Friday, Aug. 26 2011
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011
Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011
Monday - Saturday, Aug. 29 - Sept. 3, 2011
Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 |
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| 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Residential Student Check-In |
| Residence Halls | |
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9 a.m.-3 p.m. |
One Stop Center |
| Centennial Hall (Ground Floor) | |
| 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | Welcome Picnic |
| Behind Bren-Dell Hall and Hirschy Hall | |
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1:30 p.m. |
Transfer Student Orientation Session |
| Stutzman Lecture Hall (Centennial Hall) | |
| 3 p.m. | President's Welcome |
| Founders Hall | |
| 4 p.m. | Farewell to Families |
| 4:30 p.m. | Welcome Group Session #1 |
| Welcome Group meeting locations | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Dinner for New Students |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 7 p.m. | Residence Hall Floor Meetings |
| Residence Hall Floors | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Community 101 |
| Yoder Recital Hall | |
| 10 p.m. | Marbeck After Dark |
| Bob's Place (Marbeck Center) | |
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| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 8:30-11:45 a.m. | Welcome Group Session #2 |
| Meet in Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 1:30-3:15 p.m. | Welcome Group Session #3: A Community of Respect |
| Welcome Group Meeting Locations | |
| 3:30-5 p.m. | Free Time |
| 5-7 p.m. | New Student Picnic & Games |
| Library Green | |
| 7-8 p.m. | Welcome Group Session #4 |
| Welcome Group Meeting Locations | |
| 9 p.m. | Residence Hall Community Development Activity |
| Residence Hall Floors | |
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| 11 a.m. | Sunday Morning Worship |
| Yoder Recital Hall | |
| 12-1 p.m. | Lunch |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 12-6 p.m. | Bookstore open |
| Marbeck Center | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Perkins Loan Entrance Interview |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Learn & Earn: Orientation to Campus Work |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 5-6 p.m. | Dinner |
| Commons (Marbeck Center) | |
| 6:30-7 p.m. | Welcome Group Session #5 |
| Welcome Group Meeting Locations | |
| 7 p.m. | "Dancing in the Street" Ice Cream Social & More! |
| Main Street, Bluffton | |
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| Classes begin! | |
| 6 p.m. |
Getting to Know the Nature Preserve - Sponsored by MCB |
| College Cabin (Bluffton University Nature Preserve) | |
| 7:30 p.m. | A Conversation with Deo |
| Yoder Recital Hall | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Residence Hall Floor Meetings |
| Residence Hall Floors | |
| 10:30 p.m. | All Hall Meeting |
| Residence Hall Lobbies | |
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| 10:45 a.m. | Opening Convocation |
| Founders Hall | |
| 9 p.m. | Things-You-Forgot-At-Home BINGO - Sponsored by MCB |
| Founders Hall | |
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| 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Student Involvement Fair - Sponsored by SOUL |
| Klassen Court (outside Marbeck Center) | |
| 4 p.m. | Ultimate Frisbee |
| Library Green | |
| 7 p.m. | Trip to the Whippy Dip - Sponsored by MCB |
| Meet at the Marbeck Center Information Desk | |
| 9:30 p.m. | Celebration at the Cabin! - Sponsored by Hall Chaplains |
| College Cabin (Bluffton University Nature Preserve) | |
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| 11 a.m. | Chapel |
| Yoder Recital Hall | |
| 4 p.m. | Shaving Cream Wiffle Ball - Sponsored by MCB |
| Library Field | |
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| 8 p.m. | Faculty & Staff Follies |
| Bob's Place (Marbeck Center) | |
| 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. | Bowl for a Buck! - Sponsored by MCB |
| Southgate Lanes (Meet at the Marbeck Center Information Desk) | |
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| 9 a.m. | Community Service Project |
| Meet at Marbeck Center Information Desk | |
| 2 p.m. | Football vs. Kalamazoo College |
| Salzman Stadium | |
| 5-9 p.m. | Welcome Back Festival! - Sponsored by MCB & Student Senate |
| Neufeld Hall Green | |
