Purdue News

August 2, 1996

Purdue campus prepares for returning students

Fall-semester classes start Monday, Aug. 19, and university officials are preparing for the influx of more than 30,000 students at the West Lafayette campus.

Classes at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and Purdue North Central at Westville begin Aug. 26. Classes at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis begin Aug. 21. Classes at Purdue Calumet at Hammond start Aug. 22.

At the West Lafayette campus, numerous activities are scheduled to help students become acquainted with Purdue.

One of the first events on the West Lafayette campus will be a welcoming parade from the Windsor Residence Halls to Elliott Hall of Music on Saturday, Aug. 17, said John A. Sautter, vice president for housing and food services. First-year students will join Purdue's "All-American" Marching Band, its auxiliary units and Purdue President Steven C. Beering in the 6:15 p.m. parade.

After the parade, students and their parents will attend the President's Gala to Welcome New Students at 7 p.m. in Elliott Hall of Music. Beering will address the new students, as will Chris Scott, Purdue Student Government president.

Students will start moving into Purdue residence halls Sunday, Aug. 11, when first-year students participate in Boiler Gold Rush, a four-day orientation program. Other students will be able to move into university residence halls Aug. 12, but will have to pay a daily $28.25 room and board fee or a $12.50 room only rate for each day before Friday, Aug. 16, when regular housing contracts start.

On Aug. 16, staff and veteran students in each hall will be available to direct new students and parents to the students' rooms and to serve refreshments. As for parking, most buildings will have 20-minute unloading zones. After families have unloaded belongings, they will he able to park in the garage northeast of the Purdue West Shopping Plaza or on the parking lot south of Earhart Hall.

All beginning and transfer students at the West Lafayette campus who have not talked with an adviser and have not selected classes must attend delayed enrollment at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Students should report to the academic counseling office of the school where they are enrolled.

Most undergraduate schools will conduct orientation programs at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.

Schools and locations are:

• Consumer and Family Sciences, Room 210, Matthews Hall.

• Education, Room 175, Mathematical Sciences Building.

• Engineering, Room 129, Electrical Engineering Building.

• Prepharmacy students in the School of Health Sciences, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall; other Health Sciences students, Room 114, Physics Building.

• Liberal Arts and Department of Health, Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, main floor, Liberal Arts and Education Building.

• Management, Drawing Room, Krannert Building.

• Nursing, Room 172, Heine Pharmacy Building.

• School of Science, Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.

• Technology, Room 302, Stewart Center.

• Undergraduate Studies, Room 206, Stewart Center.

  The School of Agriculture will have an ice cream social at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, on the Lilly Hall lawn. Prepharmacy students can participate in a program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the east side of Heine Pharmacy Building. The Department of Freshman Engineering will sponsor a picnic at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Vawter Field, east of the Recreational Gymnasium.

  Other orientation activities include:

• Older student orientation, 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, East and West Faculty Lounges, Purdue Memorial Union.

• "Total Rec Day," an open house from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Recreational Gym to show students the variety of activities available at the facility.

• Purdue University Bands and Symphony Orchestra callout, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Room 30, Elliott Hall of Music.

• Purdue Musical Organizations callout, 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, PMO Lounge, Elliott Hall of Music.

• Black Cultural Center Orientation, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, Black Cultural Center, 315 University St.

• Grand Slam and Activities Carnival sponsored by the Purdue Student Union Board, l0 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, Purdue Memorial Union and Stewart Center. More than 90 student organizations will have displays and information booths at the outdoor activities carnival during the day, and a variety of entertainment will be presented.

• Orientation for students with disabilities, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, Room 112, Schleman Hall.

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John A. Sautter, (317) 494-1000; Internet, jasautter@hfs.smly-01.purdue.edu

Writer: J. Michael Willis, (317) 494-0371; Internet, mike_willis@purdue.edu

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