| Downloadable and printable version of the Students' FAll 2008 Orientation Schedule. (PDF 176KB) | ||
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| Sunday, August 31, 2008 | ||
| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. | REV IT UP (Residence Hall move-in) Orientation check-in, academic advising, course registration, Polar Express cards, rural student services, financial aid, fee payment and dining services. |
M-B-S Residential Complex, Hess Rec Center |
| 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Lunch on the Move | M-B-S Complex, Hess Rec Center |
| Noon | Campus Tour for Parents Depart from M-B-S Lobby. Tours end at Wood Center for Parents' Orientation. |
M-B-S Lobby |
| 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. |
Campus Tours Depart from M-B-S Lobby |
M-B-S Lobby |
| 12:45-4:00 p.m. | Parents' Orientation Just for parents! Q&A with faculty and important information on campus life, expenses and courses. |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 4:00-4:30 p.m. | Parents' Reception Gather with faculty and staff, enjoy refreshments and reunite with your family. |
Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge |
| 4:30 p.m. | Campus Tours Depart from Wood Center |
Wood Center |
| 4:30-6:00 p.m. | Open Houses Brooks Building, Constitution Hall, Eielson Building, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Gruening Building, Patty Center, Signers' Hall, Student Rec Center, Whitaker Building and the Wood Center. Late Orientation Check-in |
Various Locations Wood Center Mall |
5:30 p.m. |
Welcome BBQ Enjoy an evening BBQ with music by the northernmost Steel Drum Band. |
Lola Tilly Commons |
| 6:00 p.m. | Tours Take a bus ride for a tour of the Georgeson Botanical Gardens, UAF Museum of the North or Cold Climate Housing Research Center. |
Lola Tilly Commons |
| 7:30-10:00 p.m. | Orientation Kick-Off!!! Meet with your Fall 2008 Orientation Leaders and fellow students. Discover how to qualify to win prizes throughout the week including grand prizes from Alaska Airlines! Bring a 2nd pair of gym shoes. MANDATORY for all Orientation students. |
Beluga Field |
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| 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. | Outdoor Concert - Salem www.salem-music.com |
Beluga Field |
| Monday, Sept. 1, 2008 | ||
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| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. | Late Orientation Check-In Orientation Check-in for new arrivals at the Orientation information desk. |
Wood Center Mall |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Breakfast Scramble Recharge your batteries with a continental breakfast with your Orientation Leader and group. Serving stops at 9:00, so get there early! |
Great Hall Lobby |
| 9:30-11:00 a.m. | Grand Orientation Welcome Meet Chancellor Rogers, Provost Henrichs, Vice Chancellor Barnett and your ASUAF President and Vice President at this official welcome to new students. MANDATORY for all Orientation students. |
Davis Concert Hall |
| 11:00 a.m.- Noon | "Life Unlimited" Keynote speaker Troy Stende offers a fun and motivational presentation to kick off Orientation. |
Davis Concert Hall |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Orientation Group Lunch Get to know more about your OL, group members and take time to stop by the resource fair located in the Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge. |
Lola Tilly Commons |
| Noon-6:00 p.m. | Resource Fair Discover the many services, resources and organizations that are available to you. Visit with representatives from different campus organizations and clubs. |
Wood Center Mall |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | College Life at UAF: Students and Faculty
Tell it Like it Is Hear what college life is really like from your OLs and Professors and get the scoop on how to be successful in your classes and in life. |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 2:30-4:00 p.m. | Getting Connected: Part I Leadership, Student Organizations, Student Activities Office, ASUAF, and Intramurals |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Surviving 40 Below and a Fashion Show Tips from Outdoor Adventures on how to keep warm on our Arctic University then sit back and enjoy a wintry fashion show featuring your OLs! |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 5:00-6:30 p.m. | Dinner with your Orientation Leader and Group Time to kick back and relax with your group before the evening events. |
Lola Tilly Commons |
| 5:30 p.m. | Fairbanks by Canoe OR Fairbanks by Bike Get to know our city on either of these relaxing outdoor trips. For more information, see the back of this schedule. Additional Fee of $20 for canoe trip or $10 for bike rental. Sign-up a head of time, trips fill up quick! |
Wood Center - Outdoor Adventures |
| 6:30-8:30 p.m.. | Fairbanks City Bus Tour New to town? Hop on the bus and enjoy a Fairbanks City tour. Find out where all the hot spots are: the Carlson Center where you can see UAF hockey, Fred Meyer and end the trip at Wal-Mart to pick up anything you may need. |
Wood Center Bus Pick-Up Area |
| 9:00 p.m.-Midnight | SRC Late Nighter & Pizza Party Shoot hoops, play volleyball, soccer, badminton, broomball and more! Climbing wall certification! Bring a 2nd pair of gym shoes. |
Student Recreation Center |
| Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 | ||
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| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Up and At 'Em Breakfast w/ OLs Get pumped up for an activity filled day. |
Wood Center Food Court |
| 9:00 a.m.-Noon | Graduate School Orientation Meet other incoming graduate students and hear helpful information about what to expect while at UAF. |
Bunnell Building's Schaible Auditorium |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Getting Connected: Part II Get information from Academic Advising, Career Services, and Financial Aid. |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 10:00 a.m.-Noon | International Exchange Student Orientation MANDATORY for all J-1 Exchange students only. |
402 Gruening |
| 10:30-11:15 a.m. | Getting Connected: Part III ASUAF, financial aid, dining services and the bookstore. |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Getting Connected: Part IV Parking Services, Health and Counseling, Dining Services, the Bookstore, and Office of Information Technology |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 12:30-2:00 p.m. | Academic Lunch* Take this time to meet and eat with faculty from your major. *Drawings including the grand prize from Alaska Airlines! (Must be present to win.) |
Lola Tilly Commons |
| 2:00-4:00 p.m. | Academic Open Houses Learn more about your major, meet professors, and learn where the main office is located and what opportunities await you. College of Natural Science & Math - 201 Natural Sciences Building College of Liberal Arts - The Great Hall School of Management - 201 Bunnell Bldg. SOM Conference room School of Education - 718 Gruening School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - 214 O'Neill College of Engineering and Mines - 316 Duckering College of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences - 183 Arctic Health Res. Bldg. Tanana Valley Campus - Wood Center C/D General Studies (academic advising) - Wood Center Ballroom Rural Student Services - Brooks Building, Gathering Room |
Various Locations |
| 2:30-5:00 p.m. | Part I: International Student Orientation MANDATORY for all international students. |
Bunnell Building's Schaible Auditorium |
| 4:30-7:30 p.m. | Tanana Valley Campus Orientation and Open House If you’re taking any classes offered by the Tanana Valley Campus or are interested in the programs that they offer join TVCC faculty and staff for pizza and soda! |
TVCC 1st Floor Ruth Lister Gathering Area 604 Barnette St. |
| 2:45-5:00 p.m. | Bus Tour of the Tanana Valley Campus Take a bus tour of the many facilities dedicated to the Tanana Valley Campus/UAF programs many certificates and degrees. Interested in becoming a Dental Hygienist or an Airplane Mechanic check-out their truly unique classrooms! |
Various Locations |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Open Houses Clear up odds and ends and check out all the services available on campus. Writing Center (801 Gruening), Rural Student Services (Brooks Building), Student Support and Academic Advising (5th Floor Gruening), ROTC (115 Patty Center), Math Lab (305 Chapman), TVC Center (604 Barnette St.), Hutchinson Institute of Technology (3750 Geist rd.), and the TVC Downtown Center (510 2nd ave.) |
Various locations |
| 4:00–11:00 p.m. | Dinner Hike Join us as we hike one of Fairbanks many trails. At the top we will cook a “gourmet” dinner on our backcountry stoves. Additional fee of $30 for meal, transportation and equipment. |
Wood Center - Outdoor Adventures |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Photo Scavenger Hunt–Nanook Style! Groups compete for prizes in a photo scavenger hunt to see who can find all the locations the fastest and who has the most creative photos. |
Meet and end at Wood Center Ballroom |
| 7:00-8:00 p.m. | Living On the EDGE I: MacLean & Skarland Halls MANDATORY meeting for EDGE students living in MacLean and Skarland Halls. |
M-B-S Complex Hess Rec Center |
| 8:30-9:30 p.m. | Living On the EDGE II: Moore Hall MANDATORY meeting for EDGE students living in Moore Hall. |
M-B-S Complex Hess Rec Center |
| 10:00-11:30 p.m. | Christopher Carter Christopher Carter's show, Theater of Thoughts, proves to audiences why he is recognized as one of the world's most skilled, creative and original thought readers. |
M-B-S Complex Hess Rec Center |
| 12:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m. | Fourth Annual Fred Meyer Polarific
Late-Night Extravaganza Enjoy fun, free stuff and a DJ at the West Fairbanks Fred Meyer. Busses run from 11:45pm continuously until 2am. All UAF students welcome. Tell your friends! Must have PolarExpress ID to participate. |
M-B-S Complex, Fred Meyer |
| Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 | ||
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| Time | Event | Location |
| 8:30-11:30 a.m. | Part II: International Orientation Session Mandatory for all international students. |
Bunnell Building's Schaible Auditorium |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | UA Scholars Meet other UA Scholars and learn more about the program. MANDATORY for all UA Scholars |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 1:00-4:00 p.m. | Graduate School: Teaching Assistant Training For Teaching Assistants only. A session for those graduate students who will be Teaching Assistants during the academic year. Learn tips from faculty and other students as well as learn where to find help for yourself and your students on campus. |
Bunnell Building's Schaible Auditorium |
| 1:00-5:00 p.m. | TRANSFERmation Special session for transfer and adult returning students. |
Wood Center Ballroom |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Honors Program Orientation and BBQ Join the honors program for a chance to speak with other honors students and get your questions answered MANDATORY for all honors students and students interested in the honors program. |
Honors House on Copper Lane |
| 7:00-8:00 p.m. | Ultimate Road Trip: Campus2Career Tips and tools that lead to career and grad school opportunities later. A presentation by Monster.com |
M-B-S Complex Hess Rec Center |
| 9:00-11:00 p.m. | Best of UAF Film Festival Come see student-produced films ranging from computer animation and documentary to comedy and horror. Presented by the UAF Film club. |
M-B-S Complex Hess Rec Center |