New Student Orientation Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: New Student Move-In | Your residence hall
Your Resident Assistants (RAs) and other student leaders will be on hand to carry boxes and get you settled into your room.

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Lunch | Petrel’s Nest Dining Hall

12 – 2 p.m.: Community Resource Fair | Turner Lynch Campus Center (TLCC) 
Browse an exciting selection of Atlanta businesses and Oglethorpe resources.

2 – 2:45 p.m.: Family Goodbye Time
Feel free to return to your residence hall before officially checking in to Orientation activities.

2:45 – 4 p.m.: Orientation Check-in and Welcome* | Conant Performing Arts Center

4 – 5 p.m.: OL Small Group* | Various locations

5 – 7 p.m.: Dinner | TLCC-Dining Hall

7:15 – 8:15 p.m.: Residence Hall Floor Meetings* | Your residence hall 
Report to your Residence Halls promptly for your first hall meeting led by your Resident Assistants to learn about life in your residence hall.

7:15 – 8:15 p.m.: Commuter Social Hour* | Cousins Atrium
Meet and hang out with fellow commuters, Orientation Leaders and representatives from the Commuter Student Association.

8 – 10 p.m.: Movie Night | Academic Quad
Come and join your fellow first-years for a fun movie night on the Academic Quad!

*Mandatory for all first-year students

8 – 9:45 a.m.: Breakfast | Petrel’s Nest Dining Hall

9:45 – 10 a.m.: Orientation Check-in: Day 2* | Cousins Atrium and Patio 
Get ready to have fun!

• Dress casually and wear comfortable shoes.

10 – 11 a.m.: Petrel Pandemonium (Playfair)* | Academic Quad 
Prepare to make friends and get active with your peers!

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Drugs and Alcohol: Informed Decisions and Real Talk: Bobby Gordon* | Conant 
Being in a new place means lots of recent decisions. Make sure you’re making the right ones regarding alcohol and other drugs.

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.: Small Group Lunch | TLCC – Dining Hall

1:30 – 2 p.m.: Check-in/Dessert* | Conant Lobby

2 – 3 p.m.: Retaking Our Story: Reframing the Sexual Assault Conversation: Tim Mousseau* | Conant 
Students will leave feeling empowered to create a culture of compassion while realistically facing an issue prevalent on campuses nationwide.

3:30 – 4 p.m.: OL Small Group Debrief* | Various Classrooms

5 – 7 p.m.: Food Truck Dinner | Academic Quad

7 – 10 p.m.: GloCade | Academic Quad   
Enjoy 10 glow-in-the-dark arcade games!

*Mandatory for all first-year students

8 – 10 a.m.: Breakfast | Petrel’s Nest Dining Hall

9 – 10 a.m.: Interfaith Community Gathering | TLCC – Trustee Room
Met different religious leaders from the Atlanta area and receive a blessing for the upcoming school year.

10 – 11 a.m.: Farm Animal Yoga | TLCC
Bring your own mat. Variety of farm animals present!

11 – 11:15 a.m.: Orientation Check-in: Day 3* | Conant

• Dress casually and wear comfortable shoes.

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Fearless First Year Keynote: Darryl Bellamy* | Conant 
Empower students with practical ways to embrace discomfort and step out of their comfort zones to fully engage with all college has to offer.

12:30 – 12:45 p.m.: The O-Book: Oglethorpe Traditions* | Conant
Write your Oglethorpe Story!

12:45 – 1:45 p.m.: Lunch TLCC-Dining Hall

2 – 3:30 p.m.: Safety your Nest* | Conant
Hear from Campus Safety, OSSR, and Student Wellness(Bystander Training)!

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.: FYS and OL Sessions* | Various Locations

5 – 6 p.m.: Dinner | TLCC-Dining Hall

6 – 7:30 p.m.: President’s Reception | Lupton Auditorium

*Mandatory for all first-year students