Welcome WeekendPassan Hall • 570-408-4100 (T) • 570- 408-7811 (F) • Email Welcome Weekend 2009
Thursday, August 27th
8:00 am – 3:00 pm Check–in Resident Students
Henry Student Center Information Desk
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Shuttle to Shopping Center
Pick up and drop off behind Henry Student Center Evening Movies 14 Passes – 1 free ticket for each first-year student
Activities (Tickets can be picked up at the student center information desk between
3:00 pm - 6:30 pm) *****************************
Friday, August 28th
8:00 am – Noon Check–in for Remaining Resident Students
Henry Student Center Information Desk
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Library Tour/Scavenger Hunt
This is a mandatory session; attendance sheets will be collected by FYF faculty. For students who are unable to attend on Friday, an additional session will be held on Friday, Sept. 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. If your last name
starts with: Attend between
A – E 1:00 and 2:00 pm
F – K 2:00 and 3:00 pm
L – R 3:00 and 4:00 pm
S – Z 4:00 and 5:00 pm
***This activity will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm UniversityCollege - Workshops
Location: Breiseth 107
1:00 pm – Task Management for Academic Success in College
2:00 pm – Note-Taking Skills for Lecture Courses
3:00 pm – Strategies for Test Preparation
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Shuttle to Shopping Center
Pick up and drop off behind Henry Student Center 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner, Henry Center Cafeteria
(Resident students will use their plans; commuter students will have a dinner pass in their Welcome Weekend folders.) 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Residence Hall Meetings
9:00pm Escape From NY Comedy Tour – Featuring Jimmy Failla &
Chuck Mignanelli, Henry Student Center Ballroom
**Sponsored by Wilkes University Programming Board
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Saturday, August 29th
8:30 am – 10:00 am Check-in for Commuter Students
Marts Gymnasium
10:00 am – 10:15 am Introduction
Philip Ruthkosky, Associate Dean of Student Development
Sustainability at Wilkes
Sarah Decesaris, students for Env. Sustainability
10:15 am – 11:30 am Meet with your mentors
Location: Marts Gymnasium
Review schedules, campus tours,
overview of student ife. 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch
Henry’s Food Court, 3rd Flr, Henry Student Center
(Resident students will use their plans; commuter students will have a dinner pass in their folders.) 12:45 pm Welcome First-Year Students, MartsCenter Gymnasium
Dean Barbara King, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Dr. Joseph E. (Tim) Gilmour, President
Dr. Reynold Verret, Provost
1:00 pm Alma Mater
Dr. Steven Thomas, Associate Professor – Music Visual
& Performing Arts
1:15 pm Introduction to First-Year Foundations
Dr. Ellen Flint, Director of Undergraduate Education -
Provost Office 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Your First FYF Course
Students will meet with their FYF peers and
instructor in assigned rooms. 4:00 pm – 5: 00 pm Sex Ed 101
Location: Henry Student Center - Ballroom
A - K 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
L - Z 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm What First-Year Students Need to Know about Sexual Assault
Location: Breiseth 107
L - Z 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
A – K 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Dinner – Henry’s Food Court, 3rd Flr, Henry Student Center
(Resident students will use their plans;
commuter students will have a dinner pass in their Welcome Weekend folders.) 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Back to Campus Party (on the Square),
Sponsored by City of Wilkes-Barre. ***************************** Sunday, August 30th
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm Shuttle Services to Shopping Center and Mall
Pick up/drop-off in the back of the Henry Student Center
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm UniversityCollege Workshops, Breiseth 107
3:00 pm – Task Management for Academic Success in College
4:00 pm – Note-Taking Skills for Lecture Courses
5:00 pm – Strategies for Test Preparation
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