1 Blue Jays Always Opening Days August 23-28, 2018 Welcome! When Elizabethtown College was chartered in September 1899 the founders wrote their purpose was to give such harmonious development to the physical, mental, and moral powers of both sexes as will best fit them for the duties of life and promote their spiritual interests. This is still our goal and we welcome you to the Opening Days of the 2018-2019 academic year.
2 Blue Jays Always Opening Days August 23-28, 2018 THURSDAY 23 AUGUST Honors Registration & Move into Schlosser Residence Hall 9:00 AM 12:00 PM Schlosser Lobby Complimentary Lunch for Students and Parents 12:00 1:30 PM Honors First Year Seminar Meetings 1:45 2:30 PM Honors Parent Welcome Session 1:45 2:30 PM Musser Auditorium, Leffler Chapel & Performance Center Honors Welcome from Elizabethtown 2:30 3:00 PM College President, VP of Student Life and Dean of Students Musser Auditorium, Leffler Chapel and Performing Arts Center Stamps Scholars Meet & Greet 2:30 3:00 PM Blue Bean Café, Honors Free Time 3:30 5:00 PM Families, please depart from campus by 3:30 PM Honors Nuts & Bolts with Prestigious Scholarships Presentations 5:00-5:50 PM Steinman Hall Brinser Lecture Hall No. 114 Honors Students and Peer Mentors Dinner 6:00-7:15 PM Honors Pre-HOOT Meeting (Mandatory) 7:30 9:00 PM Required Meeting with Dr. Kyle Kopko, Honors Program Director, for last-minute HOOT instructions, followed by an evening of fun and activities with Peer Mentors Schlosser Residence Hall Lobby Computer Assistance Available Please see ITS information sheet in packet for instructions on how to set up your computer. If you need assistance, ITS will be available at this time. Please bring your laptops. Nicarry Hall Room No. 127 Registration & Move into Residence Halls Leffler Chapel Parking Lot Honors Students Depart for HOOT Brown Parking Lot Student Photo ID Cards Campus Security Orchard Hall College Bookstore FRIDAY 24 AUGUST Computer Network Connection Assistance ITS will assist students with computer set up as needed. Bring laptops to Nicarry Hall Study Abroad Open House Nicarry Hall Library Open House 8:00 11:00 AM 8:00 AM 8:00-11:30 AM 8:00-11:30 AM
3 High Library Writers House Open House Bowers Writers House Mosaic House Open House Mosaic House Career Services Open House Baugher Student Center Center for Student Success Open House Baugher Student Center Student Employment Opportunities Human Resources Myer Hall PSECU Open House Blue Jays Siblings, Cousins, Friends, Neighbors, Visitors Admissions Open House Leffler House Wellness Fair Athletic Quad Picnic in the Dell Blue Jays Always Opening Days Welcome Family & Friends Farewell Families and Friends please depart by 2:00 PM First Year Seminar Peer Group Meetings Academic Quad Review Fall Schedule & Locate Classroom Assignments Purchase Textbooks & EC Swag First Year Seminar Meetings Various Locations Honors Students Return from HOOT Free Time Until Dinner Welcome to Your New Nest: Meet Your Roommates RA Floor Meetings Dinner Campus Community Conversations Presentations and discussions by Student Life staff. Midnight Chocolate Buffett KAV Blue Jays Wellness Breakfast (optional) Educate for Service Civic Engagement Global Citizenship & Study Abroad Academic Conversations: (Core, FERPA, Accessible Education) Strengths Quest Luncheon SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 11:30 AM- 1:00 PM 1:00-1:30 PM 1:30-2:00 PM 2:00-3:00 PM 3:00-3:30 PM 3:30-4:30 PM 3:30 PM 4:30-5:00 PM 5:00-6:30 PM 6:30-10:30 PM Midnight-1:30 AM 7:00-8:30 AM 9:00-10:00 AM 10:00-11:30 AM 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM
4 Strengths Team Challenge Academic Quad High Library High Tea: Faculty & Staff Reception and Library Tours High Library Academic Freedom: Blue Jays Take Flight Alumni Games (optional) Various Playing Fields Chicken Bar B Que Picnic & Young Center Open House Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies Blue Jays Always Opening Days Games (optional) Blue Jays Always Opening Days Games 1899 Cup Ceremony Brinser Field Blue Jay Mocktail Reception with Student Performance Groups Campaign 2018 Leffler Chapel & Performance Center 12:30-2:00 PM 2:00-2:30 PM 2:30-6:00 PM 4:00-9:00 PM 6:00-7:30 PM 7:30-9:00 PM 9:30-11:30 PM SUNDAY 26 AUGUST Breakfast Interfaith Discussions 7:00-8:30 AM Body Shop Open (optional) 8:00-11:00 AM Dining Services Student Employee Meeting 9:30-11:00 AM Parking Permit Distribution 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Campus Security, Orchard Hall Local Worship Services within Walking Distance (optional) 10:30 AM-Noon If you wish to experience the Anabaptist traditions of Elizabethtown College's heritage you are welcome to worship at the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren or the Elizabethtown Mennonite Church. Both churches are within walking distance on the perimeter of campus. The Brethren church is behind Myer Hall on the corner of Cedar Street and South Mount Joy Street. The Mennonite church is just past the President's House on corner of South Spruce Street and Apple Alley. Interfaith Worship Service (optional) 10:30-11:30 AM Leffler Chapel All Faiths & No Faiths Personal Reflections Nature Hike on the Conewego Recreational Trail 9:00-11:30AM Meet in front of Myer Hall (optional) Sunday Lunch & Learn: Religious Life, Purposeful Life Work, and Ethical Leadership Noon-1:30 PM Blue Jays Always Rally 1:30-2:30 PM (College History, Alma matter & fight song) Leffler Chapel & Performance Center Blue Jays Take Flight First Year Walk FYS Team Challenge 2:30-4:30 PM Class of 2022 Group Photo 4:30-5:30 PM Wolf Field Lancaster County Pennsylvania Dutch Sunday Dinner 5:30-6:30 PM Free Time 6:30-7:30 PM Character, Honor, Integrity Discourse 7:30-8:00 PM Gibble Auditorium
5 Induction Ceremony First Year Festival Flock Party KAV, 8:00-9:00 PM 9:00-10:30 PM MONDAY 27 AUGUST First Day of Classes First Year Seminars & Peer Mentors Monday Meal Monday night sing to president & wife in President s House drive way Second Day of Classes Convocation TUESDAY 28 AUGUST WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST First Year Seminar Round Table: Electronic Resources Navigation of campus electronic resources, with a focus on Jay Web, Canvas & Starfish WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER Academic Department Welcome Sessions Students are expected to visit the department in which they intend to declare a major. If you are a double major, please begin at one department and then proceed to the other. If you are undecided, please visit a department(s) in which you have an interest as a potential major.