Showing posts with label orientation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orientation. Show all posts

August 22, 2006

Go Pack Go - Time to Get Packing!

students and parents moving in to res halls

If your student is living on-campus, you know that move-in day is fast approaching! Here’s some important information to help make the move go smoothly. As always, if you have any questions about housing, please call the Office of Residence Life at 920-465-2040, or visit the Residence Life Web site. Good luck packing, and we’ll see you soon!

• On-campus students who are participating in the Focus Orientation may move into their rooms on the morning of August 31st starting at 8:30am. There will be lots of help available during this time and you can meet members of the campus community and perhaps the Phoenix Mascot. All University offices and the Phoenix Bookstore will be open at this time. University Dining will also be open for lunch.

• Your student should already have received a room assignment/roommate letter. Encourage your son or daughter to contact roommates prior to arriving on campus. It’s a great way to ease the anxiety of getting to know a new roommate, and a chance to find out who will be bringing what. It’s also a great time to begin discussing sleep and study habits, cleaning preferences, etc.

• Things to bring: extra-long twin size sheets, bed and bath linens, toilet paper and toiletries, laundry and cleaning supplies, telephone, alarm clock, flashlight and batteries, poster putty, food items, and pictures from home.

• Things not to bring: candles, incense, halogen lamps, open-coil cooking appliances, fireworks, weapons, lofts, or pets.

• Cables or cords you may need: High-speed Internet service and 60-channel television service are provided in all residence hall rooms and apartment suites as part of the Housing Contract. Residents must provide their own computer and television hookup cables. For your student’s computer you will need a CAT-5E cable (or CAT-6). For the television, your student will need a RG-6 cable (with F-style thread-on type connectors). The Phoenix Bookstore carries both cables.

Parent Schedule for FOCUS-Orientation

We are looking forward to FOCUS-Orientation August 31-September 2. Parents, please join us for the Parent Welcome on August 31st, 11:30 a.m. in the University Union, Phoenix Rooms. If you attended FOCUS-Registration and Resources in June, this is the same location. This is an optional program that provides you a convenient way to get all of your questions answered before you leave campus. All of the university services and departments will be open for business 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. You can feel free to grab lunch in the Nicolet Room or at the Shorewood Golf Course on campus.

If your child is moving into the Residence Halls
Move-In starts at 8:30 a.m. in Residence Life
Parent Session-11:30 a.m., Phoenix Rooms
Lunch-On your own (Campus dining open)
Student Welcome-1:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Sports Center. This is the official start of student Orientation. We encourage parents to say your good-bye’s before 1:30 p.m.

If your child is commuting to campus
Parent Session-11:30 a.m., Phoenix Rooms
Lunch-On your own (Campus dining open)
Student Welcome-1:30 p.m., Phoenix Sports Center. This is the official start of student Orientation.

To view the entire FOCUS-Orientation schedule please visit www.uwgb.edu/focus.