Welcome To Carolina And To Pre-Orientation 1991
Office of University Affairs greets parents and students of the Class of 1995
On behalf of the Office of
University Affairs and the staff of
Pre-Orientation, I wish to take
this opportunity to welcome all
parents and students as the newest
members of the Carolina family.
We all hope that today is the
beginning of a journey that will
culminate with a similar gathering
in the spring 1995, at which we
important to address as minority
populations at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As
our university continues the
introspection that historically
recent cultural diversity Ixings,
Pre-Orientation fills the gap that
exists in the university’s efforts to
provide transitional programs for
all of its students.
Current Events
will celebrate the gradation of this
year’s f^hman class.
Each year, the Office of
University Affairs in conjunction
with the Black StudentMovement,
the Division of Student Affairs,
and the Executive Branch of
StudentGovemment sponsw Pre-
Orientation. The very fact that
Pre-Orientation is implemented
each year is an explicit
acknowledgement by the
university that African American
and Native American freshmen
have culturally unique and
distinctive personal needs that are
In a very real sense Pre-
Orientation is the firstmajor effort
by the university to invest in the
long term success of its African
American and Native American
student populations. Success, as
defined here, is the ORX)rtunity to
successfully complete one’s
undergraduate program
unencumbered by the many
artificial barriers that minority
status can bring.
Utilizing a variety of
workshops, discussion sessions,
peer advising and informational
sessions, Pre-Orientation provides
Fight The
Power
Come to the
Collegiate Black
Caucus Organizational
Meeting
Tuesday, August 27,1991
7:00 p.mV Black Cultural Center
insight into the Carolina
experience for African American
and Native American freshmen.
The goals of the program are very
specific. First, we provide African
American and Native American
freshmen with the opportunity to
establish a netwoik of peer support
to counter feelings of isolation
and disenfranchisement thatoccur
as a result of being a minority
student at Carolina. These and
similar anxieties often contribute
to problems of adjustment and
transition to college life.
Second, Pre-Orientation
equips minority students with
specific program information
about the numerous support
services that are available on the
campus. University faculty and
staff meet with Pre-Orientation
students and discuss the
availability of the many services
and how students may use them.
Perhaps the most important
benefit of Pre-Orientation is the
effort to make both the parents
and students feel a part of the
Carolina community. Parents are
encouraged to be actively involved
with the university and to be active
partners in their students’
education. Pre-Orientation seeks
to promote the view that minority
parents and their students should
claim ownership in this university
and are entitled to all of he benefits
that accrue.Best Wishes
Archie Ervin, Assistant to the
Vice Chancellor, University
Affairs; Chirie D. Smith. BSM,
On Campus Coordinator; William
Hawkins, Program Coordinator.
Pre-Orientation 1991 Schedule
Pre-Orientation (Pre-O) is a
program designed especially to
address the needs of African
American and Native American
students entering Carolina. Ehiring
Pre-O we attempt to paint a
realistic picture of the college
experience through workshops
and discussion sessions. We focus
primarily on academic, social,
cultural and religious
opportunities specific to minority
intCTests.
Again, we wekome you to
Carolina and hope that your stay
here will be a successful one.
Please feel free to drop by our
office in 03 South Building or call
us at 962-2355 if you are ever in
need of assistance.
Pre-orieDtation Schedule 1991
Friday. August 16
8:00 a.m.-10:00 ajn." Arri val
of students and parents (Students
check into assigned residential
halls)
10:00 a.m.-ll:00 a.m,—
Students and parents take care of
personal business (paying bills,
opening bank accounts, etc.)
11:15 a.m.—Begin departure
from dorms
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.—
Registrati(ni (all students must
register before 12:30 p.m. in the
lobby of Memorial Hall)
1:00 p.m.— General meeting
for parents and students
(Memorial Hall auditorium)
2:00 pjn.—Refreshmentand
informal introductionsof minority
faculty and staff (Memorial Hall)
3:15 p.m.— For parents:
“Parental Involvement In The
Transition To Carolina”
(Hamilton 100)
3:15 p.m.— Student group
discussion (location assignments
wiU correspond with the alphabet
on nametag provided)
The following groups are in:
Hamilton HaJl
Group A~ Room 150; Group B-
Room 350; Group C- Room 420;
Group D- Room 423; Group E-
Rocmti 425; Group F- Room 452;
Group G- Room 470; Group H-
Room 517; Group /- Room 523.
Phillips Hall
Group J- Room 212, Group K-
Room 220; Group L- Room 222.
Greenlaw Building
Group M- Room 301; Group N-
Roan 302; Group O- Room 317;
Group P- Room 317; Group Q-
Room 321.
Group R- Rocsn 404; Group S-
Room 405; Group T- Room 410;
Group U- Room 412.
4:30 p.m.‘5:30 p.m.—Pre-O
counselor par^t/student mixer
(Lenoir Commons)
5:30 p.m.— Parents depart
C'Parting IsSuch Sweet SorrowI’O
6:00 p.m.— Dinner with
counselors (Dutch-Treat)
7:30 p.m.—Cultural program
wid) black faculty/staff members
(Great HaU)
9:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m.—Party
(Great Hall) optional
Saturday. August 17
7:30ajn.-8:45a.m.—Pre-O
counselor/counselee breakfast
(on your own)
9:00 a.m.-ll:00 a.m.— Pre-
0/Freshman Camp get-together
(Great Hall)
11:15 a.m.*12:15 p.m.—
Academic advisor meeting/
registration information session
(Great Hall)
12:30 p.m.-l:15 p.m.—
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m.—Pre-O counseliw
skit and enteitainment
2:15 p.m.— “Pre-O Expo
1991” (Great Hall). Several
representatives of various campus
organizations and support
services will be in attendance to
answer your questions and give
you a chance to actually join
leam how to become involved.
This is a great chance fcM* you to
find your niche at Carolina!
5:00 pjn.—Meet Orientation
Counselors in dorm room
Sunday. August 18
Pre-O counsebrs meet with
your counselees sometime this
aflemocwi/evening to discuss/
review 1:30 p.m. (General
College) academic advisor
meeting
Wednesday^ August 19
5:00 pjn.— Carolina Union
auditcnium (minority f^hman
meeting)
Black Ink August 14,1991