September 6 - September 15
This schedule is not yet finalized. You will receive a final schedule when you check into your residence hall on Saturday, Sept. 5.
Sunday
9:15 a.m.
Impromptu Choir Rehearsal for 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Boe Chapel
10:30 a.m.
Morning Worship
Boe Chapel
Intern Andy Willis '03 preaching
While school is in session the weekly schedule includes a Sunday worship service at 10:30 a.m. Throughout the year we also offer midweek worship services on Wednesday evenings at 10 p.m., Candlelight Vespers during Advent, Holy Communion during Lent and musical evening prayer services at various times of the year. The pastors’ office and the office of the Student Congregation are in the northwest corner of the main floor of the Chapel. The college pastors are available on a drop-in basis or by appointment.
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
First-Year Writing Placement
Buntrock Commons 142
Required for first-year students previously notified by the director of writing.
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Registration Orientation for International Students
Buntrock Commons 143 and 144
Academic Advising will meet with new international students to demonstrate Student Information System (SIS) and to answer questions related to registration and selecting courses.
12:30 p.m.
Advanced Placement Music Theory Exam
Christiansen Hall of Music 232
See “Music Information" link for more information.
1:30 p.m.- 4:00p.m.
Departmental Information Sessions
Thirty-minute discussion periods during which students receive information regarding prerequisites, general knowledge about departments, course offerings, etc. Students are encouraged to attend as
many sessions as possible.
Sessions will be held at the following hours: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.; 2:10 - 2:40 p.m.; 2:50 - 3:20 p.m.; 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
4:00p.m.
Alcohol and other drugs - A Conversation with the Dean
Lion's Pause
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Dinner
6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Corridor Meetings
Your respective Residence Hall
6:30 p.m.: First-year students living in Hoyme and Ellingson
8:00 p.m.: First-year students living in Kittelsby, Kildahl and Mohn
6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Square One: Practical Discussions for Living on Campus
Buntrock Commons, Lions’ Pause
The St. Olaf Theater Honor Society, will present a series of short skits that will explore the dynamics of living in a diverse community. Discussions will take place with your corridor and JCs immediately following.
6:30 p.m.: First-year students living in Kittelsby, Kildahl and Mohn
8:00 p.m.: First-year students living in Hoyme and Ellingson
10:00 p.m.
Party in the Pause
Buntrock Commons, Lion's Pause
Monday
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Language and the Liberal Arts: A Global Perspective Starts Here!
Stav Dining Hall
9:00am - 12:30pm
Registration Planning Workshop (required academic advising event)
Please refer to the workshop schedule printed on the back cover of your Registration Planning Manual.
9:30 a.m., 10:10 a.m.
Music Major Composition Information Sessions
Christiansen Hall of Music 233
See “Music Information" link for more information.
9:30 am
Placement examinations for Chinese and Japanese
Chinese placement: Old Main 01
Japanese placement: Steensland Hall, lower level, conference room
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Required meeting with Faculty Advisors
(You will be notified as to location and specific times)
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
First Year Assessment Activities
You will also complete a first-year assessment activity either before or after your meeting with your advisor. Please refer to the First-year Assessment pamphlet inserted into your Registration Materials Packet that you received in your Residence Hall room for detailed information, schedule, and location for your specific assessment activity.
8:00 p.m.
Traditions Program
Boe Chapel
8:30 p.m.
Root Beer Floats
Join your fellow Oles at your Residence Hall for root beer floats.
Tuesday
8:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
New Student Registration (Registration by appointment)
Black and Gold Ballroom, Buntrock
Please arrive at the hallway outside the Ballroom 15 minutes before your registration appointment.
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (ongoing - attend when available)
Meet your Librarians
Rølvaag Memorial Library, reference desk
Participate in a mysterious library scavenger hunt that will take you from the haunted basement catacombs to the airy top floor and enjoy a library mug awarded to the first 200 finishers.
1:30 - 5:30p.m.
Transitioning to Academics at St. Olaf College
Academic Support Center (ASC) can help you make your good fortune come true. Strategies to learn and produce effectively and efficiently at St. Olaf College are the topics at hand. We’re here to support you in YOUR plan to be the best student you can be.
Location: Viking Theater (next to bookstore)
1:30 - Red A, B, C, D E
2:00 – Red F, G, H, I, J
2:30 – Red, K, L and Yellow A, B, C,
3:00 – Yellow D, E, F, G
3:30 – Yellow H, I, J, K, L
4:00 – Blue A, B, C, D
4:30 – Blue E, F, G, H
5:00 – Blue I, J, K, L
1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
ASC Fortune Teller booths
Location: Buntrock Plaza (Crossroads, (main-level) Buntrock if weather impedes)
- Balance: Managing the demands of the college list of things to do
- English is not my first language
- College Writing
- College Reading
- Styling your Note taking
- Foreign Language as an academic endeavor not just as conversation
- Math and Science in the liberal arts world
- STRESS!!! How to handle it
1:30-2:30 p.m. or 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Financial Aid Session
Urness Recital Hall
4:15 p.m.
Veselica (International Dance Performing Group) Information Sessions Studio One, Dittmann Center
9:00 p.m.
Outdoor "Drive-In" Movie (TBA)
Buntrock Plaza - rainsite - Lion's Pause
Wednesday
Classes Begin
4:30 p.m.
First Year Theater Orientation
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
Thursday
11:00 a.m.
Opening Convocation
Boe Chapel
The formal opening of the academic year will include a formal procession of the faculty and feature speaker Solveig Zempel, professor of Norwegian.
4:00 p.m.
Veselica (International Dance Performing Group) Auditions
Studio One, Dittmann Center
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Co-Curricular Extravaganza and All-Campus Picnic
Buntrock South Plaza
7:00 p.m.
Theatre Orientation
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
DeepEnd APO (a student run organization) will hold an audition workshop immediately following this orientation.
This workshop is open to all students.
Friday
3–6 p.m.
Auditions for Fall Theater Productions: Eurydice & bobrauschenbergamerica
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
Sign up for audition times on Green Room bulletin board in the Speech-Theater Building.
3:30 p.m.
Companydance Information Session
Dittmann Center, studio 1
Saturday
10 a.m.
Auditions for Fall Theater Productions: Eurydice & bobrauschenbergamerica
Theater Building, Kelsey Theater
Sign up for audition times on Green Room bulletin board in the Speech-Theater Building.
10 a.m.–noon
Language Proficiency Tests
Students who have completed work in German, French or Spanish and who place into German/French/Spanish 251 through the placement exam may take the proficiency exam to determine if they have achieved a level of proficiency to allow them to “test out” of the foreign language graduation requirement. Those wishing to take the test in one of these three languages must register in the Foreign Language Office (Old Main 13), on or before Wednesday, Sept. 9. You will find out the location for the tests at this time. Proficiency tests in other foreign languages are administered only by special arrangement with the chair of the department concerned.
Sunday
10:30 a.m.
All-College Worship Service
Boe Chapel
Jennifer Anderson Koenig ’87, preaching
St. Olaf students organized an independent congregation in the spring of 1952 when they saw the need for an on-campus worshipping community and programs to serve others. Each student who worships or participates in congregational activities is considered a member of the student congregation (without surrendering membership in home congregations). Students elect a council (president, four vice presidents, secretary, treasurer and two representatives from each class — including two first-year students added to the council in September) to organize the life and work of the congregation. Each vice president serves as head of one of four commissions: Extra-Campus Activities, Life and Growth, Stewardship and Worship.
Monday
3:30 p.m.
Companydance auditions for seniors and juniors
Dittmann Center, studio 1
4:30 pm
Veselica auditions for MEN
Dittmann Dance Studio #3
Tuesday
3 p.m.
Companydance auditions for first-years and sophomores
Dittmann Center, studio 1
