Welcome Week
Welcome Week 2009
Class of 2013: Get ready for a terrific new year at St. Ambrose! Our students, faculty and staff present a series of events for you to meet new people and experience what it means to be an Ambrosian.
The schedule of the week's activities is listed below, or you can download the Welcome Week Brochure (pdf).
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 – Welcome to your new home
9:00am - 3:00pm Residence Halls Open
Noon - 3:00pm Select Offices Open
1:00 - 2:45pm Services for Students with Disabilities New Student Orientation #1, Rogalski Center Ballroom
3:00 - 4:15pm Welcoming Mass, Chapel, students and families invited
4:30 - 6:00pm Barbecue picnic, Rogalski Center Patio, students and families invited
6:00 - 6:45pm First floor Meetings, Respective Halls
6:00 - 6:45pm Commuter Students first Meeting, Gottlieb Lounge
7:00 - 7:45pm First Meeting of NSS Sections (and non-NSS)
8:00 - 10:00pm Freshmen frenzy with Michael Miller, Rogalski Center Ballroom
MONDAY, AUGUST 24 – Plunge Into Your Community
7:30 - 8:45am Breakfast in the Cafeteria
8:45am Meet, organize and depart for Urban plunge, Rogalski Center Ballroom
9:00am - 3:00pm Check-in (returning students) continues
10:00am - 2:45pm Urban Plunge (Quad City Community Agencies), lunch provided
3:00 - 5:00pm Campus Recreation Events, Sand Volleyball Court
3:00pm Football Scrimmage vs. Loras, Brady Street Stadium
5:00 - 6:30pm Dinner in Cosgrove Cafeteria
7:00 - 9:00pm Entertainment by Residence Life, Residence Halls
9:00pm Campus Activities Board (CAB) outdoor movie, "Dumb and Dumber," Timmerman Field (rain site: Rogalski Center Ballroom)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25 – Campus Connections
7:30 - 9:00am Breakfast in the Cafeteria
9:00 - 10:45am Services for Student with Disabilities, New Student Orientation #2, Library - lower level
9:00am - 3:30pm Top 13 (for class of 2013) things to Accomplish today
9:30am - NOON CAB SAU Scavenger Hunt via cell phone (sign up in CAB office, Rogalski Center 119)
11:00am - Noon NSS tours of campus, Rogalski Center 2nd Floor
Noon - 1:00pm Transfer orientation - Campus tour (optional), Rogalski Center
Noon - 1:30pm Lunch in cafeteria with your nSS group
1:00 - 2:00pm Transfer orientation, Rogalski Center Ballroom
1-3 pm Information Literacy test out, Library, Media Program Room
1:00pm Music Theory placement test, Galvin Room 120
1:00 - 3:00pm Offices Welcome Class of 2013
2:00 - 3:30pm Transfer orientation, open House in Student Success Center, Ambrose 243
3:00 - 4:00pm The Pampered Student sponsored by Active Minds, Gottlieb Lounge
4:00 - 5:00pm Floor/Hall programs by Residence Life
5:00 - 6:30pm Dinner in Cosgrove Cafeteria
7:00 - 8:30pm Music Ministry Worship and Praise Jam Session, Chapel Gathering Space
9:00pm CAB Open Mic Night, Rogalski Center Patio
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 – Classes Begin at 8 A.M.
11:00am - 2:00pm CAB Photo Booth, Rogalski Center
NOON - 2:00pm Campus Recreation Wacky Wednesday, Bishop’s Quad
3:00pm Blessing of the Academic year, Chapel Patio
6:00pm Theater Picnic, Allaert Auditorium, Galvin Fine Arts (open to all with interest in theater)
8:00 - 9:00pm Campus Recreation Capture the Flag, Rogalski Center Patio
9:15pm Mass and More, Grotto
10:13pm CAB Comedian Erik Griffin, Rogalski Center Ballroom
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 – Classes
9:30 - 11:30am Information Literacy test out, Library - Media Program Room
2:30pm Transfer Student Workshop, Student Success Center
5:30 - 6:30pm Big Brothers/Big Sisters (BB/BS) info night, Gottlieb Lounge
7:00 - 8:30pm Jewish Federation presents Fr. Patrick Desbois, Rogalski Center Ballroom
8:30pm Renew Bible Study Informational Meeting, Chapel Gathering Space
9:00 pm CAB Musician Dave Tamkin, Rogalski Center Ballroom
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 – Classes
4:00pm Women’s Volleyball, Early Bird tournament, Lee Lohman
4:00 - 7:00pm Intercultural Life Block party, Rogalski Center Lawn
8:00pm CAB “The intensity Game Show,” Rogalski Center Ballroom
8:00pm Women’s Volleyball, Early Bird tournament, Lee Lohman
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
11:00am Women’s Volleyball, Early Bird tournament, Lee Lohman
1:00pm Men’s Soccer vs. Bethel (IN), Muscatine
3:00pm Women’s Volleyball, Early Bird tournament, Lee Lohman
7:00 - 9:00pm Rough Draft, Improv Comedy Group, Gottlieb Lounge
9:00pm Outdoor Movie, "Gran Torino," Co-sponsored by Active Minds and CAB, Timmerman Field (rain site: Gottlieb Lounge)
**Look for additonal residence Life activities in your hall.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
10:30am Mass, Chapel
4:00 - 6:00pm GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) picnic, Sponsored by Campus Ministry and GSA, Hayes Courtyard
6:30pm Mass, Chapel
8:00pm First SGA (Student Government Association) Meeting (all are invited), Rogalski Center Ambrose Room
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1
11:00am - 2:00pm CAB Club Fest, Rogalski Center Patio
11:30am - 1:30pm CARS Meet and Eat (Commuter Advocacy and Recreation Society), Rogalski Center Patio
5:00pm Women’s Soccer vs. Loras, Muscatine
6:00pm Cross Country Meet, Credit Island, Davenport
7:00pm Men’s Soccer vs. Loras, Muscatine
7:00pm Music Ministry practice, Chapel
7:00pm Welcome Week Trivia Night, sponsored by the Alumni Association, Rogalski Center Ballroom
8:40 - 9:00pm Worship & praise, Chapel
9:00 pm First Ecumenical Bible Study, Chapel
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2
NOON - 2:00pm Campus Recreation Wacky Wednesday, Bishop’s Quad
7:00pm Transfer/Commuter Student Bowling night, Bowlmor on Brady Street
8:00 - 9:00pm Athletic orientation (Mandatory for all fall and Spring Athletes), Rogalski Center Ballroom
9:00pm Michael Miller, “Being an Ambrosian,” Rogalski Center Ballroom
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
7:30 - 10:30am First Bagel Thursday for Commuters, Gottlieb Lounge
10:00am - 1:30pm Center for international Education Study Abroad Fair, Lower Cosgrove
3:00pm Dedication of the new Center for Communication and Social Development on Pleasant Street
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4
8:00pm Women’s Soccer vs. Ottawa, Muscatine