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Campus organizations
hold special orientations
Section B The Daily Tar Heel 7
by Bob King
Staff Writer
Three
campus organizations, the
Graduate and Professional Student
Federation, the Black Student Movement
and the Association of International
Students, are presenting specialized
orientation programs for their new arrivals
this fall.
This year, for the first time, the Graduate
and Professional Student Federation
(GPSF) is conducting a special program to
introduce graduate students to the
University and Chapel Hill.
The GPSF program will be conducted in
concert with planned orientation activities
for all students.
"We've always had trouble getting basic
information to first-year grad students."
GPSF president Gwen Waddell said. "A lot
of us would meet our professors during the
first few weeks, then go to our carrels for
three years, without ever hearing about
campus-oriented activities."
Information on these activities will be
distributed within the departments and
professional schools, each of w hich w ill have
a GPSF representative.
In addition. GPSF will conduct office
hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday until the first day of classes,
to assist students needing places to stay or
temporary financial aid.
Organizations of departmental graduate
students are eligible to receive GPSF
summer funds to conduct their own social
introductions to new members. These funds
will be available until the first day of classes.
Association of International
Students
Camp New Hope, which recently hosted
the YW-YMCA's Freshman Camp, is the
site of the major orientation program of the
Association of International Students (AIS).
Last year this three-day program was
especially effective in acquainting the
international students and giving them the
chance to practice English, International
Advisor Jill Stritter said. "For most of these
students, this weekend (August 22-24) is the
first time they can use conversational
English for real."
Sixty international students and 30
staffers are attending the weekend.
The program will be a repeat of last year's
program since many favorable comments
came back to its planners. AIS solicited
advice from such international groups as the
Peace -Corps and the-' East-West Center in
plarmmg the ' program? Campus ' groups
including International Students Advisors
and the Orientation Commission also gave
advice last year.
The weekend, features welcomes from
Mayor Howard N. Lee and University
professors; panel discussions on health,
academic affairs and cultural adjustments; a
number of movies and small group meetings
and presentations. The students also have
free time during this orientation weekend to
get acquainted and practice conversation in
English. ;
International students orientation does
not end with the weekend, however, as
student guides will spend Monday and
Tuesday with small groups of incoming
internationals.
The Black Student Movement's Gospel
Choir will entertain the new international
students after a Monday night picnic dinner
at the Battle House, and Henderson
Residence College will host the students at a
beer and band party Tuesday night.
. Chancellor N . Ferebee Taylor and his wife
will host the international students and their
Chapel Hill host families for a reception
dinner in the Morehead Planetarium's state
dining room on Wednesday evening. ,
An open house from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday at
the YMCA will round out the week's
activities.
Black Student Movement
The BSM welcomes incoming black
students with an expanded program in its
annual pre-orientation. Like the
organization itself, the special program tries
to "create the concept of a black community
he re in Chapel Hill." BSM Chairperson
Lester Diggs explained.
This year, the program will feature
presentations by six black campus
organizations. "Rather than just tell new
students about our groups, we thought
demonstrations would be much more
effective." Diggs said. "This w ill help get new
membership and perhaps make the students
adjustment to the University that much
easier, making them feel somewhat at home
in a new place."
The BSM held a general meeting
Wednesday. Aug. 20 to introduce black
freshmen to their counselors, academic and
special programs and the BSM.
The meeting was followed by a reception
for new black students, parents, faculty, staff
and administrators.
Thursday morning, a Black Christian
Fellowship presentation was followed by a
campus tour. Later that day freshmen met
with fraternities and sororities, and then
were given a brief introduction to academic
majors. : ' ,":
Contact 75 holds
a more personalized
freshman orientation
Freshman orientation schedule
12:00-5:00 p.m.
Evening
10:00 p.m.
9:00-10:30 a.m.
11:00-4:00 p.m.
12:00-4:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:00-9:00 p.m.
1:00-5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
12:00-5:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
6:30 and 9:00 p.m.
7:00-10:00 p.m.
Evening
7:00 a.m.
10:00-4:00 p.m.
1:00-5:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Afternoon-Evening
Evening
7:00 a.m.
9:00-12:00 noon
2:00-5:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. t . ;
FRIDAY AUGUST
Arrival
Dinner with counselors
Residence hall meetings
SATURDAY AUGUST 23
General College advisor meetings
Foreign Language Placement tests
AFROTC Wiener roast behind Stacy Hall
StudentFaculty picnic--Polk Place
Volleyball and Watermelon in the Pit
SUNDAY AUGUST 24
General College Advisor Office hours
Opening Convocation for freshmen
MONDAY AUGUST 25
Freshman Registration--Woollen Gym by appointment
Panhellenic Council begins rush sign-up, Room 262-B
of the Union
Required Financial Aid Meeting Great Hall
International Center Picnic--Battle House
Movie--"The Producers"--Great Hall
WCAR Open House--WCAR Studio, Union basement
Area activities
TUESDAY AUGUST 26
Freshman Registration (continued)
Merchants Get Acquainted Day--downtown Chapel
Hill
Student Government Executive Board Open House--Suite
C, Union
Rape Crisis PresentationRoom 204, Union
Required Code of Student Conduct meetings
Counsellors have time and place.
Area activities
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27
Registration (continued)
Chemistry Placement test 207 Venable
Activities Festival Carmichael Field
Dance in the pit ,-, ., v . .. .. :' :
by Dirk Wilmoth
Staff Writer
In contrast to the large scale
orientations held in past years, this
year's Contact '75 represents an attempt
to personalize orientation, according to
Contact Chairperson Tommy
Humphries.
This means getting away from larger
activities which seem to attract
upperclassmen and putting more
emphasis on personal counseling for the
3,005 freshmen and 1. 02 1 junior
transfers who began arriving here
Friday.
In addition to the regular counselors
for freshmen who live in residence halls,
many new counselors will be available
to help junior transfer students w ho live
off-campus. Over the past year, the
orientation staff has increased from 300
to 500 counselors.
In order to improve the quality of the
services these counselors provide,
Humphries said the counselors have had
a more extensive training this year. As
part of that training, they spent two days
this week in counseling or training
under the supervision of the School of
Education.
The purpose of this training,
Humphries said, was to teach group
skills and to make the counselors
sensitive to the needs of new students.
Since counselors are not paid, the
training, along with picnics and free
"Contact 75" T-shirts, should provide
them with incentive to do their duties, he
said.
Humphries said it is important that
counselors have a proper attitude:
"We've got to make them see this is
serious business, not just parties."
Because of the emphasis on
personalized counseling, the
commission has planned only one
campus-wide activity, an Activities
Field Day to be held from 2 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27 on the
Carmichael Intramural Field.
Humphries said that in cooperation
with Student Government, over 50
campus and community organizations
will set up booths at the festival,
providing music, sports and games.
The purpose of the field day w ill be to
expose the new students to the various
organizations.
He said that despite the smalt budget
the commission received this year,
members were able to cut corners and
still provide an adequate orientation for
the new students.
However, he said. "It forced us to go
through and spend money only on the
important things."
The 14-member commission, which
has been planning the orientation
programs since last fall, held lour
Summer Tar Heel Days in July and
August, which new students could
attend with their parents. I he group
also supervised the production of a
multimedia show on life in Chapel Hill
and a student handbook entitled The
How to Tar Your Heels ami Still Keep
Your Feet Clean Book.
During orientation week, students
may call a temporary information and
referral service (933-5201). created in
cooperation with Student Government.
Humphries said. He said the service
should make finding the answer to any
question as easy as possible.
"Hopefully, instead of a person
having to call one place and being
referred from place to place, this service
will be just a two-step process."
Humphries said.
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