SALISBURY UNIVERSITY Transfer Student
Advising and Course Registration Summer 2008 Preview
A Maryland University of National Distinction
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 8-9 a.m.
Check-in and Continental Breakfast
Holloway Hall - Great Hall & Social Room Students receive Preview information packets. A continental breakfast is offered in the Holloway Hall’s Social Room. Students may also get their Gull Card student identification card.
8-9 a.m.
Resource Information Tables Holloway Hall - Great Hall
Visit the following information tables to learn more about resources available to students at SU: ! Billing Information & Student Employment ! Campus Recreation ! Career Services ! Services for Students with Disabilities ! Guerrieri Center Information Desk • Off-Campus Housing Resources ! Honors Program ! Information Technology ! Multicultural Student Services & Programs
! Performing
Ensembles Employees Credit Union (SECU) • ATM on campus ! Student Activities, Organizations & Leadership ! Student Counseling Services ! Student Health Services ! Telecommunications Telephone & Internet Services ! University Bookstore Services ! University Dining Services ! University Police/Parking Services ! State
Please note: All of the resource offices listed here are open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Please feel free to visit the offices to obtain any information that you may have missed during your Preview day.
9-9:30 a.m.
Welcome Session
Holloway Hall Auditorium ! Welcome: Vice President of Student Affairs Office ! Academic Success: Vice President of Academic Affairs Office
FOR STUDENTS
FOR PARENTS
9:30-11 a.m.
9:30-10:20 a.m.
(See Advising Appointment Schedule for Locations) Students register for their fall semester classes.
Holloway Hall Auditorium Participants explore ways in which the transition to college impacts parents and students. They also examine strategies parents and students can utilize to enhance this developmental transition so that the college experience becomes academically rewarding and emotionally strengthening. Topics include separation anxiety, emotional adjustment, campus resources and academic strategies.
Transfer Student Registration
Parents In Transition (Family Members)
SALISBURY
PEER LEADERS KHALFANI BLOUNT
FOR PARENTS & STUDENTS 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Off-Campus Housing Fair
Holloway Hall - Great Hall Are you looking for off-campus housing? Don’t know where to start because you are not familiar with the area? Don’t have the time to be running all over town to rental offices? We have your answer! Representatives from various housing complexes who house Salisbury University students, realtors and landlords are all in one location to answer your questions and provide you with information on available housing.
11 a.m. • 11:15 a.m. • 11:30 a.m.
Campus Tour – Leaves from Scarborough Student Leadership Center (Optional)
Preview peer leaders provide a short walking tour of the campus, identifying buildings. (Weather Permitting)
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Transfer Student Picnic
Scarborough Student Leadership Center Students and family members reunite after course registration and are invited to a picnic luncheon of BBQ chicken, hamburgers and hot dogs with all the fixings catered by University Dining Services. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet other students and talk with peer leaders.
Hometown: Niagara Falls, NY Major/Minor: Communication Arts/Marketing Activities: RHA, Residence Life, WXSU, Bowling Club, Peer Leader, Intramural Sports, The Truth What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to write, film and hang around SU with my friends. What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Become involved and keep an open mind.
CORY CURTIS
Hometown: Clinton, MD Major/Minor: Management/Marketing Activities: Resident Assistant, The Truth, Intramural Sports, Peer Leader What do you like to do in your spare time? I enjoy playing video games, watching movies, basketball and just relaxing. What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Focus on school first and everything else will fall into place.
NATALIE COSTELLO
Hometown: Snow Hill, MD Major/Minor: Communication Arts/Dance Activities: SU Dance Company, Peer Leader, Relay For Life, PACE What do you like to do in your spare time? I’m a really outgoing and fun person, so I’m usually up for anything! What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Have fun, relax and go to class.
JEFFREY KING
Hometown: Clark, NJ Major/Minor: Business/Economics Activities: Intramural Sports What do you like to do in your spare time? I enjoy sports, hanging out with my friends and participating in SOAP activities. What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Make sure you go to class, because that is where you get all the information for your exams.
KIRSTEN TANNEN
Hometown: Fire Island, NY Major/Minor: Communication Arts/Spanish Activities: Phi Eta Sigma, Dean’s List, National Leadership Society What do you like to do in your spare time? I love going to the beach, shopping, concerts, traveling and hanging out with my friends. What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Don’t stress. Everyone’s going through the same thing and once everything settles it will be the best time of your life.
BETHANY KILMON
Hometown: Chestertown, MD Major/Minor: Business Management/Spanish Activities: SOAP, Saferide and Club Lacrosse What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to hang out with my friends in the quad and go to the beach in Ocean City. What advice would you give students who are just starting their college career at SU? Take advantage of all the activities SU has to offer. It’s the easiest way to meet new people and learn new things.
New Student Experience Office Salisbury University 1101 Camden Avenue Salisbury, MD 21801-6860 www.salisbury.edu/newstudexp 410-543-6102
Guerrieri Center
Meeting rooms are named after Maryland Rivers
Commons
Meeting rooms are named after Maryland Counties
IMPORTANT DATES: !
Family Weekend
October 31November 2, 2008