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THIS PAPER CONTAINS 100% POST-CONSUMER FIBER, IS CERTIFIED FSC®, ECOLOGO AND PROCESSED CHLORINE FREE AND IS MANUFACTURED USING RENEWABLE BIOGAS ENERGY. FRESHMAN AND TRANSFER STUDENT SCHEDULE ® 20 16 first- w year e e experience DOWNLOAD lcom SLU’S MOBILE APP FOR THE LATEST SCHEDULE. OLIVE WESTMINISTER M cPHERSON SAMUEL SHEPARD JOSEPHINE BAKER SPRING 1 LINDELL 36 LEONARD 25 31 WASHINGTON THERESA WEST PINE N VANDEVENTER 12 9 23 11 42 TO OUR NEWEST SCHEDULE 29 at a glance 27 OLIVE 44 34 43 STUDENTS, 41 4 10 28 LOCUST 26 14 GRAND 8 30 We are excited to welcome AUGUST 17–18 LACLEDE 39 24 15 13 40 International Student Orientation p. 9 33 you to Saint Louis University. 6 OLIVE Residence Hall Move-In p. 9 37 19 We want you to take full 2 38 16 P2 advantage of the opportunities 5 LACLEDE 35 AUGUST 18 FUTURE available to you, so consider joining a student GRAND HALL COMPTON Learning Community Orientation p. 12 18 club or organization, participate in campus New Student Convocation and Family Welcome p. 12 20 17 activities, connect with your faculty and fellow P1 Freshman Commuter Meet and Greet p. 12 students, and serve others. Transfer Meet and Greet SPRING p. 12 Fall Welcome Kickoff and Square Dance FALL WELCOME HAS 22 21 p. 12 2016 3 Rev. Fr. Kolvenbach, S.J., former Superior VANDEVENTER GONE green General of the Society of Jesus, once said that FALL WELCOME FALL AUGUST 19 The Student Government Association “The real measure of our Jesuit universities Yoga on the Quad p. 13 32 (SGA) will be distributing SLU water lies in who our students become.” We strongly College and Schools Orientation and Luncheons p. 13 FOREST PARK bottles to all incoming students Women’s Soccer Game GRAND 7 believe in this idea and know that we must p. 13 in an effort to reduce the use of offer the challenge and support necessary for C U @ the Rec p. 13 FALL WELCOME FALL disposable bottles. For students you to fully be prepared for your lives after you living in the residence halls, you will graduate. This is not only a time to learn about AUGUST 20 2016 receive a water bottle at check-in. First-Year Summer Reading Discussions p. 16 For commuting students, you will COMPTON others and your world, but is also a time of self-discovery. Where Are My Classes? p. 16 receive your water bottle at the first The Oath of Inclusion: Oath in Action p. 16 MARKET commuter student meeting. Make Spirit Competition and Men’s Soccer Game p. 17 sure you write your name on your = Refillable water stations This is a special time in your lives. Make the Grand Center Street Party p. 17 water bottle. Look for the icon most of it. that denotes where water stations are across campus and what events you AUGUST 21 All good wishes and “Go Billikens!” Residence Hall Floor Meetings p. 20 should bring your water bottle to. 1 Adorjan Hall 14 Fitzgerald Hall 26 Museum of 37 SLUruba SLU Night at Ikea p. 20 Stay hydrated and make sure you Contemporary 2 Beracha Hall 15 Fusz Hall 38 Spring Hall look for the RECYCLE BINS around and Religious Art DR. KENT PORTERFIELD 3 Billiken Row 16 Griesedieck Complex: 39 Student Village campus to dispose of your waste. 27 O’Brien Hall Vice President, Division of Student Development AUGUST 22 - Clemens Hall Apartments 4 Boileau Hall - Griesedieck Hall 28 Pius XII Memorial First Day of Classes p. 20 Tegeler Field 5 Busch Student Center - Walsh Hall Library 40 41 Tegeler Hall ASK ME CAMPAIGN 6 Center for Global 17 Hermann Stadium 29 Pruellage Hall Citizenship (Bauman- Quad 42 Wool Center 18 Lecture Halls 30 During Fall Welcome, you will see Eberhardt Center and 31 Queen’s Daughters 43 Wuller Hall / faculty and staff members wearing 19 Litteken Hall Des Peres Hall) Hall Eckelkamp Center ASK ME lanyards. Feel free to ask 7 Chaifetz Arena 20 Macelwane Hall for Campus Ministry these SLU community members any 32 Reinert Hall questions you may have — whether 8 Clock Tower 21 Marchetti Tower – 33 Ritter Hall 44 Xavier Hall East you need directions or have general Cook Hall 34 St. Francis Xavier 9 inquiries. During New Student Move- 22 Marchetti Tower – College Church 10 Cupples House West In, ASK ME information tables can 35 Simon Recreation P1 Parking – Davis-Shaughnessy be found in front of the Griesedieck 11 23 Marguerite Hall Center Laclede Garage Hall Complex on West Pine Mall and in 24 McDonnell Douglas 36 Saint Louis University P2 Parking – 1 DeMattias Hall 2 the lobby of Reinert Hall as well as the 12 Hall Museum of Art / Olive/Compton Busch Student Center information desk. 13 DuBourg Hall 25 McGannon Hall O’Donnell Hall Garage WELCOME TO YOUR PURSUIT When I think of Saint Louis University I think You’re about to embark on an exhilarating journey you’ll cherish MISSION STATEMENT OATH OF INCLUSION of jazz music. Do you hear it? It may be coming for years to come. If you ever need some friendly advice or guidance The Mission of Saint Louis University is to We, as students, form a diverse and vibrant from Jazz at the Bistro in Grand Center, located along the way, shoot SGA a quick email at [email protected]. We’ll pursue truth for the greater glory of God and university community. just down the street, or SLU’s own jazz ensemble, always have your back. to service humanity. The University seeks one of the many organizations at SLU that will excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate We do not enter into this community by give you an opportunity to find your own niche here. Or maybe So welcome to SLU. Serve a higher purpose, seek a greater good, purposes of teaching, research, health care and service to the community. It is dedicated proximity, but by virtue of a shared Jesuit it’s floating out of the office window of Dr. Fred Pestello, our and always listen for the quiet sound of jazz music wafting through vision — to pursue higher truths, obtain greater University president and resident jazz enthusiast. Jazz music is just the air to reassure you that you are finally home. to leadership in the continuing quest for the understanding of God’s creation and for the knowledge and strive for a better world. In this ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL one of the many ways that our vibrant community here at Saint discovery, dissemination and integration of endeavor, we do not succeed by our individual Louis University is connected to the dazzling city of St. Louis. KEVIN LYNCH the values, knowledge and skills required to ambitions, but by our discovery of each other. In the next four years, you will grow to love them both. President, Student Government Association transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. As a Catholic, Jesuit university, this pursuit We find higher truths when we seek to Your time here at SLU will be challenging. There’s no doubt about is motivated by the inspiration and values of understand the complexity of our neighbors’ INFORMATION that. You will be challenged to look inward at yourself, to reflect the Judeo-Christian tradition and is guided identities, we obtain greater knowledge when INFORMATION on what you are called to do for our world as a child of a Jesuit by the spiritual and intellectual ideals of the we consider the perspectives of our fellow institution. But you’ll have some fun, too. Look around you right Society of Jesus. students and we begin to strive for a better now. Somewhere on this campus are the friends you will have world when we build a stronger community. for the rest of your life — your future bridesmaids and the future As a student and a member of the SLU godparents to your children. Find them. Cherish them. community, I will live by this oath. ADDITIONAL I will embrace people for the diversity of their identities, creating a community inclusive of race, ethnicity, sex, age, ability, faith, orientation, gender, class and ideology. I will challenge my worldview through education inside and outside the classroom. I will show that I am proud to be a Billiken by enriching the culture of our University. I will foster a community that welcomes all by recognizing the inherent dignity of each person. I will work for social justice in the St. Louis community and beyond. This is the SLU I believe in. This is the community I am building. THIS IS OUR SLU. 3 4 FALL WELCOME MOBILE SCHEDULE An exciting addition to Fall Welcome 2016 is the integration of the schedule on the SLU mobile app. Download the SLU mobile app to access the most up-to-date Fall Welcome schedule, SLU resources and other helpful tools from your smartphone. ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL FALL WELCOME UPDATES To get the latest updates on Fall Welcome events, follow the Student Involvement Center on Twitter INFORMATION and Facebook. INFORMATION twitter.com/SLUGetInvolved facebook.com/SLUinvolvement #SLUFW2016 ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE Throughout your year as an incoming first-year student, the First-Year information Experience (FYE) will guide you in your transition to Saint Louis first- University. Check out the FYE year checklist and information regarding experience FYE leader selection at slu.edu/fye. TRANSFERMATIONS New transfer students are invited to events designed specifically to help in your transition to Saint Louis ADDITIONAL University. The program is led by a few transfer mentors who are former transfer students.