Saint Joseph's College of Maine
 

Fall Orientation

Saturday, Sept 5th
** 8 am – 12:30 pm Information Technology will be available for Student Photo IDs in the Student Lounge of the Alfond Center
** Java Joe’s Café will be open from 9 am –  3 pm
** The Treasurer’s and Financial Aid Offices and the Bookstore will be open from 8 am – 3 pm

8 – 11 am (Alfond Center)
Residents check in & move in

10 - 11 am (Alfond Center)
Commuters check in

10 am – 12 pm (Mercy Cafe)
Brunch – Parent cost $5

10 am – 12 noon (Xavier Hall) 
Signing of the Matriculation Book. Students may stop in on their way to or from brunch.

12:15 pm (Gymnasium)
Welcome by Dr. Lee and Dean Brown. Opening prayer with Father Paul.

12:30 pm
Students bid farewell to parents

12:45 pm (Behind Xavier Hall)
All Students: 2013 Class Picture (Marketing)

12:45 pm (Behind Xavier)
Students: Break into Groups

12:45 – 3 pm (Entire Campus)
Students: Campus Scavenger Hunt

12:45 pm – 3 pm

(Parents with last names A- K)
12:45  – 1:45 (Auditorium)
Survival Strategies for Parents.
Liz Wiesen & David Lischer from our Counseling Center, with aid from current students. A “don’t miss”presentation!

2 – 3 pm (Mercy Café)
A Family Guide to a Student’s Academic Success
Assoc. Dean of Academic Affairs, David Roussel & T.A.C. Director, Vince Kloskowski speak about how parents can best support their students academically.

(Parents with last names L-Z)
12:45  – 1:45 (Mercy Café)
A Family Guide to a Student’s Academic Success
Assoc. Dean of Academic Affairs, David Roussel & T.A.C. Director, Vince Kloskowski speak about how parents can best support their students academically.

2  – 3 pm (Auditorium)
Survival Strategies for Parents
Liz Wiesen & David Lischer from our Counseling Center, with aid from current students. A “don’t miss”presentation!

** This concludes the program for parents**

(Students with last names A-K):

3:15 – 4:15 pm Jim Matthews “Beer, Booze & Books” Auditorium
4:30 – 5:00 pm Campus Safety & Security – Ian MacEachen Mercy Cafe
5 – 5:30 pm Bon Appetit – Stuart Leckie Mercy Café


(Students with last names L-Z):

3:15 – 3:45 pm Campus Safety & Security – Ian MacEachen Mercy Café
3:45 – 4:15 pm Bon Appetit – Stuart Leckie Mercy Café
4:30 – 5:30 pm Jim Matthews “Beer, Booze & Books” Auditorium


6 – 7 pm (Mercy Cafe)
Dinner

7 – 7:45 pm (Alfond Hall, room 128)
Commuter student meeting

7 – 8:30 pm (Auditorium)

Area meetings with Residence Life Staff
7 pm Area 1 (O’Connor Hall &  St. Joseph’s Hall residents)
7:45 pm Area 2  (Standish Hall & Putnam Hall residents)

9:00 pm (Residence Halls)
Mandatory Floor Meeting with RAs

Sunday, Sept. 6th

8 - 9 am (Mercy Café)
Continental Breakfast

9 – 10 am

Students with last names A – K
9– 9:30 (Student Lounge)
Alfond Center Tours/certification with Maureen LaSalle
9:30 – 10 (Gymnasium)
Intramurals Introduction with Rupert Lewis

Students with last names L - Z
9 – 9:30 (Gymnasium)
Intramurals Introduction with Rupert Lewis  
9:30 – 10 (Student Lounge)
Alfond Center Tours/certification with Maureen LaSalle

10 – 11 am (Healy Chapel)
Mass

10 – 11 am (Locations TBA)
Floor time

11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Mercy Café)
Brunch

12:45 – 3 pm

Commuters, Residents of Putnam, O’Connor, Standish 2nd floor
12:45  – 1:45 (Campus Interior Lawn)
You’re a “Shoe-In”;
2 – 3 (Auditorium)
Easy M.A.C. 101

Residents of Saint Joseph’s, Standish 3rd floor
12:45 – 1:45 (Auditorium)
Easy M.A.C. 101br> 2 –  3 (Campus Interior Lawn)
You’re a “Shoe- In”

3:15 – 3:30 pm (Gymnasium)
Environmental Awareness
3:30 – 4:15 pm (Gymnasium)  
Campus Ministry Introduction

4:30 – 5:30 pm (Healy Chapel)
Orientation Mass
5:30 – 7 pm
Social time: Beach, Volleyball, Frisbee

7 – 9 pm (Mercy/Heffernan Courtyard)
Dinner & Entertainment

10 pm (TBA)
Evening Activity

Monday, September 7th

8 - 8:45 am (Mercy Cafe)
Breakfast with group leader(s) – RA’s

9 am (Gymnasium)
YEAR.ONE introduction

9:30 am (Classrooms)
YEAR.ONE groups with mentor

11 – 11:30 am

Breakout Groups
Group A – Library Orientation (Auditorium)
Group B – Academic Life Session (Mercy Cafe)

11:45 – 12:15 pm

Breakout Groups
Group A – Academic Life Session (Mercy Cafe)
Group B – Library Orientation (Auditorium)

12:30 – 1:30 pm (Mercy Café)
Lunch with faculty and staff

2 – 2:45 pm (Gymnasium)
Academic Convocation;

3– 5 pm (Alfond Hall)

Faculty available for advising new and returning students
Add/Drop and change of Major (Academic Records)
Information Technology – Offices Open (Mercy & Alfond Hall)

3:30-5 pm (Mercy Cafe)

Work Study/Campus Payroll Orientation
Mandatory for new students to work on-campus. Two forms of ID required – one must be a photo ID (passport, driver’s license, Social Security card, etc.)Note –student ID can not be used for this program.

5-7 pm (Interior Lawn)
Campus Picnic

6 pm (Alfond Center, Alumni Lounge)
Honors Student Dinner