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Welcome Week

Piedmont College is preparing for the upcoming Welcome Week for freshmen beginning on August 12, 2012. Below you see a schedule of events. Throughout welcome week photos will be taken and uploaded for everybody's viewing.

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Photos 2012

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Welcome Week Move In

Welcome Week Ropes Course

Welcome Week Back to School Bash

Welcome Week Tallulah Gorge, Powderpuff Football, Scavenger Hunt

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This schedule is for incoming traditional freshmen only!

**All of the following events and activities prior to Wednesday are mandatory for incoming freshmen.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Time Activity Location
10:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Resident Student Check-in
Bookstore will be open
Stewart Hall
3:30 - 4 p.m. Commuter Check-In Stewart Hall Lobby
3:45 p.m.
Parents Depart
(or prior to 3:45)
4:00 p.m. PC 101 Class Meeting
Required for ALL students
Locations upon arrival
5:15 p.m. Student Dinner Program
RSVP sign-ups for Tuesday afternoon trips
Nielsen Dining Hall
6:10 p.m. Freshmen 2012 Class Photo Quad
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dorm Meetings
GB 7 p.m.
Purcell 8  p.m.
Wallace 9 p.m.
Residence Halls
10:00 p.m. Mixer
Sponsored by CAB
Student Center

Monday, August 13, 2012

Time Activity Location
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Nielsen Dining Hall
The freshmen will be divided into two groups and half will spend the morning at the YWCO Low Ropes Course and half will attend Health and Wellness (Alcohol Awareness) and a short library Orientation. In the afternoon the will switch. You will know which group you are in after the Sunday check in.
8:30 a.m. Group A Leaves for Y Camp Amphitheatre Lot
8:45 – 11:45 a.m. Group A – Ropes Course
(Depart Ropes Course at 11:45)
Group B – Student Health and Wellness Jenkins Auditorium
Group B – PC Library Orientation
Students who need to be advised will meet with their advisor in their office during this time.  All others will have free time to settle into the dorm.
Arrendale Library
11:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (Groups A&B) Nielsen Dining Hall
12:30 p.m.
Group B Leaves for Y Camp
Dining Hall Lot
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Transfer Boarding Student Check-in Student Center
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Group B – Ropes Course (Depart Ropes Course at 4:00)
Group A – Student Health and Wellness Stewart Hall
Group B – PC Library Orientation
Students who need to be advised will meet with their advisor in their office during this time.  All others will have free time to settle into the dorm.
Arrendale Library
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner Nielsen Dining Hall
6:15 & 7:00 p.m. Movie: Bourne Legacy depart @ 6:15; The Campaign depart @7pm AMP Lot

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Time Activity Location
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Nielsen Dining Hall
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Faces of PC and Campus Resources Swanson Center Auditorium
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Lunch Nielsen Dining Hall
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Trips with Options (Pick one)

1. Banks Crossing
2. Helen: Tubing or Walking Town
3. Tallulah Gorge State Park

Transportation departs from Amphitheater Lot
8:00 p.m. CAB Event TBD

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Time Activity Location
10:00 a.m.
PC Scavenger Hunt
(Prizes Awarded)
Campus Wide
1:00 p.m.
Meet advisor if needed Faculty Offices
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Ice Cream Social/Open House (Truck) Ipswich Hall
8:00 p.m.
Open Mic Night Amphitheater

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Classes Begin!

Friday, August 17, 2012

Friday activity will be the Alumni/Student Activities Cookout/Concert
Arrendale Amphitheater at 5:30 p.m. Cafeteria is closed

Saturday, August 18, 2012   

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Various CAB events- not mandatory

Late Night Movie on the Quad 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.