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Grab your friends and join your WOW Crew leader to explore St. Louis! You will travel on the Metro to various locations around the St. Louis area to become familiar with the Metro and hot spots in your new city. Locations will include Downtown Arch, Galleria Mall, and Delmar Loop. Must bring Metro Pass & Triton Card ID!
Explore St. Louis on the Metro
Start your day off right with a morning yoga class. This class will be sure to help you reduce stress associated with the transition to your UMSL experience. Bring your TritonCard ID to activate your Recreation and Wellness Center Membership, and begin swiping in to use the facility.
Morning Motivation
Celebrate the start of a new school year with this campus tradition! Come for the food, music, and fun...stay for the people. All students, faculty, staff, and families are welcome!***Commuter Cash
Welcome Picnic
Join us in this ceremonial passing of the torch to all incoming students. Make your mark on this new journey by signing the Official Trident as we officially welcome new students to the Triton Family and kickoff the new academic year. All incoming students and their families are encouraged to attend and wear their “UMSL red and gold”.
Serendipity Sendoff
Bring your class schedule and the Welcome Leaders will walk you to your classes!
Academic Classroom Building Tours
Is an interactive program by GTC Dramatic Dialogues on racism, sexism, and homophobia especially for college students. This session explores the realities of being in a diverse student community and sets the stage for a lively discussion of diversity, building new relationships with others different from one’s self, learning from one’s mistakes, the cost to exclusion and how one can take small steps in their daily lives to enhance inclusion as being a member of the UMSL community.
You. Me. We. by GTC Dramatic Dialogues & LUNCH
Join us for this great opportunity to meet your College’s Deans, Faculty, Advisor, and other students. Stop by to grab a donut to kick-off your day. Please visit online the UMSL Mobile App for locations for Academic College Locations.
Donuts with the Deans
Are you ready to officially kick-off Triton Take-Off Weekend? Join us in the Millennium Student Center for a funfilled evening of activities from inspiration keynote, breakout sessions to learn hidden success strategies, and begin your year at UMSL with a great start. . Triton Connections is totally unlike anything you have ever experienced. It’s entertainment. It’s fun. It’s the perfect way to make new friends. ***Commuter Cash
Kick-Off Welcome
Weekend Highlights
Expect to have lots of fun! You will have the chance to meet new people, serve the UMSL campus and St. Louis community, identify your individual strengths that will help you succeed in college, and so much more.
Triton Take-Off Weekend is the University of Missouri-St. Louis’s premier extended orientation program for new students. It is designed to aid incoming students in their transition to college by developing a diverse social network of classmates, upperclassmen, and faculty & staff members, while strengthening their bond to UMSL through the introduction of campus culture and traditions.
TriTon Take-off Weekend 2019 Schedule DAY 1 – FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019– MOVE IN DAY On Campus Living Locations 8:00am – 2:00pm – Tritons Help-Question & Answer/Volunteers Check-in Table ----11:00am – 2:00pm - LUNCH
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| Outside Oak Residence Hall
Provincial House Dining Hall, (use meal plan or pay at register)
------8:30am– 4:00pm - After Move-In Suggested Items To-Do: • • • • •
Go to local stores and buy any items you missed. Go to the TritonStore in Millennium Student Center to pick-up your textbooks. Pick-up your TritonCard ID (Triton Card Office), parking pass, & metro pass (Cashier’s Office). Organize your room. Say goodbye to family, meet your suitemates, & relax before the fun begins!
4:30pm – 7:00pm – Meet Your Team & Dinner | Meet on the Lawn by the Volleyball Court in front of Oak Residence Hall, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Dinner-use meal plan or pay at register) 6:00pm – midnight - UMSL Campus Shuttle Available
| See UMSL Mobile App for full schedules and routes.
6:00pm – Commuter & Transfer Students Meet and Greet** | Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Room 366, Light Appetizers | Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Century Rooms 7:00pm – 9:30pm – Kick-Off Welcome** 9:30pm – 11:00pm – Kick-Off Meltdown** | Millennium Student Center, Patio (Sponsored by Fraternity & Sorority Life)
DAY 2 – SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019 10:00am - 4:00pm - UMSL Extended Office Hours | See UMSL Mobile App, various locations & hours 7:30am-8:00pm - UMSL Campus Shuttle Available | See UMSL Mobile App for full schedules and routes. 8:30am – Meet Your Team | Meet outside Provincial House, Volleyball court Lawn/or College Location 9:00am – 10:00am – Donuts with the Deans | Check the UMSL Mobile App for Locations (Breakfast is Provided) 10:30am – 1:00pm – You. Me. We. by GTC Dramatic Dialogues & LUNCH | Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Century Rooms (Lunch is Provided) 1:00pm – 4:00pm – BREAK & Suggested Items for Free Time: • • • • • • •
Go grab your textbooks (TritonStore in Millennium Student Center) Metro Pass, Parking Pass, (Cashier’s Office in Millennium Student Center) Activate your Recreation Membership &/or enjoy the facility (Recreation & Wellness Center) Visit any of the offices on-campus for the Extended Office Hours (see UMSL Mobile App) Ask about your technology questions (HelpDesk in Millennium Student Center) Play sand volleyball or Oak Residence Hall Pool Fun! Take a nap and recharge to be ready for the evening fun! :)
1:00pm – 4:00pm - LEAP Students Kick-Off | Lucas Hall, room 107
(Learning Enrichment for Academic Performance (LEAP) program participants)
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1:00pm – 4:00pm – Honors College Anniversary Orientation | Provincial House (Pierre Laclede Honors College Students) Live On-Campus Track Commuter Track
4:00pm - 4:45pm - Academic Classroom Building Tours Meet in front of Provincial House, Circle drive grass area
4:45pm-5:15pm - Final Meeting with Welcome Leader
4:00pm - 5:15pm - Academic Classroom Building Tours Millennium Student Center, 2nd Floor Across from Einstein
Various locations on North Campus after tours
5:30pm – 6:00pm – Serendipity Sendoff | Meet in front of Thomas Jefferson Library Grass Area Wear UMSL Red & Gold 6:00pm – 8:00pm - Welcome Picnic**
| Recreation & Wellness Center East Lawn
8:30pm - Oak Hall Extravaganza Late Night Fun | Oak Residence Hall
DAY 3 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 18. 2019 10:00am –7:00pm - Recreation & Wellness Center Open | Recreation and Wellness Center ---10:00am – Noon – Morning Motivation | Recreation and Wellness Center Noon – 1:30pm – LUNCH on your own AND BREAK | Provincial House Dining Hall 1:30 pm – 4:30pm – Explore St. Louis on the Metro | Meet in front of Provincial House, Circle Drive in Grass Area Must Bring MetroPass & TritonCard ID! -5:00pm – 7:00pm – Dinner on your Own | Provincial House Dining Hall 5:45pm – 6:15pm – Find Your Faith: Faith-Based Organizations Meet and Greet | Provincial House Courtyard -6:15pm – 7:15pm – UMSL Student Mass | Provincial House Chapel (Sponsored by Catholic Newman Center) 8:00pm – 8:30pm – Living Learning Community Meetings | See RA for Details 8:30pm – 10:00pm – Residential Life & Housing Community Meetings | See RA for Details
Visit umsl.edu/WOW or the UMSL Mobile App for a Detailed Schedule, Extended Office Hours, and Shuttle Routes
addiTional Welcome evenTS: MONDAY, AUGUST 19 – FIRST DAY OF CLASSES 8:00am - 4:00pm – Help-A-Triton Table | Around Campus 11:00am - 1:00pm – Greek Lunch & Chat | Millennium Student Center, Lower Level, Quarters Lounge** 12:30pm - 2:30pm – UMSL Counseling Services Lemonade Stand | Millennium Student Center, 2nd Floor, Rotunda TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 8:00am - 4:00pm – Help-A-Triton Table | Around Campus 11:00am - 1:00pm – Greek Lunch & Chat | Millennium Student Center, Lower Level, Quarters Lounge** -- ---11:00am - 2:00pm – Millennium Student Center Open House | Millennium Student Center 8:00pm – Drive-In Movie | Parking Lot V V WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 11:00am - 1:00pm – What's Poppin' Wednesday| Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Room 366 3:00pm - 4:30pm – ABC Ice Cream Social Welcome | Millennium Student Center, 2nd Floor, Fireside Lounge ---5:00pm - 8:00pm – Meet the Greeks & Stomp the Quad | Millennium Student Center, Patio THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 3:00pm - 5:00pm – Yard Games | Millennium Student Center, Patio (sponsored by Fraternity Life)**
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 11:00am - 1:00pm – Food Truck Friday | Parking Lot C (Recreation & Wellness Center Visitor Lot) 12:00pm - 2:00pm – Welcome Reception | Millennium Student Center, 3rd Floor, Century Room B/C (sponsored by Student Academic Support Services) 7:00pm - 9:00pm – Welcome Party | Oak Hall Pool TUESDAY, August 27 4:00pm - 6:00pm – Fraternity Sorority Life (FSL) Open House at the Meadows| Meadows Clubhouse** WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 11:00am - 2:00pm – Involvement Expo | Alumni Circle by Thomas Jefferson Library 3:00pm - 4:30pm – PRIZM & Office of LGBTQ+ Initiatives Rainbow Welcome | Millennium Student Center, 2nd floor, Fireside Lounge
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 11:00am - 1:00pm – Volunteer Fair | Alumni Circle by Thomas Jefferson Library 8:00pm - 9:00pm – Women’s Self Defense Class | Recreation & Wellness Center (sponsored by Sorority Life)** **Commuter Cash events where you swipe in with your UMSL TritonCard ID to enter to win prizes. Learn more at umsl.edu/studentinvolvement
Check-out the UMSL Events Calendar at www.calendar.umsl.edu to view all upcoming events!