think dream lead Welcome to SLU 101 ORLANDO!

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1 Welcome to SLU 101 ORLANDO! Student Leadership University 101 is where your students ership journeys begin. With over 18 hours of executive ership training from a world-class faculty and experiential classrooms, your students will gain 20-year head start on what it means to,, and through the lens that ership begins at the feet of Jesus. This packet will provide the information you need to help prepare your students for the ultimate ership journey. 1 WE 2 COMPLETE 3 KNOW 4 5 WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOU Call or us. We have worked over 18 months to prepare for your arrival. In fact, here is what we have included in your tuition: Three nights in a business hotel All of your meals from dinner day 1 to lunch day 4 Exclusive access to Admission to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure Conference materials Transportation once you check in with SLU at the hotel YOUR REGISTRATION Your online account is your gateway for taking care of registration, payment, and extra details. Keep the following notes in mind: Submit your rooming list no later than 45 days before you attend (link located under Important Documents in your account). Full payment is due 45 days before you attend. Pricing is based on four people to a room. If you have less than four, an occupancy charge will be added to your account two to four weeks before the conference starts. Signed Participant Waiver and Info Forms must be printed and brought to registration for every student and adult attending the conference. The form for any attendee under the age of 18 requires a parent signature. Click here to print the form. THE CONFERENCE DRESS CODE As we train young ers, we want them to grasp the importance of dressing appropriately for the environment and maintaining an appearance that honors Christ. Thus we have established a few guidelines for your time at SLU 101: Shirts should fully cover the front, back, and sides. Any sleeveless shirts should have a strap at least 3 fingers width across. No spaghetti straps, racerback tops, or tanks with oversized arm holes should be worn. All shorts (including athletic shorts) should be at least fingertip or mid-thigh" length, whichever is most modest or virtuous as we strive to honor Christ in this aspect of our lives. Additionally, skirts and dresses should be no more than 4 inches from the knee. The dress code applies to all parts of the conference experience - sessions, meals, parks, etc.- and applies to both students and adult ers. If anyone chooses to dress outside of these guidelines, you will be asked to change by an SLU staff member. MAXIMIZE YOUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE We encourage you to walk with your students through the program and be ready to discuss what they have learned each evening. We will provide opportunities for you to gather on Nights One and Two of the conference. PUT JULY 15-19, 2019 ON YOUR CALENDAR Trust us, your students are going to have an extraordinary experience at SLU 101 this year. They are going to beg you to register them for 201 the day they get back.

2 SAMPLE SCHEDULE SLU 101 ORLANDO HOTEL INFORMATION: Doubletree by Hilton Orlando at International Drive Orlando, FL DAY ONE 4:00PM 6:00PM 7:00PM 1 Registration Session 1 Dinner Session 2 Group Process Lobby * rooms are not guaranteed until 3pm **Signed Participant Waiver and Info Forms must be printed and brought to registration for every student and adult attending the conference. The form for any attendee under the age of 18 requires a parent signature. Click here to print the form. DAY TWO 6:15AM 7:00AM 12:00PM 2:30PM 4:00PM 6:00PM 7:00PM 1 DAY THREE 8:15AM 9:00AM 12:00PM 2:00PM 1 DAY FOUR 8:15AM 9:00AM 10:15AM 11:30AM 12:30PM Session 3 Lunch Session 4 Break Sessions 5 & 6 Dinner Sessions 7 & 8 Group Process Sessions 9 & 10 Lunch Session 11 Universal Studios/Dinner Discussion Time at Sessions 12 Sessions 13 Sessions 14 Lunch & Dismissal Universal THIS IS A SAMPLE SCHEDULE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT DISCRETION OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY

3 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SLU 101 ORLANDO WHAT ARE THE AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR SLU 101? To attend as a single, a student must be at least 15 years old. To attend with a group, students should be at least 14 years old or going into 8th grade. WHAT IS THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND WHAT PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE? A $100 deposit is due at the time of registration, and the remaining balance is due 45 days before the program begins. Any registration not paid in full by this day will incur a $25 late fee. You have the following options for your registration payments: Paper Checks: You can mail these to our office (SLU, PO Box 649, Keller, TX 76244). Checks must be received within ten days of registration. Electronic Checks: You can do this through your online account. Credit Cards: You can use AMEX, VISA, MC, or Discover. A 3% transaction fee will be added to any credit card payments. WHAT IS THE CANCELLATION AND TRANSFER POLICY FOR SLU 101? CANCELLATIONS: 45 Days or More Before the Conference: Deposit will be lost. (Deposit may be transferred to a new attendee for the current year and same program but cannot be transferred to anyone currently registered.) Days Before the Conference: 50% of the total cost of the program will be forfeited. Less than 30 Days Before the Conference: 100% of the total cost of the program will be forfeited. TRANSFERS: (You may replace current attendee with a new attendee for the same program) 15 Days or More Before the Conference: No transfer fee. Less than 15 Days Before the Conference: Transfers will incur a $10 fee. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GROUP VS. SINGLES AT SLU 101? A group means there is an adult chaperone attending the conference with a student. Singles or individuals are students attending without an adult. Singles will be assigned an SLU team member, who serves as their chaperone for the week. WHAT ABOUT TRAVEL PROTECTION FOR SLU 101? We strongly recommend that you purchase trip protection as SLU prepays all hotels, meals, transportation, etc., 30 to 120 days before the conference. Therefore, we cannot pass a refund on to you other than as noted on the registration page. Click here to get more information on travel protection. Travel protection must be added within 10 business days of initial registration date. You cannot add at a later date. Names of individuals purchasing travel protection must be provided at registration. I AM DRIVING TO SLU 101. DO I NEED TO PAY FOR PARKING? Self-parking is complimentary for the SLU group. You should plan on parking your vehicle and not using it till the last SLU session is completed. WHAT SHOULD I BRING TO SLU 101? Your Bible, personal hygiene items, clothes (see Dress Code), money (you may want to bring extra spending money for the resource table, snacks, souvenirs, etc.). It is often cold in the conference room, so you may want to pack a sweatshirt/light jacket for sessions. DO I NEED TO BRING A MEDICAL RELEASE FORM? GROUPS: Group ers must bring a medical release form for any minors attending without a parent/guardian and

4 keep them with you at all times during the program. Medical release forms must empower your group er (not SLU) to authorize medical treatment for the students you are bringing to the program. SINGLES: Any student attending without a chaperone must complete the SLU Medical Release Form during the online registration process. HOW ARE STUDENTS ROOMED TOGETHER AT SLU 101? As part of the registration process, you will submit a rooming list no later than 45 days before the conference. If you are attending by yourself, SLU will do our best to place you in a room with other SLU students of the same gender and similar age. Rooms may not be co-ed unless members of the same family. One individual student under 18 cannot be in a room by themselves. SLU will not room a student with an adult over 18 if they are not from the same group. Tuition rates are based on four people sharing a room. If you are unable to fill a room completely and SLU is unable to do so, additional charges will apply ($87 for each empty spot). You may be billed after the final payment date for room accommodations that are not quad occupancy, as necessary. Rollaway beds are not available. CAN AN ADULT WITH MY GROUP STAY IN THE HOTEL BUT NOT ATTEND THE CONFERENCE? Sure! On the rooming list, make sure you include their name(s) and that they are not attending the conference. We will charge an $87 fee to cover that hotel stay. If all four spots in a room are not filled, you will also be responsible for an additional $87 fee per empty spot. Please note that to qualify for the group rate, at least one adult per group must be a participating attendee. WHAT IS THE DRESS CODE FOR SLU 101? As we train young ers, we want to grasp the importance of dressing appropriately for the environment and maintaining an appearance that honors Christ. Thus we have established a few guidelines for your time at SLU 101: Shirts should fully cover the front, back, and sides. Any sleeveless shirts should have a strap at least 3 fingers width across. No spaghetti straps, racerback tops, or tanks with oversized arm holes should be worn. All shorts (including athletic shorts) should be at least fingertip or mid-thigh length, whichever is most modest or virtuous as we strive to honor Christ in this aspect of our lives. Additionally, skirts and dresses should be no more than 4 inches from the knee. The dress code applies to all parts of the conference experience - sessions, meals, parks, etc. - and applies to both students and adult ers. If anyone chooses to dress outside of these guidelines, you will be asked to change by an SLU staff member. I AM FLYING TO SLU 101. IS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO/FROM THE AIRPORT? Groups are responsible for their own transportation between the airport and the hotel. Once you arrive at the hotel, transportation to/from the parks is included with the conference registration. For singles (those not attending with a group), an SLU team member will meet students at the baggage claim areas for the respective airlines on which they are flying, so flight information has be submitted to SLU by the deadline. Due to Transportation Safety Administration regulations, we are unable to meet students at the gate. We are not able to accept unaccompanied minors flying on any airline. Students will be put on a commercial shuttle service or a taxi with other program participants and will be transported to the program hotel. At the end of the program, approximately 1:00pm, students will be put on a commercial shuttle service or a taxi with other program participants and transported back to the airport. WHAT IF I HAVE DIETARY RESTRICTIONS OR FOOD ALLERGIES? If you have special dietary restrictions or food allergies, they should be submitted to SLU no later than 45 days before the program begins. Click here to submit dietary needs. If something comes up after registration, you can update your registration information up to 15 days before the program begins. Please be sure to offer specifics on what you cannot eat and what can be substituted. We will make every effort to accommodate, but there may be certain times when this is not possible. We strongly recommend that you bring prepared foods or snacks with

5 certain times when this is not possible. We strongly recommend that you bring prepared foods or snacks with you that are compliant with your dietary needs. WHAT DO I DO WHEN I ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL ON DAY ONE OF SLU 101? Registration is from 1:00pm-3:00pm on Day One. You will check in at the SLU table to pick up both your room keys and conference materials. You will need to print and bring a signed Participant Waiver and Info Form to registration for every student and adult attending the conference. The form for any attendee under the age of 18 requires a parent signature. (Click here to print the form or find online under Important Documents in your account.) Please note that hotel rooms are not guaranteed to be available until 3:00pm. MORE QUESTIONS? Visit us online at slu.com or give us a call at !