How We Learn
Aug-O Overview
Workshops & Info Sessions
Thursday, August 13
FIRST-YEAR MOVE-IN DAY
Time |
Event |
Location |
8am-6pm |
Bookstore is open (Note: Books can only be purchased online; limited capacity in store TBD.) |
Slayter Union 2nd floor |
9am-7pm |
Move-in for first-years (60 students each hour). Aug-O Staff and Football team help move items from parking space into rooms. Parents will move vehicles to parking garage following Move-in drop-off. |
Beneath Slayter Union |
10:30am-8:30pm |
Information Fair - under the Reese Shackelford tent, rain or shine 3 shifts: 10:30-12:30, 2:30-4:30, 6:30-8:30. |
Reese Shackelford Commons |
9:00pm |
Aug-O Groups convene for the first time in their assigned classrooms. Groups are assigned to one classroom that they use throughout Aug-O, which will include 9 first-year students, 1 Aug-O Student Staff member per group. |
Various classrooms |
9:30-9:45pm |
Video Welcome from Susan Kennedy (Chair of the Faculty) and Aug O Students |
Via Zoom |
10:00pm-1:00am |
Mitchell Lock-In - planned by CLIC |
Mitchell Athletics Center |
Friday, August 14
TRANSFER STUDENT MOVE-IN DAY
AUG-O DAY 1
Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00-9:45am |
Health and Safety Protocols for Aug O and the Semester |
Assigned classrooms |
9:45-10am |
Zoom introduction from Title IX Coordinator Stephanie Jackson |
Assigned classrooms |
10:00-11:00am |
Sex Signals - live Webinar, group leaders log in and participate on behalf of their group |
Assigned classrooms |
11am-11:30am |
Sex Signals follow up with group leaders - collect questions from group members and enter them into a Google Form for Stephanie Jackson. |
Assigned classrooms, or outdoor location of choice |
11:30am-2:00pm |
Lunch in Curtis or carry out. Staggered in 3 groups in rotation - Times TBD. |
Assigned Classrooms |
2:00-3:00pm |
Zoom Sexual Respect Q&A with Title IX Coordinator Stephanie Jackson |
Assigned Classrooms |
3:00-4:30pm |
Home Sweet Denison with Residential Communities |
Assigned Classrooms |
5:00-7:00pm |
Curtis and Huffman open for dinner, carry out or dine-in |
Curtis and Huffman Dining Halls |
7:00-8:00pm |
Fireside Chat” with Adam Weinberg - Live Q&A webinar, moderated by Co-Coordinators GiGi Jones ‘21 and Greta Leissa ‘21 |
Assigned Classrooms |
9:00pm - 1:00am |
Slayter Sizzle, planned by CLIC |
Slayter Union |
Saturday, August 15
AUG-O DAY 2
Time |
Event |
Location |
10:00-11:30am |
Roommate Agreements with Residential Communities |
Assigned classrooms |
11:30am-2:00pm |
Lunch in Curtis or carry out/Traditions/CLIC Presentation. Staggered in 3 groups in rotation - Times TBD |
As determined that day |
2:00-3:00pm |
Fire Safety - Live Zoom presentation with Granville Fire Chief Casey Curtis, Q&A |
Assigned classrooms |
3:00-4:30pm |
Zoom activity with Knowlton Career Center |
Assigned Classrooms |
5:00-8:00pm |
Curtis Dining Hall open for BBQ/Picnic carry-out dinner, ice cream |
Here students will be assigned a new group of 9 with a new group leader and new location for dinner. |
10:00pm-12:00am |
UPC Trivia Night, organized by CLIC |
Reese Shackleford Commons |
Sunday, August 16
AUG-O DAY 3
Time |
Event |
Location |
10:00-11:30am |
First Community Meeting with Residential Communities |
Assigned Classrooms |
11:30am-2:00pm |
Lunch in Curtis or carry out/TBD. Staggered in 3 groups in rotation - Times TBD |
Curtis Dining Hall |
2:00-4:30pm |
Diversity Programming |
Assigned Classrooms |
5:00-8:00pm |
Curtis and Huffman open for dinner, carry out or dine-in |
Curtis and Huffman Dining Halls |
10:00pm-1:00am |
UPC Movie Night - organized by CLIC |
Slayter Union |
Monday, August 17
Classes begin.
This schedule is subject to change.
Posted Date
Friday, July 31, 2020
