Orientation

2008 Orientation

SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2008

8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Residence Hall Check-In

• Students who COMPLETED and RETURNED the housing application form and a deposit should report to their assigned residential hall as stated in their Assignment Letter from the University’s Department of Housing and Residential Life.
• Students who NEITHER COMPLETED the housing application form NOR SUBMITTED a deposit payment must report to the Tiger Village Club House.

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Cashier’s: To receive payments for Tuition and Fees – Long Jones Hall.

Financial Aid: To provide information and address questions from parents and students – Lee Hall.

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Dinner – RFOC (McCall Dining Hall)

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008

9:00 am – 9:45 am
New Student Orientation Session: Provides all new students with Orientation Packets which contain the orientation-week schedule, registration information, campus map, key contacts, historical milestones at Grambling State University, etc. (Attendance: Mandatory) – Favrot Student Union—Black & Gold Room.

10:00 am – 10:45 am
Opening Program: Provides students with an overview of the University’s academic programs. (Attendance: Mandatory) – Favrot Student Union—Black & Gold Room.

11:00 am – 11:30 am
Departmental Orientation Sessions: Students who have declared a major will report to their respective departments for an orientation session, which will be conducted by the Department Head. Students who have not declared a major should remain in the Black & Gold Room for their orientation session (Attendance: Mandatory).

11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Campus Tour by the Office of Admissions and the New Student Orientation Leaders – (Meet in front of the Favrot Student Union Building).

Noon – 12:30 pm
Parents’ Meet and Greet (Parents Only) – Favrot Student Union — Room 242.

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration Process: (Step 1) Financial Aid, (STEP 2) Academic Advisement, (STEP 3) Tuition & Fees, and (STEP 4) Meal Card/ID Cards.

5:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Basketball Games: Grambling State University vs. Alabama A&M University: Lady Tigers game -- 5:30 PM & Tigers Game – 7:30 PM (Attendance: optional) – GSU Assembly Center.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2008

9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Registration Process continues for those students that have not completed registration.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008

9:00 am – 11:30 am
Student Tour of the GSU Learning/Resource Centers:

• Library -- A.C. Lewis Memorial Library (9:00 AM)
• Student Computer Laboratories -- Brown Hall*
• Student Computer Laboratories -- Jacob T. Stewart Hall*
• Art Gallery -- Dunbar Hall*
• Favrot Student Union – Favrot Student Union Building*

*Students will tour these areas individually. Please refer to your campus map in the Orientation Packet for location of buildings.

Additional Information:

• New! Spring 2008 Orientation Schedule (PDF)
• New! Spring 2008 New Students Checklist (PDF)
• New! Spring 2008 Suggested Things to Bring (PDF)

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