Orientation Schedule 2012
This is a draft copy and subject to changes within the program offerings. The dates listed below are accurate and will remain fixed.
August 26th: AESOP Arrival Day
- AESOP check-in: Pettengill Hall Front Foyer
- Room keys, Bates ID production (electronic access): Pettengill Atrium
The following is the schedule for 2012. An updated schedule for 2013 will be available soon.
Saturday, Sept. 1: Opening Day
- 8am–1pm, Welcome/Information Table: Front Foyer, Pettengill Hall
- *Registration
- Student Orientation Packet pickup (Room G63)
- Banking services through TD Bank (Room G65)
- Voter registration (Room G54)
- Entering Student Survey administration (Room G52)
- Lobster Bake sign-up (Room G50)
- Bicycle Co-op/Zip Car information (Room G50)
- Student Identification processing (Room G10)
- Room and Building Key/Electronic Access (Room G10)
- Student Employment (Room G21)
- Parents’ Welcome Table (Perry Atrium)
- ***Continental Breakfast available on site.
9am–5pm, Ladd Library
Information and Library Services
The Help Desk Services team can assist you with connecting your computer to the Bates network and answering your computing questions. Library staff are on hand to give parent/family tours of the library.
11am–12:30pm, Alumni Gym
- Parent Orientation
12:30–2pm, Dining Commons Front Lawn
- Parent and New Student Barbecue with Deans of Students (Rain site: New Commons)
1–1:45pm, Chase Hall Lounge
- New Transfer Student and Parent Meeting
2:15-4:10, Olin Arts Center and Schaeffer Theatre
- Faculty and students talk about first-year academics and the liberal arts at Bates
2:15-3:05pm
- Professor Susan Stark: Fall 2012 First-Year Seminar, “Luck and the Moral Life” (Olin Arts Center Auditorium)
- Professor Michael Murray: Fall 2011 First-Year Seminar, “Poverty” (Schaeffer Theater)
3:20-4:10pm
- Professor Mike Retelle Fall 2012 First-Year Seminar: “The Changing Climate of Planet Earth” (Olin Arts Center Auditorium)
- Professor Emily Kane: Fall 2011 First-Year Seminar: “Inequality, Community, and Social Change” (Schaeffer Theater)
4:30–5:30pm, Historic Quad
- *President’s Welcome and Reception
- Reception immediately following on Library Terrace (Rain sites: Gray Athletic Building and Library Arcade)
Family Farewells — All remaining events are for students only.
6–7pm, New Commons Dining Room
- Dinner with Junior Advisors
6–7:15pm, New Commons, Rm. 211
- Transfer Students Dinner and Orientation With Associate Dean of Students, James Reese
6:45–7:40pm, Keigwin Amphitheater
- Sunset Performance by Bates A Cappella Groups (Rain site: Olin Concert Hall)
8–9:15pm, Gray Athletic Building
- First Night for the Class of 2016: Scavenging at Twilight
9:15-10:30pm
- Ice Cream Social and Svngr. Award Ceremony
- *First Year Center Meetings w/JAs (Library Arcade)
- *Transfer Student Meeting (Milt’s-New Commons)
Sunday, Sept. 2
9:30 – 2:00pm, New Commons Dining Room
- Brunch
9:30-10:30am, Chapel
- Interfaith Service
- To learn more about off-campus worship opportunities in the Lewiston-Auburn area, visit the Multifaith Chaplaincy website.
11am–12:30pm, Keigwin Amphitheater
- *“Where Do I Go? Who Do I Call?” — Introduction to Student Services
- “Being A Batesie” — Theater production by RCTLs
- “Sustainable Bates” — Performed by the Bates Eco-Reps.
- (Rain site: Chapel)
12:30–1:30pm, New Commons Dining Room
- Lunch
3:45-5:15pm
- *Common Reading Panel and Discussion: The Spirit of Compromise
- Please bring your thoughts in response to the Common Reading Letter as well as a copy of the book (paper or electronic) with you.
1–5pm
- Ladd Library and Computing Help Desk will be open
5:30–6:30pm, New Commons Dining Room
- Dinner
- Transfer Student Dinner Meeting, New Commons, Rm. 211
7–8:30pm, Chapel
- *Joe Bertolino and Bil Leipold: Joe and Bil explore the nature and components of social justice as it affects a college campus community.
9–10:30pm, Alumni Gym
- New Student Talent Show
11:30pm–1am, The Ronj, 32 Frye St.
- Late Night at the Ronj Bates’ student-run coffeehouse
Monday, Sept 3
8–9am, New Commons Dining Room
- Breakfast
9am–5pm, 63 Campus Ave (blue house across from Chase Hall)
- first floor Buddhist and Hindu Shrines, Muslim Prayer Room Open
9:30–11am, Muskie Archives
- *Transfer Student Advising Session
10–11am
- *Integrity In and Out of the Classroom (Olin Concert Hall)
- (First year Centers from 280 College, Clason, Page, Parker)
11am-12pm
- *Integrity In and Out of the Classroom (Olin Concert Hall)
- (First Year Centers from Milliken, Rand and Smith)
11:30am–1:30pm, New Commons Dining Hall
- Lunch
12–1pm, AlcholEdu
- (for students who did not complete)
2-4:30pm, Gray Athletic Building
- ****”Healthy, Unhealthy, or Dumb and Dangerous?
- (The Intimacy and Risk Continuum on the Bates Campus) —-title still uncertain.
5:30–7pm, Page Field
- Class of 2016 Lobster Bake and Contra Dance on the field (Rain site: Underhill Arena)
7:30–9pm, Chapel
- *Lori Hart Ebert: One Too Many
9:30–11:30pm, Library Quad
- Drive-In Movie (Rain site: Gray Athletic Building)
Tuesday, Sept. 4
9am–5pm, 63 Campus Ave., first floor
- Buddhist and Hindu Shrines, Muslim Prayer Room Open
8:30–9:30am
- *First-Year Seminar Classes Meet
- Please see scheduled locations in Orientation Packet.
9:30am–4pm
- *Individual Advising Sessions
- (9:30–11am reserved for advising fall athletes)
10:00-12:00 Academic Open Houses, Pettengill Hall
- Faculty and Students available to meet new students and answer questions regarding programs.
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12:30–2pm, Dining Commons Front Lawn
- BBQ Lunch for campus
- Transfer Student Lunch Meeting, New Commons, Rm. 211
2:00-3:00pm, Schaeffer Theater
- Theater and Dance Academic Open House
4:10pm, Historic (Coram) Quad
- *Convocation Address
- NOTE: Entering students, please line up at 3:50pm in front of Parker Hall to process into ceremony behind the faculty. (Rain site: Alumni Gym)
6:30pm, Gray Athletic Building
- *New Student Matriculation Dinner
- Casual business attire is expected. (Ask JA’s for specifics)
9pm, Chase Lounge, Chase Hall
- New Student Poetry Reading
Wednesday, Sept. 5
8am
- Classes Begin
9am–5pm, 63 Campus Ave., first floor
- Buddhist and Hindu Shrines, Muslim Prayer Room Open
9–11pm, Gray Athletic Building
- Student Activities Fair
Thursday, Sept. 6
3–4pm, New Commons, Room 226
- Pre-Law Introduction, Nancy Gibson
3-4pm, New Commons, Room 211
- Pre-Business Introduction Session, David McDonough and Colleen Coxe
4–5pm, New Commons, Room 211
- 3/2 Engineering Degree Program Introduction, Gene Clough
4–5pm, New Commons, Room226
- Medical Studies Introduction, Karen Daigler & Lee Abrahamsen
5-6pm, Intercultural Center at 63 Campus Ave (Blue House across from Chase Hall)
- Intercultural Center New Student Reception
- The Office of Intercultural Education and The Dean of Students Office welcome the Class of ’16, including the diversity represented by students of color, international students, first-generation matriculants and students from rural Maine. We invite all members of the entering class to stop by the reception. Appetizers and beverages provided.
Saturday, Sept. 8
10pm-2am, Library Arcade
- Welcome Back Dance (sponsored by the Residence Life Staff)
Offices and Hours
Dean of Students Office (102 Lane Hall)
- 8am-4:30pm, M-F
Housing Office (110 Lane Hall)
- 8am-4:30pm, M-F
Student Activities Office (Chase Hall)
- 8am-4:30pm, M-F
College Bookstore (Chase Hall)
- 9:30am–3pm Saturday, Sept. 1 (store and text area/**text reservation pick-up in the main store from 9:30am-3pm**)
- 12-3pm Sunday, Sept. 2 (store and text area)
- 9:30am–4:30pm Monday, Sept. 3 (store and text area/**text reservation pick-up in the main store from 1-4 only**)
- 8:30am–3:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 4 (store and text area)
- 8:30am–4:30pm Wednesday, Sept. 5 (store and text area)
- Thursday, Sept. 6, resume regular hours: M-F 8:30am–5pm
- Saturdays 10am-4pm
Ladd Library and Help Desk
- 9am–5pm Saturday, Sept. 1
- 1–5pm Sunday, Sept. 2
- 8am–5pm Monday, Sept. 3
- 8am–3:30pm open, closed 3:30-6:30pm and reopen 6:30–10pm Tuesday, Sept. 4
Registrar’s Office (Libbey Forum)
- 9am–4pm Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 3 and 4
Student Financial Services (Libbey Forum)
- 9am–4pm Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 3 and 4
Campus Dining, New Commons Dining Hall
Monday–Thursday
- Breakfast: 7–10:30am
- Lunch: 10:30am–2:30pm
- Dinner: 4:30–8:30pm
Friday
- Breakfast: 7-10:30am
- Lunch: 10:30am-2:30pm
- Dinner: 4:30-8pm
Saturday
- Continental Breakfast: 7:30-9:30
- (Continental Breakfast available in Registration Center, Pettengill Atrium, Sept. 1)
- Brunch: 9:30-2:30
- (Barbecue lunch on the New Commons front lawn, Sept. 1)
- Dinner: 4:30–8pm
Sunday
- Continental Breakfast: 8-10:30am
- Brunch: 10:30am–2pm
- Dinner: 4:30–8:30pm
The Package Center
- See Vinny Vincent (786-6098): Chase Hall (enter on Bardwell St. across from Gray Cage)
- 9:30am–4pm Saturday, Sept. 1
- 12-3pm Sunday, Sept. 2
- 8:30am-4pm Monday, Sept. 3
- Tuesday, Sept. 4, resume regular hours: M-F 9am-4pm, weekends closed
Physical Plant
- 8am-2:00 Saturday, Sept. 1
- 8am-noon Sunday, Sept. 2
- Monday, Sept. 3, Closed
Student Services Personnel
- Tedd R. Goundie, Dean of Students
- Stephen W. Sawyer, Associate Dean of Students
- James L. Reese, Associate Dean of Students
- Holly L. Gurney, Associate Dean of Students
- Carmita McCoy, Associate Dean for Student Transition
- Michael Martinez, Associate Dean for Student Transition
- Keith M. Tannenbaum, Assistant Dean of Students
- Erin Foster Zsiga, Assistant Dean of Students
- Carl Steidel, Assistant Dean of Students
- Mina Beveney, Housing Coordinator & Residence Life Assistant
- Lee Seguin, Coordinator of Student Activities & Residence Life Assistant
- Thomas Carey, Director of Security and Campus Safety
- Christy P. Tisdale, Director of Health Services
- Bill Blaine-Wallace, Chaplain