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Hello Hornets! Below you will find a list of campus resources and a schedule of events you are invited to participate in this fall. These events are designed to help new students learn about important resources and involvement opportunities available at Emporia State. Be sure to review these important items before the fall semester begins:
If you will be living on campus, review this important information about the residence halls.
If you will be living off campus, the Interest Groups are the first events you are invited to attend.
Meal times listed are for students with a campus meal plan.
Bring your Hornet ID card with you to all orientation events you attend.
For each of the events marked with a 
that you attend, you will be entered into a drawing to win prizes at the Highlighter Party on Friday, August 17 and Wooster Wipeout on Saturday, August 18. The more events you attend, the more chances you have to win!
Campus Resources for Non-Traditional Students
- Non-Traditional Student Services
- Career Services
- Center for Early Childhood Education
- Veterans Educational Services
- Student Advising Center
- Student Wellness (Health Services, Counseling Services, Disability Services)
- Project Challenge
Sun, Aug 12 | Mon, Aug 13 | Tues, Aug 14 | Wed, Aug 15 | Thur, Aug 16 | Fri, Aug 17 | Sat, Aug 18
Morse Complex Move-In
8:00am - 12:00pm
Contact Residential Life for questions and information about move-in.
FREE TIME
Until 3:00pm
Sunday morning and early afternoon is your time to finish unpacking, set up your room, run errands, or just relax. If you would like to attend a religious service, you can find a place of worship on the Emporia Chamber of Commerce website.
Brunch
11:00am - 2:00pm
Hornets Nest
Interest Groups I
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Memorial Union KSTC Ballroom
Join us in the Memorial Union Ballroom at 3:00pm and we will direct you to the interest group of your choice. Want to visit more than one session? Join us for a second round of sessions at 6:00pm!
These sessions are a great opportunity to meet other new students who share your interests, learn about involvement opportunities at Emporia State, and get advice from upperclass students. This is a great way to explore what ESU has to offer without having to decide what to join right away. Interest groups will include:
- Community Service
- Diversity & Multicultural
- Education
- Fraternity & Sorority Life
- I Want to Get Involved, But I Don't Know What I Want to Do!
- Leadership
- Religion & Spirituality
- Sports, Recreation & Wellness
- Video Gaming
- Visual & Performing Arts
Dinner
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hornets Nest
Interest Groups II
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Memorial Union KSTC Ballroom
This is your opportunity to visit a second interest group session of your choice. The same interest areas offered in the 3:00pm sessions will be offered again.
Hornets Nest Hours: 11:00am - 6:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Breakfast
7:00am - 9:00am
Hornets Nest
Team Trek Challenge
Kickoff Meeting :: 9:00am :: Memorial Union Webb Hall
Competition :: 10:00am - 1:00pm :: All Around Campus!
Form a team with four of your peers and compete to win prizes by participating in a mobile application-based scavenger hunt around the ESU campus! Click here to find out how the competition works and how to participate! This challenge will use the free SCVNGR app on iPhone and Android smartphones.
Lunch
11:00am - 2:00pm
Hornets Nest
Fall General Assembly
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Memorial Union Webb Hall
The General Assembly is an event that takes place at the beginning of each semester. At the assembly, new faculty and staff members are introduced to the campus community. President Shonrock provides an overview of the previous semester's student, faculty, and staff accomplishments and shares information about future goals and initiatives. All members of the campus community are invited to attend the assembly.
Dinner
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hornets Nest
Social Excellence
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Memorial Union Webb Hall
Learn how to create a college experience and a life that is rich and fulfilling through the development of Social Excellence! What is Social Excellence? Here's how the experts coming to ESU define it:
Social Excellence [n]: A state of perpetual generosity, curiosity, positivity, and openness to limitless possibility. A desire to intentionally connect with others. The ability to engage in deep, meaningful conversation. Acting in a responsible and respectable manner with high expectations of others. Being authentic and living everyday with integrity as the best version of oneself. Being confident and vulnerable. Being fun and compassionate. Being open, kind, and bold. The highest level of societal participation and contribution.
Hornets Nest Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Breakfast
7:00am - 9:00am
Hornets Nest
Lunch
11:00am - 2:00pm
Hornets Nest
Part-Time Job Fair
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Memorial Union Webb Hall
Looking for a part-time job while going to school? Need some extra cash to help pay tuition? Come to the Part-Time Job Fair to visit with campus and community organizations who are looking to hire motivated college students like you! Sponsored by ESU Career Services.
Classroom Tours
1:30pm - 2:30pm
All Around Campus
Bring a copy of your class schedule to the tent on the Pedestrian Mall (the main sidewalk through campus that runs along Morse Hall). Current student leaders will assist you in finding your classrooms within the academic buildings.
Dinner
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Hornets Nest
Campus & Community Pride Night
Hornet Pride!
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Albert Taylor Hall (in Plumb Hall)
This is THE Hornet spirit event for new students! Meet ESU President Michael Shonrock and your student body president, learn the ESU Fight Song, and see the debut of a BRAND NEW ESU song written by our very own student artists Gabe & Benny! The E-TEAM, Corky, the pep band, and the Stingers dance team will be there to give you an official welcome to ESU!
Bring an old t-shirt, or one from another school, and swap it for an ESU shirt! The first 500 new students in the door will get a free 2012 Hornet Orientation t-shirt!
Community Block Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
12th Avenue & Commercial Street
Get to know the Emporia community at this annual event just for ESU students! Join us on Commercial Street for an evening filled with music, games, free food, and give-aways from local businesses! Sponsored by Emporia Main Street Association.
Hornets Nest Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
First Day of Classes
Business Showcase
9:00am - 2:00pm
Memorial Union Mainstreet
Local businesses will have information tables with promotions, demonstrations, drawings, and give-aways. This is a great time to learn more about local products, services, and possible job opportunities. Sponsored by the Memorial Union.
Party on the Lawn
8:00pm
Kellogg Circle (in front of Plumb Hall)
Sponsored by Union Activities Council.
Hornets Nest Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Faith Fair
9:00am - 2:00pm
Memorial Union Mainstreet
Local religious organizations will have information tables to enlighten the campus community about their meeting times and other services they offer. For those who are conscience of their spiritual needs, this is a great time to learn more about local religious organizations. Sponsored by the Memorial Union.
Hornets Nest Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Non-Traditional Student Welcome Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Memorial Union Preston Family Room
Register to attend this free lunch just for you! You will have the opportunity to meet other new and current non-traditional students and learn about the resources available to you at Emporia State. Registration is limited to the first 50 students to sign up, so save your spot today by registering below!
Highlighter Party
9:00pm - 11:00pm
Memorial Union KSTC Ballroom
DJ Blaski from KISS 103.1 will be spinning music. Enjoy free food and games. Wear a white t-shirt, and we'll provide the highlighters and the blacklights to make it glow. Prize drawings will be held throughout the evening for students who attended orientation programs. You must be present to win.
Hornets Nest Hours: 7:00am - 7:00pm :: Bookstore Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Wooster Wipeout!
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Morse Hall Lawn & Wooster Lake
Relax and enjoy free food, music, and outdoor games! Activities will include sand volleyball, yard games, canoe races on Wooster Lake, and more! Prize drawings will be held throughout the evening for students who attended orientation programs. You must be present to win.
Registration is limited to the first 50 students to sign up. If you have any questions about this lunch, contact Jason Bosch at jbosch1(at)emporia.edu.