Truman Week 2015 Schedule Date and Time Description Event Organizer SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 8 am 3 pm Check in, pick up Truman Week Packet, unpack and set up your room at your Residential Hall for check in for packets 11 am 2:00 pm Lunch -- Parents, family, and friends invited to eat in all dining halls for $5.00 per person. Mainstreet Market in the Student Union is open for cash sales at regular prices from 9 am until 2 pm, with the Sodexo hot line open 11 2. 10 am 2 pm Student Recreation Center Open House ( Sneak Peek only) S. Limestall 1 2:30 pm President s Reception for Families at the SUB Hub lounge. T. Hill 2:30 3:15 pm Commuters pick up Truman Week Packet in Main Hall, Kirk Building M. Giovannini 3 pm Parent s Departure Time 3:30 4:15 pm President s Welcome for Students, Baldwin Hall Auditorium (First Year Students Only) (Student Senate President officiates. Speakers: Student Senate President, President Paino, Chief of Police, Dean Gilchrist) L. Gilchrist 4:30 5 pm Meet your House (Commuters meet in Main Hall, Kirk Building) 5 6:15 pm Dinner (Time based on Large Group Designation) at (Location based on Large Group Sodexo 5:30-6:45 pm 7 8 pm House Meetings for Blanton-Nason-Brewer, Missouri, and Ryle. Residence Hall Meeting Centennial, SUB Georgian Room Dobson, SUB Activities Room West Campus Suites, Violette Hall 1000 8:15 9:15 pm House Meetings for Dobson, Centennial, and West Campus Suites. Residence Hall Meeting Blanton-Nason-Brewer, SUB Down Under Missouri, SUB Georgian Room Ryle, SUB Activities Room 9:00 pm Ice Cream Social in the Student Union. NOTE: CLOSED EVENT Laura Bates SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 10:30 am 12:30 pm Brunch in all dining halls Sodexo 12 12:50 pm 1 1:50 pm 2 3:50 pm 12 1:50 pm 2 2:50 pm 3 3:50 pm Block Number 1 Block Number 2 CHOICES CHOICES Block Number 3 Block Number 4 J. Hamilton J. Hamilton
4:10 6:00 pm Liberal Arts Reading in Truman Week Classes. 6:15 7:30 pm Picnic on the Quad (Rain: Student Union). Sodexo and 8 10 pm House Social 10 pm Mocktails, Missouri (MH and BN); West Campus (WCS and CH); Ryle (RH, DH, GB) MONDAY, AUGUST 17 7 9 am Breakfast Sodexo 9 am 10:50 am Truman Week Class, class, room Truman Week Faculty 11 am 12 pm Opening Convocation, Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Faculty speaker: TBA; Student speaker: TBA Lou Ann Gilchrist Truman Week Faculty 12:00 pm 12:45 pm Lunch (Time based on Large Group Designation) at (Location based on Large Group Sodexo 12:30 pm 1:15 pm 1:30 2:20 pm Bystander Training L. Gilchrist 2:30 3:20 pm Block Number 5 3:30 4:20 pm Block Number 6 4:30 5:20 pm Block Number 7 (No advisor meeting) 6:00 7:45 pm Montage XX, Baldwin Hall Auditorium (Centennial, Commuters, Grim, Ryle and West Campus) College Cup challenge Meetings to prepare for competition C. Bennett 7:45 9:30 pm Montage XX, Baldwin Hall Auditorium (Dobson, Missouri, Blanton-Nason-Brewer) College Cup challenge Meetings to prepare for competition C. Bennett 9:30 pm Dodgeball at Stokes Stadium Laura Bates TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 7 9 am Breakfast Sodexo 9 am 12 pm Truman Week Class Truman Week Faculty 12 12:45 pm or 12:30 1:15 pm Lunch (Time based on Large Group Designation) at (Location based on Large Group Sodexo 12 1:20 Orientation luncheon for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning Students, Cole Woodcox Activities Room, Student Union 1:30 2:20 pm Block Number 8 2:30 7:30 pm Major Day Activities (See trumanweek.truman.edu/majorday.asp for details) coordinates 7:30 9 pm College Cup Competition practice 9 pm Movie Night: Pitch Perfect 2 (SUB) Laura Bates WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 7 am 9 am Breakfast Sodexo
9 am 12 pm Truman Week Class; 10am-12pm This I Believe sharing in VH 1000, MG 2001, BH 179 Truman Week Faculty 12 12:45 pm or Lunch (Time based on Large Group Designation) at (Location based on Large Group Sodexo 12:30 1:15 pm 1 1:50 pm Information Sessions 1 2 2:50 pm Information Sessions 2 3 3:50 pm Block 9 4-4:50 pm Block 10 7 8:30 pm Truman Week Lecture (Baldwin Hall Auditorium) President Troy Paino, title TBA S. Alberts 8:30-10:00 pm College Cup Competition practice THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 7:30 am Fall 2015 Classes Begin 6 7:30 pm Lip Sync Rehearsal (Baldwin Hall Auditorium) FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 3 5:30pm Back to School Bash Fireside Friday (Quad/SUB) L. Bates 8:30 pm College Cup Challenge Competitions, Ridiculous Relays under the lights, Stokes Stadium (Rain: Student Recreation Center) L. Gilchrist SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 8 10 am Breakfast in Ryle Hall (8 9:15 am), Missouri Hall (8:30-9:30 am), or Centennial (9-10am) Sodexo 8 11:30 pm Bulldogs in Action service event S. Sims 11 am 1:30 pm Lunch in Ryle (11am 1:15 pm), Missouri Hall (11 am 1:15 pm), and Centennial (11 am 1:30 Sodexo pm) 12:45 2 pm College Cup Challenge Competitions, Trivia Preliminaries, Activities Room, SUB L. Bates 1 3:30 pm College Cup Challenge Competitions, Yard Art on the Quad (rain: Down Under, Student Union) L. Gilchrist 2 4 pm Dawg Fest 2015 on the Quad (Rain: Student Union) D. Lusk 3:45 pm College Cup Challenge Competition, Yard Art Judging 5 10 pm Challenge Cup Finals (Baldwin Hall Auditorium) J. Gardner, L. Bates SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 8:30 9:30 am Breakfast in Ryle and Centennial Sodexo 11 am 1:30 pm Brunch in Ryle (11am-1:15 pm), Missouri (11am-1:15pm), and Centennial (11am-1:30 pm) Sodexo 4 7 pm Greek Interest Barbecue on the Quad (Rain: Georgian Rooms) Laura Bates WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 2 5 pm Student Activities Fair, Student Union S. Sims
Notes: Truman Lecture: TBA (President Troy Paino) During Truman Week 2015 all new first-year students will complete a survey (some ~125 will complete the CLA) During Truman Week 2015 all new first-years will go on a campus tour including the following: Career Center Center for Academic Excellence Multicultural Affairs Center Public Safety and the ID Office Student Health Center and University Counseling Center Student Recreation Center Student Union/Center for Student Involvement Writing Center As part of their Truman Week class, all new first-year students will: Complete the on-line computing exercise (introduction to computing resources and responsible use) Complete the on-line alcohol education program Complete the Career Center online workshop Complete the Advising Technology online workshop Residential Class Blocks 1-11 will have one of the following messages: Time to relax, unpack, settle into your room, or prepare for your Truman Week Class. Complete the Collegiate Learning Assessment in Violette Hall 1000 (only for one selected large group) Self-guided library tour (these include a specific start time) Tour of campus Meet with your academic advisor in <<room>> CHOICES Consent, Coercion, and Consequences Information Sessions scheduled for Wednesday 8/19/2015 (1 to 1:50 p and 2 to 2:50 p)--tentative Honors Scholars Program, Professor David Gillette, VH 1412 (both sessions) Interdisciplinary Studies-Build Your Own Major, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies Scott Alberts, VH 1416 (both sessions)
Introduction to MATH 156 College Algebra, MATH 157 Plane Trigonometry, and MATH 186 Precalculus (computer-based/hybrid math courses), Violette Hall 1000 Master of Arts in Education Program, Sheila Berkowitz, VH 1010 (both sessions) Pre-Law Student Information, Professor Marty Jayne, BT 2226 (1:00-1:50pm) Pre-Medical Student Information, Debbie Nothdurft and Mike Bolle, MG 2001 (both sessions) ROTC and Scholarship Opportunities, Doug Reinsch and Major Jason Anderson, Barnett 2217 (both sessions) Study Abroad, Alcidean Craig, BH 176 (both sessions) Welcome to the Wide World of Classical and Modern Languages (for second majors and Undeclared students), Baldwin Hall 231 (1-1:50 pm only)