Fall 2008 Semester Start Up Information
New Student Orientation Weekend
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008
Stepping Stones for Success (12:00pm - 8:00pm)
Graduate Student Orientation (6:00pm - 8:00pm)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008
Early Move-in for Resident Students (7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Transfer Student Orientation (6:00pm - 9:00pm)
Steppingstones for Success (9:00am - 1:00pm)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
New Student Orientation
8:00am - 12:00pm Residents Move Into the Halls
9:00am - 12:00pm Resource Fair on the Oval/Commuters Register (11am)
Get ID’s, Visit Business Office and Bookstore, Check Classes
11:00am - 12:30pm Lunch in Hamilton Hall
11:00am - 12:30pm First-Generation Families Luncheon – Please RSVP
12:30pm - 1:00pm Opening Orientation Ceremony
1:00pm - 3:45pm Student Sessions
4:00pm - 5:00pm Matriculation ceremony - REQUIRED
Parents & Students - come see the Class of 2012 welcomed as the newest members of the ODU community. This is their first formal academic ceremony - the next time they are together as a class is GRADUATION.
5:15pm Mass for Feast of the Assumption in Christ the King Chapel
(Optional for Parents and their Students)
After Mass students say goodbye to parents and move to “Class of 2012 Dinner on the Oval
6:30pm - 7:45pm Class of 2012 Dinner
8:00pm - 8:45pm Resident Students Meet with RA’s/ Commuters with PA’s
9:00pm - 11:00pm Outdoor Block Party
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
9:30am – 10:00am Opening Assembly
10:00am - 11:00am Meet with Peer Advisors
Take the CIRP survey
12:15pm - 1:00pm LUNCH in Hamilton Hall
1:30pm - 2:30pm “The Ultimate Road Trip” in Matesich Theater
2:30pm – 5:30pm Activities for Students
5:30pm - 7:00pm Cookout
9:00pm - 12:00am Glow Dance in Community Room
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008
10:00am - 12:00pm BRUNCH
12:00pm - 1:00pm Meet with Peer Advisors- Find Classes for Monday
1:00pm - 5:00pm Activities for Students
5:00p - 6:30pm Dinner in Hamilton
7:00pm Mass
8:00pm - 10:00pm Movie Night - "Iron Man", Matesich Theatre.
Sharon Reed
Dean of Student Life
Erskine Hall 148 ~ Student Development Office
Ohio Dominican University
1216 Sunbury RD
Columbus OH 43219
(614) 251-4593
Email: studentdevelopment@ohiodominican.edu
