Saturday,
September 1, 2012 through September 3, 2012
New Student Days
Orientation Schedule at a Glance
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
New Student Day Check-in - Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Residence Halls open
Student Financial Aid personnel available to answer questions.
Accounting office available to answer questions and receive payments.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Commuter Student Gathering (students living off campus) - Koinonia Room in Church-Chapel
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dining Hall is open for brunch
1 p.m.
Welcome Gathering for Transfer students - Administration Building Room 28
2:15 p.m.
Welcome Gathering for first-year Students - Umble Center
3 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community meetings - first-year students meet professors
Student Life meeting of first-year parents - Umble Center
4 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community meetings - parents of first-year students meet professors
4 p.m.
Student Life and services meeting for all first year students - Umble Center
5 p.m.
Presidential picnic - College Green in front of Administration Building
6 p.m.
Catholic Mass - Newcomer Center Room 19
7 p.m.
Men's Soccer - Purdue University/Calumet - Soccer Field
9 p.m.
Residence hall floor meetings/activities for students living on-campus
Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012
10-11 a.m.
Student Life Coffee for all new students and parents - Schrock Plaza
11 a.m.-Noon
Worship - Church-Chapel
Noon
Parents say goodbye
Noon - 1 p.m.
Dining Hall open
1:30-2 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community class meetings
2-3 p.m.
Transfer student gathering - College Cabin
2-6:30 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community student retreat - Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College (Wolf Lake, Ind.)
9 p.m.
Ice cream social - College Mennonite Church - Schrock Plaza
Monday, Sept. 3, 2012
9 a.m.
Identity Culture & Community groups in session
10 a.m.
Academic information meeting - Umble Center
11:15 a.m.
First-Year Assessment - Umble Center
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Transfer Student Library Orientation - Good Library
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
New Student Day Check-in - Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall
Residence Halls open
Student Financial Aid personnel available to answer questions.
Accounting office available to answer questions and receive payments.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Commuter Student Gathering (students living off campus) - Koinonia Room in Church-Chapel
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dining Hall is open for brunch
1 p.m.
Welcome Gathering for Transfer students - Administration Building Room 28
2:15 p.m.
Welcome Gathering for first-year Students - Umble Center
3 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community meetings - first-year students meet professors
Student Life meeting of first-year parents - Umble Center
4 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community meetings - parents of first-year students meet professors
4 p.m.
Student Life and services meeting for all first year students - Umble Center
5 p.m.
Presidential picnic - College Green in front of Administration Building
6 p.m.
Catholic Mass - Newcomer Center Room 19
7 p.m.
Men's Soccer - Purdue University/Calumet - Soccer Field
9 p.m.
Residence hall floor meetings/activities for students living on-campus
Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012
10-11 a.m.
Student Life Coffee for all new students and parents - Schrock Plaza
11 a.m.-Noon
Worship - Church-Chapel
Noon
Parents say goodbye
Noon - 1 p.m.
Dining Hall open
1:30-2 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community class meetings
2-3 p.m.
Transfer student gathering - College Cabin
2-6:30 p.m.
Identity Culture & Community student retreat - Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College (Wolf Lake, Ind.)
9 p.m.
Ice cream social - College Mennonite Church - Schrock Plaza
Monday, Sept. 3, 2012
9 a.m.
Identity Culture & Community groups in session
10 a.m.
Academic information meeting - Umble Center
11:15 a.m.
First-Year Assessment - Umble Center
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Transfer Student Library Orientation - Good Library
Contact: Bill Born, phone 574-535-7543, email billjb@goshen.edu
See also: Look for more information for incoming new students on the GCNavigator website