This is a tentative schedule. You will receive an updated schedule upon arrival on campus. All events, times, and locations are subject to change. Please check back often for updates.
Thursday, August 30, 2012 |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Welcome. Introduction of students and mentors. Making the Transition: Reading Room, Botetourt Hall (#7 on campus map) |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Campus tour: With current Horizon students |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Information Technology, Brad Oechslin, Manager, Instructional Technology: Room 204, Pleasants Hall |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch: Main Dining Room, Moody Center (You will be our guest for lunch.) Feel free to stop by the Vendors' Fair, lower level of Moody Student Center. Representatives from local businesses including boutiques, banks, hotels, restaurants, and cell phone companies will be on hand with their products and services. |
| 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Brent Stevens, director of the Writing Center, and Phyllis Mellinger, director of the Quantitative Reasoning Center Phyllis Isaacs, director, Health & Counseling Services Reading Room, Botetourt Hall |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Navigating your academic path, Trish Hammer, Ph.D., dean of academic services: Reading Room, Botetourt Hall |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Tour the library. As a student, you will spend a lot of time in the library. Learn how to use the library and its important resources. Lobby, Wyndham Robertson Library (#42 on campus map) |
| 4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Paying for Your College Education. This session on paying for your education will be presented by the Business Office and the Office of Scholarships and Financial Assistance. Reading Room, Botetourt Hall |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Wrap up of the day. Before you leave, we’ll check on required paperwork, next steps, and questions and answers. |
Monday, September 3, 2012 |
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| 8:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m. | Individual meetings with advisors by appointment. You must meet with your advisor in order to register for classes. You will be notified of your advisor’s name and contact information, prior to orientation, so that you can schedule an appointment. If you have met with your advisor, you do not need to meet with them again at this time. Advisors’ Offices |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Registration for classes (online) You will register in your advisor’s office, or in the Computer Lab, Dana 111, or in Eastnor, the Horizon Program office. A Horizon mentor will be available to provide assistance for registering and ordering your books. |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (You are on your own for lunch): Main Dining Room, Moody Student Center |
| 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Mandatory Check-in. This one-stop check-in is required. Check-in includes opportunities to take care of business with many campus offices. Moody Student Center |
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 |
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| CLASSES BEGIN! | |
