Students play a game of ping pong inside the Batten Student Center.

Dean of Students

Dean of Students
Godwin Hall
Phone 757.455.3212

Orientation Scene II For Freshman
updated 8/14/09

AUGUST 19 - 22, 2009

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19

9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Resident Student Check In

  • Orientation Academic Pre-session Program, Scene II
  • Room Key Card
  • VWC Handbook and Planner
  • Vehicle Registration and VWC ID (For those students who did not receive their ID and parking decal in July.)

Jane P. Batten Student Center

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch for Students, Parents, and Orientation Staff

Boyd Dining Center

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Commuter Student Check In

  • Orientation Academic Pre-session Program, Scene II
  • VWC Handbook and Planner
  • Vehicle Registration and VWC ID (For those students who did not receive their ID and parking decal in July.)

Jane P. Batten Student Center

3:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Plenary I:   Welcome Assembly

"Becoming a Member of the VWC Community"

Leah Hammond, Student Body President, and Dr. William T. "Billy" Greer, Jr., College President

    Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

4:00 - 4:15 p.m. - Break

4:15 - 5:00 p.m.

Plenary II:   Something About Motivation

Dr. Keith Moore, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

5:00 p.m. - Until

Dinner:   VWC Beach Club

  • Food, Music, Fun, and the VWC Adirondack Chairs
  • Co-Sponsored by RecX, Residence Life, Wesleyan Activities Council (WAC), and Sodexo Food Service

Batten Student Center, Lawn (rain location - Batten Student Center, Marlin Grille, and C-MAC)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20

8:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Breakfast

Boyd Dining Center

ACADEMIC ADVISORS AND THEIR ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

Professor Peer Advisor(s) Room Assignment
Dr. Soraya Bartol

Imee Bautista

Travis DeGraphenried

Blocker 13

Dr. Harold Dorton

Dr. Craig Jackson

Mallori King

Liz Scales

Roop 2
Dr. Steven Emmanuel

Chris Kreft

James Lynch

Birdsong 101
Dr. Linda Ferguson Tim Maloney Batten 237
Dr. Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson Errin Carter Blocker 16
Dr. Michael Hall Kim Sypniewski Clarke 217
Dr. Ben Haller

Joseph Craig

Michele Kelly

Clarke 219
Dr. Brett Heindl

Joshua Deihl

Kelsey Hottle

Cody Kloock

Clarke 218
Dr. Stephen Hock

Jordan Bondurant

Zella DeForest

Leon Spinner

Clarke 215
Dr. Rebecca Hooker --- Graybeal 1
Dr. Larry Hultgren

Kara Davis

Edwina Harleyson

Paige Murray-Harewood

Emma Richard

Blocker 218
Dr. Kathy Merlock Jackson

Giacomo Biscotti

Devin Cowhey

Taja Glover

Birdsong 102
Lee Jordan Anders Jennifer Brown Fine Arts 9

Dr. Lydia Kennedy

Dr. Susannah Walker

--- Birdsong 201
Dr. Sue Larkin

Ali Brown

Oliva Casero

Graybeal 2
Dr. Travis Malone

Kaitlin Harris

Meghan See

Kyle Ulsh

Blocker 215
Dr. Dante Manna Ashlee Edwards Clarke 214

Dr. Maynard Schaus

Dr. Victor Townsend

Kasey Kirven

Ryan Wade

Blocker 216
Mr. John Rudel --- Fine Arts 3
Dr. Sara Sewell --- Batten 228
Dr. Hilary Stebbins

Luke Blum

Jesse Tomczak

Kylie Webb

Roop 1
Dr. Craig Wansink

Brian Boettcher

Kourtni Brown

Blocker 17
Dr. Josh Weinstein Bryson Roof Birdsong 202
Denise Wilkinson

Benjamin Freeman

Alan Gurdal

Blocker 18

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Break-Out Session I:   Ice-Breakers; Why Are You Here?; Goals and Expectations of Orientation; a Review of Academic Skills; Faculty Panel and Book Discussion, A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon; and Registration Plans for Fall 2009

  • Students will have the opportunity to discuss with their academic advisors any schedule problems or challenges.
  • The Office of the Registrar will be open to assist with registration issues.

Faculty and PeerAdvisors

Refer to Scene II Academic Advisors and their Room Assignments

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Concurrent Session:   Navigating VWC On-Line and On-Campus

  • Students will be divided into two groups, Group A and Group B.
  • Group A will be students with advisors Bartol, Dorton/Jackson, Emmanuel, Ferguson, Gonsalves-Jackson, Hall, Haller, Heindl, Hock, Hooker, Hultgren, Rudel.
  • Group B will be students with advisors Merlock Jackson, Jordan-Anders, Kennedy/Walker, Larkin, Malone, Manna, Schaus/Townsend, Sewell, Stebbins, Wansink, Weinstein, Wilkinson.
  • From 10:45 - 11:15 a.m., Group A will attend Session A and Group B will attend Session B.  From 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Group B will attend Session A and Group A will attend Session B.

Session A:   Blackboard Training led by Ms. Robin Takacs

Blocker Science Auditorium

Session B:  "Not Your High School Library:   Why the Hof Will Matter to You"

  • Meet with your Academic Advisor, as a group, on the main floor of the library.

Hofheimer Library

12:00 - 1:20 p.m.

Lunch

Boyd Dining Center

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

Plenary III:   "The Virginia Wesleyan College Tradition:  Why 'Virginia,' 'Wesleyan,' and 'College' Matter"

  • Student Panel:   Carmen Dawkins, Lance Hartley, Tim Maloney, Emma Richard, Lan Tran
  • Moderated by Dr. Craig Wansink, Associate Dean of the College and Professor of Religious Studies

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. - Break

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Break-Out Session II:   Applying Note-Taking Strategies; Reading for College Skills; and Inquiry-Based Learning

Faculty and Peer Advisors

Refer to Scene II Academic Advisors and their Room Assignments

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Break

3:45 - 4:45 p.m.

Plenary IV:   Lecture/Panel:  "I Disagree:"  Five Disciplinary Perspectives on A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon (Required Summer Reading)

  • Students will take notes and engage in inquiry-based/active learning for each panelist's perspective.  (Notes will be able to be used for the final essay.)
  • Dr. Harold Dorton, Department of Sociology
  • Dr. Stephen Hock, Department of English
  • Dr. Margaret Reese, Department of Mathematics
  • Dr. Hilary Stebbins, Department of Psychology
  • Dr. Cathal Woods, Department of Philosophy
  • Dr. Timothy O'Rourke, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Kenneth R. Perry Dean of the College, Moderator

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

5:00 p.m. - Until

    Dinner:   VWC Southern Hospitality

  • Food, Music, Fun, and The Mechanical Marlin
  • Co-Sponsored by RecX, Residence Life, Wesleyan Activities Council (WAC), and Sodexo Food Service

Boyd Dining Center

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

8:30 - 9:50 a.m.

Breakfast

Boyd Dining Center

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Break-Out Session III:   Book Discussion, A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

  • How did each perspective add to your appreciation of the book?
  • How do the perspectives taken together work differently than each alone?
  • After yesterday's session, how has your opinion of the book changed or developed?
  • In anticipation of Break-Out Session IV, faculty and students also will discuss how to create an argument and how to write strong essays.

Faculty and Peer Advisors

Refer to Scene II Academic Advisors and their Room Assignments

11:00 - 11:15 a.m. - "Stretch Your Legs" Between Session III and IV

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Break-Out Session IV:   Reflecting and Writing on A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time

  • Students will write an essay on how Mark Haddon's book raises questions about human nature and society.  Students may use their book and their notes.  These essays will be given to advisors who will read them and then offer comments.

Session IV will be proctored by the Orientation Peer Advisors.

Refer to Scene II Academic Advisors and their Room Assignments

12:00 - 1:20 p.m.

Lunch

Boyd Dining Center

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Break-Out Session V:   A Community of Accountability:  Honorable Conduct and the Virginia Wesleyan Honor Code and Virginia Wesleyan Creed

  • All of us have been involved in communities (e.g. classrooms, schools, families, churches or synagogues, band, choir, athletic teams, theater productions).  What "codes" or "creeds" (either formal or informal) have made those communities strong?
  • What is "honor" as defined by the Virginia Wesleyan Creed and Honor Code?

Faculty and Peer Advisors

Refer to Scene II Academic Advisors and their Room Assignments

2:45 - 3:30 p.m.

Plenary V:   Freshman Honor Convocation

  • Signing of the Virginia Wesleyan College Honor Code and Virginia Wesleyan Creed

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Break

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Dinner:   VWC Viva LaMarlins

  • Food, Music, Fun, and Marlin Spirit
  • Co-Sponsored by RecX, Residence Life, Wesleyan Activities Council (WAC), and Sodexo Food Service

Boyd Dining Center

7:00 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan Lady Marlins Soccer vs. Longwood University

Trinder Center and Foster Field

OR

Virginia Wesleyan Volleyball Team Intra-Squad Scrimmage *

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

9:00 p.m.

VWC Karaoke Glow Show and Traditional Root Beer Kegger

  • Free t-shirt and glow items for the Class of 2013.  Come mingle and meet with your classmates, Class of 2013, and VWC upperclassmen.
  • Co-Sponsored by RecX, Residence Life, Wesleyan Activities Council (WAC), and Sodexo Food Service

Batten Student Center, C-MAC

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22

    11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

    Brunch

    Boyd Dining Center

    1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

    A Time to Relax or Your Choice of an Activity on Campus or in Hampton Roads

    5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

    Dinner:   VWC Tailgate Party

  • Food, Music, Fun, and Marlin Spirit
  • Co-Sponsored by RecX, Residence Life, Wesleyan Activities Council (WAC), and Sodexo Food Service

Foster Field and Trinder Field House Lawn

7:00 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan Marlins Soccer vs. Wilmington College

Trinder Center and Foster Field

OR

Virginia Wesleyan Volleyball Team Intra-Squad Scrimmage *

Batten Student Center, Convocation Center

*  The intra-squad scrimmage will be on either Friday or Saturday night. 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23

12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Brunch

Boyd Dining Center

4:00 p.m.

Ecumenical Worship Service

Monumental Chapel

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Dinner

Boyd Dining Center

MONDAY, AUGUST 24

Fall Semester Classes Begin