Scene II Orientation Schedule At-A-Glance
Dear Members of the Class of 2012:
I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with some basic information about Scene II. As perhaps you already know, Scene II will bring together all members of the Class of 2012 for the final session of orientation. The paragraphs that follow will give you an overview of the activities planned for Wednesday through Saturday, August 20 through 23, 2008.
If you are a resident student, you should plan to arrive Wednesday morning August 20th, at 9:00 a.m. Check-in will begin in the Jane P. Batten Student Center, C-MAC where you will receive your Student Handbook and Planner, your room key card, and your Academic Pre-Session Study Guide to include the Honor Code Booklet. Following check-in, you may move into your residence hall room. Most likely, you will have a car (or more!) full of personal belongings and, given that possibility, I would suggest that you plan to arrive on campus as close to 9:00 a.m. as possible. Commuter students should plan to arrive at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20th. Commuter students will also check-in at the C-MAC in the Jane P. Batten Student Center, where you will receive your Student Handbook and Planner and Academic Pre-Session Study Guide to include the Honor Code Booklet. Commuter students will not be staying overnight.
On Wednesday, most resident students will arrive with family members to help them "move in." Commuter students may also be accompanied by family members. In either case, your parents are invited to be our guests for lunch. After lunch, there will be time for parents and students to say goodbye. Once your parents leave campus, Orientation 2008 will resume with an address given by President Billy Greer and Dean Timothy O'Rourke to the Class of 2012.
During the four-day Scene II experience (August 20 - 23, 2008), students will be engaged in several plenary, break-out, skills, and interest sessions as well as advisor meetings and leisure activities. Orientation will begin with breakfast each morning and continue until approximately 9:00 p.m. each evening.
On Sunday, August 24th, the College's Chaplain, The Reverend Robert "Chappy" Chapman, invites all students to attend a fall semester Ecumenical Worship Service to be held in the Pearce Hospitality Suite on the second floor of the Jane P. Batten Student Center. The worship service will begin at 4:00 p.m.
Very soon you will embark on your college journey. In Virginia Wesleyan's liberal arts setting, you will learn through the process of inquiry, starting with conversations during Scene II regarding your summer reading, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. If you have not yet obtained a copy of The Road, please contact the Scribner Bookstore at 757.455.3275 to purchase your copy.
And, in the weeks, months, and yes, the next several years that will follow, your college experience will provide you with many opportunities for further growth and development in and out of the classroom. Your experience will be what you make it. Accordingly, I encourage you to be engaged and to be prepared to make good choices. With your new independence come many new, exciting, and challenging responsibilities and you will want to make the most of these opportunities.
In closing and on behalf of all my colleagues, I want you to know how excited we are about you and your classmates becoming a part of our campus community; until we see each other in late August, I hope the remainder of your summer is relaxing and enjoyable.
Sincerely,
David E. Buckingham
Vice President for Student Affairs and
Dean of Students
P.S. Please note that your residence hall assignment, registration, and participation in Scene II is contingent upon submission of your VWC health form.
P.P.S. As a reminder, if you have not yet paid your orientation fee of $225.00, please do so to my office as soon as possible. All orientation fees are due before arrival on August 20, 2008, and may be sent to the Dean of Students Office, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502