orientation fall 2011
Saturday, August 27
8:00 - 12:00 pm
New Residential Student Move-in
Get your photo taken for Student ID's - Student Village
11:30 - 12:30 pm
Lunch - 2nd floor, Hardie Building
12:45 pm - 1:00 pm
Welcome to Montserrat! - First Parish Unitarian Church
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Meet Orientation Leaders! Beverly Common
Students leave with Orientation Leader
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Parent/ Family Orientation - First Parish Unitarian Church
2:15 pm
Class Photo - Beverly Public Library, Essex St. Steps
Family and friends bid farewell
2:30- 3:30 pm
New residential students meet with Rob McLaughlin, Director of Residential Life
Oddfellows Building, 194 Cabot Street
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Commuter student meeting - Student Lounge
Commuter students pick up starter kits - 1A Knowlton Street
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Meeting with Maggie Cavalho
Oddfellows Building, 194 Cabot St.
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Beverly Scavenger Hunt Challenge - Meet at Checkerboard*
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Dinner and a Movie - H-201*
8:00 - 9:00 pm
First House Meetings with RA's
9:00 - 11:00 pm
Casino Night - Student Lounge*
*Held depending on weather conditions at the discretion of the Director of Student Life
Sunday, August 28
ALL EVENTS ARE CANCELLED OR POSTPONED
There will be a MANDATORY 'Hurricane Party' at the Student Village
FOR ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE MOVED INTO CAMPUS HOUSING.
Time TBA.
Monday, August 29
9:00 - 12:30 pm
Rotating Workshops (25 min. each) - Hardie Building
Registration - 1st Floor
Academic Advising - H-201
Information Technology Workshop - H-207
Writing Center/Career Services - Writing Center
Journal Workshop - Print Lab /Transfers meet with Blyth
MONTi – H-202
Library Overview - Library
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch with Len Thomas-Vickory - Bear Gallery
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Faculty Panel Discussion - Oddfellows Building
3:15 - 5:45 pm
Woodshop Orientation (Transfer Students Only)
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Visiting Artist Group Project Session 1 - 301 Cabot
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Visiting Artist Group Project Session 2 - 301 Cabot
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Visiting Artist Group Project Session 3 - 301 Cabot
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Visiting Artist Group Project Session 4 - 301 Cabot
9:00 pm
Anime short film marathon *Hosted by Nerdtastic*
Student Lounge
Tuesday, August 30
9 am - 12 noon
Trip to Salem - Meet at the Checkerboard
via Commuter Rail and T (the local name for the subway. Bring money for transportation and extra for food and whatever—approximately $10.00 for transportation. Peabody Essex Museum admission is $11. Museum opens at 10am)
9 am - 1 pm
Trip to Cambridge/Boston - Meet on Beverly Common
via Commuter Rail and T (the local name for the subway. Bring money for transportation and extra for food and whatever—approximately $15.00 for transportation, and more for whatever you want to eat or buy)
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Rotating Workshops (25 min each) Hardie Building
Student Health
Stress 101
Safety and Security
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Equalogy - Hardie Building, 2nd Floor Hallway
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Ice Cream Social with OLs- Student Lounge
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Video Game Tournament - Student Lounge
8:00 pm
Movie at Cabot Cinema - Larry Crowne
Meet at Checkerboard @7:45p.m., bring $9 for admission
Wednesday, August 31st
Fall Undergraduate Classes begin, 8:30 am
Friday, September 2nd
Freshman Convocation, 10am, Oddfellows Building
If you have any questions, please contact:
Mark Bester
Director of Student Life
978-921-4242 x 1201
mark.bester@montserrat.edu
