session with COR 101/COR 301 (Faith and Learning) Class MANDATORY

(Room assignments are in your welcome packet as well as posted at various locations on campus.)

This is the beginning of your COR experience.  You will meet your COR faculty instructor/advisor.  

• 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Parents' Orientation/Question and Answer Time (Greenville College Chapel in Whitlock Music Center) [Building 35 on your campus map]

Dr. Randy Bergen, Acting Greenville College President, will open with a discussion of the role of integration of faith and learning in a faith-based institution, and elaborate on the Greenville College experience.  He will then give parents an opportunity to ask questions of key administrators and faculty.

• 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm Parent's Meeting with COR 101/COR 301 (Faith and Learning) Instructors

• 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm New Student Convocation (Whitlock Music Center) MANDATORY [Building 35 on your campus map]

This session will serve as the first formal gathering of the new freshmen and transfers. Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Brad Shaw, and Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Norman Hall, and Director of COR 101, Dr. Teresa Holden will preside.

• 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm Crossing the Threshold/Planting the Ivy MANDATORY

(Students gather on front lawn.  Parents gather on Scott Field. Faculty line up in Claussen Plaza in regalia.) Greenville College's Acting President Dr. Randy Bergen addresses new students.  In this silent ceremony of beginnings, new students glimpse the fulfillment of hopes and opportunities available to them at Greenville College, celebrating the life of the mind.

• 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Family "Barbecue" Picnic (Scott Field) MANDATORY

Giant family meal on Scott Field.  Free to students, parents must present meal tickets.  Other guests - $7.75.

• 6:30 to 7:30 pm Family Covenant Service (Armington Dining Commons) [Upper level of Building 17] MANDATORY

Beginning college is a significant transitional time in the lives of both students and family members. Greenville College sees each student as a person created in God's image, and it is our privilege as administration, faculty and staff to welcome them into our community.  We also recognize this is a pivotal time for family members as they entrust these new students to us.  This service is a time of reflection and transition - a time of beginning and letting go.  To further emphasize the significance of this time, at the conclusion of the service parents and other family members will exit out doors that lead to the parking lot, while students exit out doors that lead onto campus, escorted by faculty and staff.  (note: while this service marks the end of programming for parents, families are encouraged to reunite outside after the service!)

• 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm Student's Coffee house (Whitlock Music Center Lawn)

Stop by for a cup of Jo's Coffee or Hot Chocolate on your way to the community meeting. This event is the first of many events sponsored by Greenville College Student Association, which is led by Student Body President, Ms. Maria Rodriguez. 

Please Note: Parents are free to leave at this time as subsequent orientation events are designed for the students. 

• 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm New Student All Community Meeting (Whitlock Music Center) [Building 35 on your campus map] MANDATORY

Part I - Dr. Hall and the Student Development Staff will share things you need to know to have a rewarding experience living on campus.

Part II - Separate men's and women's meetings discussing appropriate and respectful behavior as a Greenville College student. Remaining student ID's will be passed out following this meeting.

• 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm New Student Mugging (On Library Steps)

Come and join in on the fun as the Office of Leadership & Life Calling, Greenville College Student Association and the Student Development Staff offer free ice cream and soda in a Greenville College mug. Keep your mug and refill with a soft drink in the Student Union throughout the year for a quarter.

• 11:00 pm to 12:00 am Fellowship (Burritt Fire Pit)

Find fellowship and friends at Burritt Fire Pit located on the north end of Burritt Hall. Enjoy student-led worship and music in this intimate and sacred setting. 

• 11:00 pm to 12:00 am Prayer Tent (Burritt Fire Pit)

This is the year for you to be courageous, faith filled, joyful and cement those commitments with Jesus.  A team of faith-filled prayers will be happy to pray with and for you during this time. Or perhaps you need healing, deliverance, revival, and provision from Jesus. We will pray with you and expect great things from the Lord.