Orientation Board & Welcome Week

Orientation Board

When you arrive on campus, prepare for your car to be swarmed by enthusiastic students in white t-shirts ready to move you into your dorm. That’s Orientation Board! OB is made up of over 100 upperclassmen chosen expressly because they want to help you get acclimated to life at Grove City College!

Once you get your bearings after moving in, they’ll host a luncheon for you and your family as a last hurrah before you say your goodbyes. Later that night, you’ll be invited to a kickoff dance as part of a whole slew of mixers, fun competitions, worship services, and connection group get-togethers – prepared intentionally to help you connect with your peers and find your place in our vibrant student body.

Welcome Week 2019

The week following move-in day includes a comprehensive orientation to our academic programs and campus life. You’ll start getting to know other students right away, and you’ll connect with faculty and staff who will be a resource to you personally and professionally in the years to come.

Thursday, August 22: Welcome

• 8 - 10:45 a.m. Move-in
• 11 a.m. Welcome Parents and Students (Arena)
• Noon OB Community Lunch (Calderwood School in IM Room; Hopeman School in MAP Café)
• 1:25 p.m. Meet your “Connection Group” (IM Room)
• 2 - 4 p.m. Session I Computer Orientation* (HAL)
• 4:15 - 6:15 p.m. Session II Computer Orientation* (HAL) 
• 6 p.m. Transfer Dnner (Old MAP)
• 6:30 p.m. Freshman Dinner with RAs (Hicks)
• 7:30 p.m. Meet Your Residence Life Staff (on your hall)
• 7:30 p.m. Commuter Prep for Dance (Breen Student Union – Rathburn Lounge)
• 8 p.m. OB Graffiti Dance (IM Room)

*Both computer orientations start in the Hall of Arts and Letters then split into assigned rooms. Commuting students, please meet in the Breen Student Union, Great Room for a Commuter Orientation special.

Friday, August 23: College Expectations

All events are in the Ketler Auditorium of the Pew Fine Arts Center unless otherwise noted.

• 9 - 10:15 a.m. New Student Meeting
• 10:20 - 11:30 a.m. College Success Strategies
• 11:30 a.m. Lunch (Hicks)
• 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Calderwood School - Orientation with Academic Departments (HAL - see assigned rooms)
• 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Hopeman School - Introduction to Student Life & Learning (PFAC, Ketler Auditorium)
• 1:45 - 3:45 p.m. OR 4 - 6 p.m. Transfer Student Computer Distribution (HAL, Room 110) 
• 2:45 - 4:45 p.m. Hopeman School - Orientation with Academic Departments (HAL - see assigned rooms)
• 2:45 - 4 p.m. Calderwood School - Introduction to Student Life & Learning (PFAC, Ketler Auditorium)
• 5:15 p.m. Meet with “Connection Group” for Dinner
• 8:30 p.m. OB “Evening Under the Stars” (Lincoln Lawn)

Saturday, August 24: We are the Class of 2023

• 7:45 - 9 a.m. Sunrise Service (Harbison Chapel)
• 9:30 - 11 a.m. Career Services Meeting: “Exploring Your Calling” (PFAC, Ketler Auditorium)
• 11:30 a.m. Future Professional Educator Luncheon (Rathburn Hall)
• 11:30 a.m. Upperclassmen Arrive
• 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. OB Olympics (IM Fields)
• 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Picnic (Hicks Lawn)
• 8 - 11 p.m. Carnival (IM Room)

Sunday, August 25: Growing with God

• 10 - 11:30 a.m. Visit a local church with your Connection group
• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. South Patio Shindig (Breen Student Union, Great Room)
• 1 - 2:30 p.m. Welcome: Reception for Multicultural and International Students (Breen Student Union, Great Room)
• 3 - 4 p.m. Mandatory Freshman Hall Meetings (see your RA)
• 5 - 6:30 p.m. “Connection Group”
• 7 p.m. Ice Cream Social (Crawford Patio)
• 8 - 11 p.m. OB Off Broadway (Crawford Auditorium)

Monday, August 26: Classes Begin

• 8:30 - 11 p.m. Hoedown Throwdown (IM Room)

Tuesday, August 27

• 9 a.m. All-Campus Opening Convocation (Harbison Chapel)
• 7 p.m. All-Campus Worship (Lower Quad)

Wednesday, August 28

• 9 p.m. Bonfire (across Rainbow Bridge)

Friday, August 30

• 6 p.m. Campus Organization Fair (IM Room)

Saturday, August 31

• Noon New Student Labor Day Lawn Party (Lower Campus)

Tuesday, September 3

• 8 p.m. Transfer Game Night (PLC, Bowling Alley)
• 9 p.m. Thriving Quotient Survey (Residence Hall Lounges) 

Student Success & Strategies
All sessions to be held in STEM 051. Choose from one of the following options:

• Tuesday, September 3 from 6:30 to 7:20 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 4 from 5 to 5:50 p.m.
• Thursday, September 5 from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m.

 

Wednesday, September 4

• 1 - 4 p.m. Buhl Library Open House 

Thursday, September 5

• 4 p.m. Women’s Varsity Tennis vs. Thiel (Lower Campus, College Courts)
• 8:30 p.m. Campus Ministries Fair (Rathburn Hall)

Friday, September 6

• 8 p.m. All-Campus Street Dance (HAL Courtyard)

Saturday, September 7

• 10 a.m. Spikeball Tournament (IM Fields)

Sunday, September 8

• 6:30 p.m. First Vespers (Harbison Chapel)

Tuesday, September 10

• 5:30 p.m. College & Commerce Mixer (Rathburn Hall)
• 7 p.m. Women's Varsity Volleyball vs. Penn St. Altoona

Thursday, September 12