Orientation 2012 Schedule, Sunday August 26

OFFICE HOURS 1 - 5 pm - Fitness Center

 8:00 am - 12 pm - Opportunities for Worship, Various locations around Hampden-Sydney and Farmville

Refer to Local Church Profiles for information or contact the Orientation staff during brunch. The College Church service is on campus at 11 am. 

10:00 am - 12 pm - Brunch, Pannill Commons, Settle Hall

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm - Math Placement Test (F) (T), Gilmer Hall (locations below)

Dr. Thomas Valente, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

This short math test is required of all students.  The test results are used by advisors to place students in the appropriate level math course.  Please bring two pens or pencils.

Students with last names beginning with the letters below please go to these locations:

A - L                                        Gilmer Hall 019

M - P                                       Gilmer Hall 025

Q - T                                       Gilmer Hall 105

U - Z                                       Gilmer Hall 124

All Transfers                             Gilmer Hall 125

1:30 pm - 2 pm - Rhetoric Editing Test (F) (T)

2:15 pm- 4 pm - Rhetoric Essay Test (F) (T), Gilmer Hall (Locations same as math test)

Dr.  Liz Rand, Director of the Rhetoric Program and Elliot Associate Professor of Rhetoric

These two tests are required of all new freshmen.  They are also required of transfers who have earned fewer than six hours of credit in writing courses.  Please bring two pens or pencils. Students may bring The Bedford Handbook for Writers, 6^th ed., by Diana Hacker, if they wish.

2 pm- 5 pm - Rhetoric Proficiency Exam, Morton Hall Lobby

Dr.  Liz Rand, Director of the Rhetoric Program and Elliott Associate Professor of Rhetoric

This test is required of all transfer students who have been previously notified to take this exam.  Please bring two pens.  The Rhetoric Program will provide a dictionary and a grammar handbook (The Bedford Handbook for Writers, 6^th ed., by Diana Hacker) for each exam room.

 4:45 pm- 5:15 pm - Language Study Introduction (F) (T), See list of locations below

All students signing up for language study are required to attend one of the sessions listed for French, Spanish, German, Latin and Greek.  Students will be given a short introduction to the study of languages at the College.  Faculty will explain the language proficiency requirement, guide students to proper placement in language classes, and explain majors or minors and study-abroad opportunities.

Spanish 100 - 200              Gilmer Hall 019

Spanish 300                      Gilmer Hall 025

French 100 - 200                Gilmer Hall 105

German                             Gilmer Hall 124

Latin and Greek                  Morton Hall 112

5 pm - 6:30 pm - Dinner, Pannill Commons, Settle Hall

6:30 pm - 10:30 pm - Who Will Take the Hill? (F) (T), Everett Stadium and other locations around campus

The ultimate Orientation event, organized by and for students!  New students will have an opportunity to get to know each other through a series of fun and competitive activities.  While building strong bonds with their classmates, students will also compete to take the title of the Hill Champions for 2016.