CLASS OF 2021 ORIENTATION SCHEDULE - DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
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CLASS OF 2021 ORIENTATION SCHEDULE
General assistance is available in the atrium of the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Center
on Friday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. During the day on Monday and Tuesday, students can visit the Office
of Student Academic Life in room 210 of the Memorial Student Union Building for any questions or
concerns. Lost and found items may be turned in or recovered at DePauw Public Safety, located in the
lower level of 101 E. Seminary Street.
What to do when you arrive: University offices Orientation Meal Information
» First Station: Residence hall check-in – University offices are regularly open from Student meal plans are activated at dinner
Go directly to your residence hall and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. on Friday, Aug. 18. The cost of the catered
park your vehicle. While volunteers help dinner on Sunday, Aug. 20 will be deducted
unload your car, proceed to Humbert Hall The ID OneCard Office will also be open from your meal plan.
to check in. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19.
• Get your room key and student ID. Hoover Dining Hall will be open at the
DePauw’s Office of Public Safety, located in following times during orientation (Friday,
• Complete housing check-in.
the lower level of 101 E. Seminary Street, is Aug. 18 – Tuesday, Aug. 22).
• Pick up a schedule for the day and staffed 24 hours a day. Breakfast..................................... 7-10 a.m.
check your advising meeting location. Lunch............................... 11 a.m.-2 p.m. *
The Student Post Office, located in the Dinner.......................................... 5-8 p.m.
» Second Station: Your room lower level of the Memorial Student Union * Note that lunch on Friday, Aug. 18 will be
• Meet your roommate(s) and your First- Building, will be open: from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Year Resident Assistant (FYRA). Friday, Aug. 18: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Student Union Convenience Store is
Saturday, Aug. 19: 8 a.m. - noon
» Third Station: Information tables – Lilly located in the Memorial Student Union
Physical Education and Recreational Monday, Aug. 21 - Friday, Aug. 25: Building. It provides an array of convenience
Center, atrium 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. items, including sandwiches, salads, fresh
(Opens at 9 a.m. and closes at 1 p.m.) Monday, Aug. 28 - Friday, Sept. 1: fruit, ice cream and toiletries. The C-Store
• Visit the information tables and talk 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. will open on Wednesday,
with a variety of campus offices. Starting Monday, Sept. 4, the Student Post Aug. 23. It is open Monday-Friday from
Office will be open during normal business 8 a.m.-9 p.m. and weekends 3 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Learn about services offered by DePauw
hours, which are Monday-Friday, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Health and PNC Bank.
• Pick up your parking permit or register
your vehicle (bring vehicle registration
Important Phone Numbers:
and Student ID if you have not Emergencies............................................. 911
registered online). After information Public Safety............................ 765-658-5555
tables close, permits are available at the Campus Living and Community
Office of Public Safety, located in the Development....................... 765-658-4500
lower level of 101 E. Seminary Street.
Registrar’s Office..................... 765-658-4141
Student Academic Life
(general questions)............... 765-658-4270
Wellness Center
Health Services.................... 765-658-4555
Counseling Services............. 765-658-4268FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 2:30 p.m.
Class of 2021 Welcome Convocation
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 9 - 10 a.m.
Green Center for the Performing Arts,
Move in The Value of the Liberal Arts and the
Kresge Auditorium
Humbert Hall (check in location) DePauw Education
The opening convocation for students and
Check in and move into your residence hall. Green Center for Performing Arts,
families will feature a procession followed by
Kresge Auditorium
welcoming remarks and a formal address by
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Anne Harris, vice president for academic
DePauw University President Mark McCoy.
Information Tables affairs and professor of art history, will share
After the end of convocation, parents should
Lilly Physical Education and Recreation thoughts with you about how to combine your
remain seated in the auditorium. Students will
Center, atrium coursework with your passion and ambition.
process out of Kresge Auditorium following the
Visit the information tables as time allows. She will explain the reasoning behind the
faculty and will proceed to the meeting with
general education requirements you will be
faculty advisors.
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. taking in your first two years of college, as well
Spanish Placement Exams as what it means to have a major in a liberal arts
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, rooms college.
Student meeting with faculty advisors
108 & 109
Classrooms (check your portal in e-Services)
Any student who participated in an early arrival 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Meet your faculty advisor, student mentor
program or pre-season athletic practices and Your four-year plan and graduation
and first-year seminar classmates. Your faculty
took Spanish in high school should take the requirements (for CLA students)
advisor and student mentor will share with you
Spanish placement exam during this time. Advisors will lead group advising sessions
information about orientation.
Students who arrive today may do so if time covering College of Liberal Arts graduation
allows. Placement exams will be administered requirements. Students with interest in
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.
on Saturday, Aug. 19 for students not able to the sciences or health professions will have
Parent Orientation
take the Spanish exam at this time and for all specialized sessions presented by faculty and
Green Center for the Performing Arts,
other languages. (See Saturday, Aug. 19 for staff connected to those programs. Other
Kresge Auditorium
more information on placement exams.) students will attend a session with your mentor
Parents are invited to join DePauw staff to
group; your mentor will guide you to the
learn more about academic and student life at
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. meeting room.
DePauw. There will be an opportunity to ask
Community lunch • Science Advising: Julian Science &
questions.
Hoover Hall, main dining room Mathematics Center, room 159
Join the DePauw Community for lunch. Use • Health Professions/Pre-med: Julian Science
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.
the tickets you received at check in to enjoy a & Mathematics Center, room 147
Family goodbyes
free lunch.
You may use this time to say goodbye to your
10:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Students who arrived prior to today: You family before dinner.
Theory Placement Exam (for School of Music
received your lunch tickets when you checked in
Students)
and moved into your residence hall. If you need 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Green Center for the Performing Arts,
additional tickets, please visit the information Mentor group dinner and team building
room 1021
tables from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the atrium of activities
All incoming music students will take a test
the Lilly Physical Education and Recreation Hoover Hall, main dining room
of theory and dictation skills to determine
Center. Your mentor and students in your mentor group
placement in Theory I and Musicianship I, or
will be the first students you come to rely on
Theory II and Musicianship II. Students were
1:45 p.m. in your time at DePauw. After having dinner
provided a sample test at the beginning of the
Convocation seating begins together, your mentor will lead you through
summer and a list of suggested preparation
Green Center for the Performing Arts, a series of team building activities that will
materials. For more information, contact
Kresge Auditorium help you get to know each other and begin
Professor Scott C. Spiegelberg at
Families should proceed to the Green Center developing a bond that will be important to
spiegelberg@depauw.edu.
for the Performing Arts, Kresge Auditorium your success in your first year at DePauw. Make
for convocation seating. Overflow seating for sure to have your Student ID as you will need
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
families will be in Moore Theatre. to use a meal swipe for dinner. You will also
Mentor group lunch
need your Student ID to enter your residence
Hoover Hall, main dining room
2 p.m. hall.
Convocation procession gathering
1 - 2:30 p.m.
Ubben Quadrangle 8:30 p.m.
School of Music Advising Session
Students should report to the Ubben Building community
Green Center for the Performing Arts,
Quadrangle, located across the street from the Your residence hall floor
room 1115
Memorial Student Union Building, to line up Meet your First-Year Resident Assistant(s) and
School of Music students will receive
for the convocation procession. In case of rain, fellow community members and learn about
information about their fall course schedule,
meet in the north hallway of the Green Center expectations we have for how we live in our
degree programs in the School of Music,
for the Performing Arts. communities.
ensemble auditions, concert attendance,
lockers for music instruments, opportunities
10 p.m.
for students, staff accompanists and Extended
Residence hall socials
Studies opportunities. At 2 p.m., information
Spend time getting to know other students
specific to music education majors will be
from your residence hall.
shared.SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2:30 p.m.
Placement tests and consultations
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Lunch
continued Students seeking placement in advanced Hoover Hall, main dining room
1 - 4 p.m. levels of Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Russian
General questions or computer science should attend the 1 - 3 p.m.
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, atrium placement tests and consultations during this Preventing Harm: Your role in the DePauw
Advisors will be available to answer questions time at the locations noted below. Community
about graduation requirements. • Chinese, Harrison Hall, room 101 You will be faced with choices to help keep
• Italian, Harrison Hall, room 104 yourselves and your peers safe, and this session
1 - 4 p.m. • Japanese, Harrison Hall, room 212 is designed to provide the opportunity to learn
Placement tests • Russian, Harrison Hall, room 223 more about the potential impacts of high-risk
Students who have taken French, German, • Computer Science, Julian Science & alcohol use as well as sexual assault, consent and
Spanish or Latin in high school are required to Mathematics Center, room 260 Title IX. You will learn about ways to protect
take a placement exam in that language. Times yourselves and your peers from harm and hear
and testing locations are listed below. If you 3 - 4 p.m. about opportunities to engage with prevention
plan to take the Calculus or Latin placement Fellows programs meetings programs on campus. Your mentor will tell
exam, you must bring your laptop computer. • Environmental Fellows – Julian Science and you where to meet. Students must bring their
• French, German and Spanish sessions Mathematics Center, room 203 laptops to this session.
In season Student-Athletes 1 p.m. • Media Fellows – Pulliam Center for
Students whose last name begins with: Contemporary Media, Watson Forum 4:30 p.m.
A - I 1:45 p.m. J - R 2:30 p.m. • Rector Scholars – Julian Science & GOLD Alumni Speaker Series
S - Z *3:15 p.m. Mathematics Center, room 147 Green Center for the Performing Arts,
*If you need to attend a fellows’ program Kresge Auditorium
meeting at 3 p.m., you can attend an earlier 4 - 5 p.m. While at DePauw, Nicole Burts ’13 majored in
session. Honor Scholars meeting anthropology and minored in Black studies and
• French and German Placement Exam Sessions Harrison Hall, Room 301 women and gender studies and served as a first-
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, year mentor, student ambassador for the Office of
room 278 5:30 - 7 p.m. Admission, volunteer at Gobin Memorial United
• Spanish Placement Exam Sessions Mentor Group Dinner Methodist Church, member of the Association
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, Hoover Hall, main dining room of African-American Students and Presidential
rooms 108, 109 and 111 Check in with your mentor group and continue Ambassador. In May, Nicole graduated from
• Latin Placement Exam developing your team bond. Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, of Law. While in law school, Nicole served as
room 374 7 - 9 p.m. an executive board member of the Indianapolis
Students whose last name begins with: Dialogue Matters Bar Association Law Student Division and was
A - M 1 -2:30 p.m. N - Z 2:30-4 p.m. Begin developing an appreciation for the rich an active member in the Black Law Students
• Calculus Placement Exam diversity of our community and start developing Association. She was a student ambassador for
Julian Science & Mathematics Center, skills that will enable you to actively contribute the Office of Admission and active in the school’s
room 368 to developing an inclusive DePauw community. pro bono program, earning the Norman Lefstein
Students whose last name begins with: Your mentor will tell you where to meet. Award of Excellence for her commitment to
A - M 2:30-4 p.m. N - Z 1-2:30 p.m. service. Nicole is a 2014 Indiana Conference for
9 p.m. - midnight Legal Education (ICLEO) Fellow through the
Specialized advising sessions Class of 2021 Social Indiana Supreme Court.
Students with additional questions about Memorial Student Union Building,
courses recommended for the sciences, health Stewart Plaza and Bowman Park 5:30 p.m.
professions/pre-med, pre-law or pre-engineering Come enjoy various social events, activities GOLD Dinners
should attend one of the following sessions: and a live performance and connect with your Following the alumni keynote, each mentor
classmates. Sponsored by Campus Life. group will spend time during dinner with one
1:15-2 p.m.
of DePauw’s Graduates of the Last Decade
• Pre-law, Julian Science & Mathematics
(GOLD). This is an opportunity for you to
Center, room 157
• Science Advising, Julian Science &
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 get advice on how to maximize your DePauw
Morning experience and connect with a member of the
Mathematics Center, room 159
Use the morning to take care of yourself. DePauw alumni family. Your mentor will take
• Health Professions/Pre-med, Julian Science
This time is for you to rest and rejuvenate in you to your group location.
& Mathematics Center, room 147
whatever way speaks to you. Attend a religious
• Pre-engineering, Julian Science &
service in Greencastle or on campus. Take 10 pm.
Mathematics Center, room 203
a walk at the Nature Park. Visit the Welch Class of 2021 Movie Night
2:15-3 p.m. Fitness Center. Socialize and continue to get to Location: South Quad, The Dells
• Pre-law, Julian Science & Mathematics know your classmates. (Rain location: Memorial Student Union
Center, room 157 Building, Campus Life Living Room)
• Science Advising, Julian Science & Local houses of worship and campus Enjoy a movie night in the Dells with your
Mathematics Center, room 159 organizations hosting students for spiritual residential communities, First-Year Resident
• Health Professions/Pre-med, Julian Science gatherings and brunch this morning are Assistants and Campus Life. Have snacks and
& Mathematics Center, room 147 listed on the Center for Spiritual Life website enter for a chance to win DePauw prizes.
• Pre-engineering, Julian Science & at www.depauw.edu/studentacademiclife/ Sponsored by: Campus Life and Campus
Mathematics Center, room 203 hartman/spiritual-life. Living & Community Development.MONDAY, AUGUST 21
8 - 9 a.m.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AUDITIONS AND Group Advising Session
PLACEMENT – MONDAY, AUG. 21 Meet with your faculty advisor to receive
instructions on how to add classes or adjust
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. your schedule. Meet in the same location as
your Friday afternoon meeting with your faculty
School of Music Ensemble Auditions
advisor.
Ensembles are open to all students by audition. Students in the School of Music must
participate on their primary instrument (voice, horn, flute, etc.) in at least one major 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
ensemble (band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, chamber singers, chorus). For students in Student loan counseling
the College of Liberal Arts, participation in ensembles may be applied toward arts and Emison Building and Museum, second floor
humanities area requirements. Audition requirements will be posted on the School Student loan representatives will be available in
of Music website, www.depaw.edu/music/ensembles, during the summer. Please the Office of Financial Aid to answer questions
review these prior to arriving on campus. Audition sign-up sheets (with individual about financial aid and to assist students who
appointment times) will be posted outside the following offices: need to complete their Stafford or Perkins loan
• University Band/Wind Ensemble – Green Center for the Performing Arts, room paperwork.
1116
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
• University Orchestra – Green Center for the Performing Arts, room 1117
Individual Advising Meetings
• Jazz Ensemble – Green Center for the Performing Arts, room 1118
Meet individually with your faculty advisor to
• Chamber Singers and University Chorus – Green Center for the Performing Arts, discuss academic goals and plans for the first
room 0112 semester and beyond.
Noon - 2 p.m. 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Voice Auditions for Interested College of Liberal Arts Students Science assessment
Students who have had no previous instruction in voice should register for MUS 905, Julian Mathematics & Science Center,
Beginning Class Voice I. Students in the College of Liberal Arts who have studied voice room 147
privately in high school and wish to take individual lessons should be prepared to perform All first-year students are expected to take a
one song that best displays their vocal accomplishments. An accompanist will be provided. science assessment that you will also complete
in your senior year. Please bring your laptop to
For more information, contact Kerry Jennings at kerryjennings@depauw.edu. There will be
this session.
an audition sign-up sheet (with individual appointment times) posted outside room 0113
• 9 - 10 a.m.
of the Green Center for the Performing Arts. Students whose last name begins with A-F
• 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
By appointment Students whose last name begins with G-N
Piano Auditions for School of Music and Interested College of Liberal Arts • 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Students Students whose last name begins with O-Z
School of Music students: Professor Amanda Hopson will contact you via email during (If your individual advising appointment
the summer to assess your piano background and place you in the appropriate class. or School of Music audition occurs during
Advanced students can request to take the piano proficiency exam upon arrival to your scheduled survey time, please attend
campus. Interested students can contact Professor Hopson at ahopson@depauw.edu for another science assessment session.)
more information.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Student Employment Introductory Advising
College of Liberal Arts students: Beginning students should register for MUS 901 Memorial Student Union Building, room 230
(Beginning Class Piano I) in the sections designated for CLA students. Students with Representatives will be available to assist
previous experience who wish to continue piano instruction as part of their college students with completing tax withholding forms
program should contact Professor Hopson ahopson@depauw.edu for placement in and the federal I-9 form. Original documents
private lessons. must be presented to complete and validate the
I-9 form. Copies, faxes and electronic images
By appointment are not acceptable. Examples include, but are
Individual Sight-singing Placement for School of Music Students not limited to, one picture ID (Student ID
All incoming music students will sign up for individual appointments to demonstrate or driver’s license) and one non-picture ID
(social security card or birth certificate). A valid
their ability to match pitch, sing in key and maintain steady meter and tempo. This
passport is also acceptable.
information, along with results of the theory placement tests, will determine placement
in musicianship classes. A sign-up sheet will be available on the door of room 1106 Interviews and hiring will begin on Tuesday,
in the Green Center for the Performing Arts. For more information, contact Scott August 22 and will continue throughout
Spiegelberg at spiegelberg@depauw.edu. the semester. Assistance will be available for
employment opportunities and instructions for
the online time card.MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 10 a.m. - noon
Community Plunge
Evening
Safety at DePauw – presented by the Public
continued Green Center for the Performing Arts, Safety Office
1 - 4 p.m. Kresge Auditorium Green Center for the Performing Arts,
General course request and graduation Community Plunge will give you the Thompson Recital Hall
requirements questions opportunity to discover and engage with Learn more about the programs in place to help
Roy O. West Library, front room community development and service efforts keep you safe, how to respond in emergencies
If you have questions about course requests or of over 40 Greencastle and Putnam County that can happen on campus, enforcement of
graduation requirements, feel welcome to come organizations. Students will learn what it means Indiana Law and DePauw Student Code of
talk with staff from the Registrar’s Office. to be an engaged member of our community Conduct and who to call for help.
through a variety of hands-on projects that • 7 - 7:30 p.m.
Free time in the afternoon focus on education, environmental issues, Bishop Roberts Hall
Please use free time in the afternoon to arts and architecture, sports and recreation, • 7:40 - 8:10 p.m.
purchase your textbooks and begin preparing government and law, and social services. College Street Hall and Hogate Hall
for the first day of classes. • 8:20 - 8:50 p.m.
Free time in the afternoon Humbert Hall
4 p.m. Please use free time in the afternoon to • 9 - 9:30 p.m.
School of Music Library Session purchase your textbooks and begin preparing Longden Hall and in-season Student-
Green Center for the Performing Arts, for the first day of classes. Athletes who could not attend a previous
Music Library session due to practice or athletic contest.
Students in the School of Music with the last 3:45 p.m.
name beginning with the letters A-M should DePauw University Opening Convocation
attend this session. Lilly Center, Neal Fieldhouse FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
Join the DePauw Community to celebrate the 6 - 8:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. start of the academic year. Student Organization Showcase and
School of Music Library Session Community Service Fair
Green Center for the Performing Arts, 5 p.m. Stewart Plaza and Memorial Student Union
Music Library DePauw Community Picnic Building, Campus Living Room
Students in the School of Music with the last Meet upperclass students, faculty and staff. Join your mentor group to explore all of the
name beginning with the letters N-Z should student organizations and community service
attend this session. 7:30 p.m. opportunities that DePauw has to offer so that
Student-Athlete Orientation you can get involved on campus right away.
5:30 p.m. Memorial Student Union Building, ballroom Collect giveaways while you tour numerous
School of Music Dinner Faculty Athletics Representatives and members booths. Some student organizations will be
Music on the Square (Downtown Greencastle) of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee performing throughout the showcase in the
School of Music faculty and staff look forward will discuss balancing the responsibility of Campus Living Room, so this is an event you
to welcoming and getting acquainted with being a student and a member of a varsity don’t want to miss! Sponsored by DePauw
incoming music students. intercollegiate athletics team. Anyone Student Government, Campus Life, DePauw
participating on a varsity intercollegiate Community Service and the Bonner Scholar
7 - 8 p.m. athletics team must attend this session. Program.
Taking ownership for one’s learning
Your mentor will talk with you about the
differences between high school and college WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 SATURDAY, AUG. 26
level academics and how to embrace a growth Morning 5 - 8 p.m.
mindset. You will also begin setting goals for Classes commence. Prindlepalooza
your personalized four year plan. Your mentor The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics
will take you to your location. 11:30 a.m. Come explore The Janet Prindle Institute for
Intercultural Cookout Ethics and The Bartlett Reflection Center
10 p.m. Ubben Quad and all that they have to offer students. Enjoy
Glo Greek (Rain location: Memorial Student Union a relaxing evening at the Nature Park. For a
Memorial Student Union Building, Building, Ballroom) detailed list of activities, visit the website at
Stewart Plaza and Bowman Park This event provides a great opportunity to meet www.depauw.edu/academics/centers/prindle/
Get to know members of the fraternity and current students, faculty and staff and to find programs/prindlepalooza. Shuttles will leave
sorority community through various events. out more information about cultural programs, from Memorial Student Union Building each
Sponsored by Campus Living & Community activism and other campus inclusion resources half hour from 5-7 p.m.
Development and Fraternity & Sorority Councils. and activities. Come have lunch and make some
great connections.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Common read discussions
Green Center for the Performing Arts
Meet in small groups with faculty and staff
leaders to discuss the summer readings related
to the locavore movement. Your mentor will tell
you where to meet.You can also read
