August 21-27

Orientation will begin on Thursday, Aug.  21st.  Move-in for new students is Thursday, Aug. 21st, 9am - noon in Sudakoff. 

Questions concerning Housing should be addressed to Residence Life: (941) 487-4259 or email reslife@ncf.edu

Questions concerning Orientation (and just about anything else) should be addressed to Konnie Kruczek in Student Activities: (941) 487-4250 kruczek@ncf.edu.

Check-in

It all begins on Thursday, August 21, from 9:00 am-noon in Sudakoff.

Student Schedule

Click to view the complete schedule of events for the Fall 2008 orientation.

Parent Orientation

Thursday, Aug. 21:

9:00am - 12:00pm Check-in/ Move-in           in Sudakoff Conference Center
9:00am-2:00pm Brunch provided                 in Hamilton Center
2:00pm    President's Welcome                     in Sudakoff Conference Center
2:30pm    Student Services Overview           in the Mildred Sainer Auditorium -Caples
                  Q & A with Student Affairs Staff
4:00pm    Ice-Cream Social                           in Hamilton Center and the Green
                        music by Didg Revolution

                   Dinner on your own, shopping

Common Read Book

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

A copy of this book has been mailed to everyone in the incoming class. 

Associated Book Events:

Thursday, Aug. 21^st, 3:00pm:  (postponed) The Ecology of Extreme Environments. 
Faculty lecture by Meg Lowman, Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences.  in Sudakoff.

Friday, Aug. 22nd, 5:00pm:  Informal Book Discussion Groups in Hamilton Center.  Share your first cup of tea.

Friday, Aug. 22nd, 10:00pm: movie: Kandahar (2001)
Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf lenses this haunting drama that was shot during the Taliban era. The movie follows an Afghani-Canadian woman as she attempts to enter Afghanistan in search of her depressed sister. Since it's illegal for a woman to travel alone in Afghanistan, she must rely on the kindness of strangers, including a scrappy boy and a mysterious American doctor.


Saturday, Aug. 23^rd, 8:00pm: Student Organization Open Rooms
(locations will be posted)   Share your second cup of tea.

Sunday, Aug. 24^th, 10:00pm: movie: Into Thin Air (1997)
In 1996, Jon Krakauer joins an experienced team of mountain climbers as they make the dangerous journey to the summit of Mount Everest. Krakauer has come along to write an article about the commercialization of the mountain, but when the conditions turn deadly, his only concern is survival. This exhilarating film is based on Krakauer's best-selling nonfiction book.

Monday, Aug. 25^th, 11:00pm: movie:  Chasing Freedom (2004)
New York attorney Libby  is a go-getter who won't let anyone stand in the way of her success. When she accepts a pro bono case involving Meena, a young Afghan dissident seeking asylum in the United States after years of oppression under the Taliban, Libby finds her corporate dreams replaced by a growing sense of idealism. All Meena wants is freedom, and Libby is her only chance at getting a taste of it.

Tuesday, Aug. 26^th, 8:00pm: The RA Skit: Building Community
Share your third cup of tea.

Tuesday, Aug. 26^th, 10:00pm: movie: Vertical Limit (2000)
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett  radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter  hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt ... and their lives.

****David Oliver Relin will be giving a talk on campus, as well. 
Date to be confirmed. 

All movies are taking place in the Teaching Auditorium, hcl 08.  Descriptions are from Netflix.