Wildcat Welcome

YOUR GUIDE TO

“THE HILL”

WELCOME WILDCATS

DEAR NEW STUDENTS @CPC_CSC

I want to extend to you a welcome from the entire Wildcat Welcome Orientation team. All of us are very excited to see you in August and are looking forward to a fun and exciting experience. The student leaders have been working tirelessly this summer to ensure that your Wildcat Welcome Weekend Experience at Culver-Stockton College is memorable.

This brochure contains a schedule detailing all of the programs and activities we will be putting on this year for you. Activities include everything from community service, a hypnosis show, a comedy show and going to the Greek Life BBQ/Concert. You will also have your first meeting with your First Year Experience professor and teaching assistant. It will be a great time!

I hope that you are just as excited to join us as we are! If you have any questions related to the Wildcat Welcome Weekend, please do not hesitate to email me at bboxdorfer@culver.edu. Wildcat Welcome is only a few weeks away so‌ GO WILDCATS! (clap, clap) Bill Boxdorfer, M.A. Director of the Mabee Center & Student Engagement bboxdorfer@culver.edu 573-288-6571

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CONTENTS Letter from the Dean of Students

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Wildcat Welcome Schedule

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Letter from the SGA President

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Campus Programming Council Schedule

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Greek Life

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Diversity Initiatives Welcome

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Spiritual Life

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Student Life Reminders

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FROM THE DEAN OF STUDENTS Dear Students,

@CSCDean

I want to personally welcome you to the Culver-Stockton community. We are eagerly awaiting your arrival to "the Hill" in August. Are you ready to become a Wildcat? This might seem like a simple question, but the answer requires action from you.

Student Life is ready to support you, but it is up to you to make something of your C-SC journey. I hope you are excited, we have been planning for your arrival for over a year. The 2017-18 academic year is going to be an exciting one!

As you can see on the Wildcat Welcome schedule, we have planned important and informative events critical to your success.

We have made sure there is plenty of time to relax, get settled into your new room, have fun and make new friends. Due to the important issues we will discuss, Wildcat Welcome is a required event for new students, including transfer and non-residential students. You get credit for First Year Experience (FYE) courses by attending these events. So make sure that Aug. 18-20 is on your calendar!

EARLY MOVE-IN AUG. 7 Summer Bridge students and some Fall athletes, including varsity women's volleyball, men's & women's soccer and football will move in on Monday, August 7.

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There are more than 50 clubs and organizations, intramurals and Greek life opportunities that you can get involved with on our campus! You can “jump right in" and take a leadership role within these groups. In addition, if there is a club or organization you would like to start, we can help you begin the process.

I hope you enjoy a great end to your summer, and I look forward to seeing you at Wildcat Welcome. If you or your parents have any questions, please contact me. I look forward to watching you succeed at C-SC! Go Wildcats! (Clap, Clap) D. Christopher Gill, Ph.D. Dean of Student Life cgill@culver.edu 573-288-6334

WILDCAT WELCOME SCHEDULE WILDCAT MOVE-IN

WELCOME WEEKEND

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 9:30 a.m.

Chapel Service

All Faiths Chapel, Gladys Crown Student Center

11:30 a.m.

Lunch with FYE Group

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center

9 a.m.

Check-In

1 p.m.

Technology Conversation

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

11 a.m.

Lunch (Sponsored by Alumni & Admission)

2 p.m.

Campus Safety Orientation

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

1:30 p.m.

Kick-Off

3 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Game

NX Level Field

2 p.m.

Matriculation

3:30 p.m.

Special Invitation Program

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

2:45 p.m.

Parent Send-Off

5 p.m.

Welcome Back Cook-out & Concert

3 p.m.

Students meet with FYE Group #1

3 p.m.

Transfer Student Session

3:45 p.m.

Getting to Know Your Major

4:45 p.m.

Skits

Mabee Recreation & Wellness Center Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium Steps of Johnson Hall Steps of Johnson Hall

Gladys Crown Student Center Courtyard

Various locations on campus

WEEK OF WELCOME

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center Various locations on campus

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

WILDCAT ACTIVITIES

AUG. 21

11 a.m. - CPC Giveaway

Gladys Crown Student Center

5:30 p.m.

Dinner

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center

8 p.m. - CPC Event TBA

6:30 p.m.

AUG. 22

Wellness & Counseling Orientation

AUG. 23

11 a.m. - Student Involvement Fair

Gladys Crown Student Center Courtyard Rain: Mabee Recreation & Wellness Center

7 p.m. - Women's Volleyball Opener

Charles Field House

AUG. 24

11:30 a.m. - Opening Convocation

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

8 p.m. - SGA's Bingo & Banana Splits

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

AUG. 25

8 p.m. - Casino Night

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

AUG. 26

7 p.m. - CPC Movie Night (TBD)

Lewis Street Playhouse, downtown Canton

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

8 p.m.

Comedic Musician Armando Anto

10 p.m.

Mandatory Floor Meetings

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium Various Residence Halls

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 8 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Breakfast

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center

Students meet with FYE Group #2

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

10 a.m.

Extreme Dome Makeover Kick-Off

10:30 a.m.

Extreme Dome Makeover (EDM)

5 p.m.

Dinner

AUG. 27

9 p.m. - Bonfire with free S'Mores

Fire pit outside of Gladys Crown Student Center

6:30 p.m.

Dessert Social

AUG. 28

6:30 p.m. - First SGA Meeting

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

8:30 p.m.

Hypnotist William Mitchell ’79

7:30 p.m. - Speaker Aaron Cooksey

10 p.m.

Residence Hall Socials

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium Canton Community

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center Meaders Lounge and Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium Various Residence Halls

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

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LETTER FROM SGA PRESIDENT Dear Incoming C-SC Wildcats,

@CSC_SGA

GET INVOLVED TODAY! Make a difference at C-SC. Student Government Association will be electing a First Year Senator at the beginning of the year.

Our College.

Our Experience.

Our Voice.

For more information email SGA President Ben Hooker at sga@culver.edu.

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My name is Benjamin Hooker, and I am your Student Government Association (SGA) President. I would like to congratulate and commend you on your acceptance/decision to join the CulverStockton College family. Throughout your time here you will learn and grow with the help of the campus, faculty, programs and curriculum. Getting involved and meeting as many professors and students as possible will push you towards this, and I am looking forward to meeting all of you.

SGA is your prime opportunity to be informed and become a part of what is going on at C-SC. I urge all of you to make an effort to come and sit in on our meetings, which will be held on every other Monday evening in Meaders Lounge of the Gladys Crown Student Center (the first one will be on August 28 at 6:30 p.m.). These meetings are open to all students, faculty and administration, and we need to hear your voices and opinions to do our job. For those interested, there will be Freshman Senator elections held soon after the beginning of the semester starts. If you are interested, please feel free to contact anyone in SGA. I am looking forward to meeting you all.

Sincerely, Benjamin Hooker SGA President sga@culver.edu

CAMPUS PROGRAMMING COUNCIL SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER SEPT. 5

2017

11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Sample Canton

OCTOBER OCT. 5

7:30 p.m. - Monday Night Football with Pizza Hut catering

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center

OCT. 4

National Taco Day Celebration

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

9 p.m. - Hide N' Seek

Quad

SEPT. 7 Cream)

5-7 p.m. - Primo's Night (Free Ice

Primo’s, Downtown Canton

SEPT. 8

8 p.m. - Humans vs. Zombies

OCT. 13 7-11 p.m. - Scottie's Fun Spot

(Laser Tag & Skating)

Begins at C-SC

SEPT. 9

11 a.m. - Football BBQ Tailgate

Pepsi Hall, Mabee Recreation & Wellness Center

SEPT. 11 7:30 p.m. - Monday Night Football

with Imo's Pizza catering

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center

SEPT. 12 7:15 p.m. - St. Louis Cardinals vs.

Cincinnati Reds Game SEPT. 18 7:30 p.m. - Monday Night Football

with Qdoba catering

TBD

OCT. 12 8 p.m. - Bingo & Brew

OCT. 16 7:30 p.m. - Showcase Event

Fire pit outside of Gladys Crown Student Center

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center

SEPT. 26 7 p.m. - Homecoming's Pack the House

Event with Women's Volleyball

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center

OCT. 27 National Chocolate Day Celebration TBD

OCT. 31 10 p.m. - Ghost Tour at C-SC

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

NOVEMBER

Charles Field House

2017

NOV. 10 TBA - National Sundae Day Celebration NOV. 14 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - H.O.P.E.'s PAWS

for Stress

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

NOV. 16 10 p.m. - Late Night Meal

Dining Hall, Gladys Crown Student Center

NOV. 18-26 Thanksgiving Break

SEPT. 28 8 p.m. - Homecoming's Lip Sync

and Karaoke

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

OCT. 17 8 p.m. - Big Man on Campus

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center

SEPT. 25 7:30 p.m. - Monday Night Football

with China King catering

Quincy, Ill.

Cat's Pause, Gladys Crown Student Center

SEPT. 24 9 p.m. - Homecoming Bonfire

with S'Mores

Meaders Lounge, Gladys Crown Student Center

SEPT. 19 8 p.m. - Country Singer Stephen Neal

2017

DECEMBER

Performing Arts Center (PAC) Auditorium

DEC. 7

2017

7 p.m. - Dodgeball Tournament

Mabee Recreation & Wellness Center

DEC. 8

National Brownie Day Celebration

TBD

DEC. 16 Christmas Break Begins 7

FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE GREETINGS! On behalf of the Office of Greek Life I would like to welcome you to Culver-Stockton College! You have made an excellent choice by deciding to attend C-SC! We look forward to your success and part of your success is campus involvement.

Research shows that students who are involved on campus graduate at higher rates than those who are not. Almost 40% of our students are a member of a fraternity or sorority. Greek Life is a great way for incoming students to get involved.

Becoming part of a fraternity or sorority provides you with unlimited personal, professional, and academic resources. The lifelong brotherhood and sisterhood in conjunction with the continued character, leadership and life skills development are great rewards as well.

Sincerely, Ernest Evans Director of Greek Life and Diversity Initiatives eevans@culver.edu

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SORORITIES & FRATERNITIES Interfraternity Council (IFC)

The IFC exists where two or more NIC member fraternities exist on a campus. It serves as the governing body for fraternities that are part of the IFC. There are 71 fraternities under the IFC umbrella. At CulverStockton, there are four of those fraternities; including Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

We welcome you to participate in our Formal Fraternity Recruitment taking place September 6-11, 2016.

During recruitment you will be able to learn about all of the fraternities that we offer here at Culver. You will also be afforded the opportunity to join one of our fraternities if you choose to do so.

Panhellenic Council (PHC)

The PHC serves as the governing body of the three national sororities on campus, which include Chi Omega Women’s Fraternity, Sigma Kappa Sorority and Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. The council is responsible for coordinating many of the activities that occur between Greek organizations, which include formal and informal recruitment, Greek Week and Homecoming.

In addition to providing leadership opportunities, sorority life offers opportunities for members to participate in philanthropic and community service experiences, such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Alzheimer Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the Robby Page Memorial.

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

The NPHC is the home of our historically African American fraternities and sororities. It is comprised of nine organizations that are pillars in the African American community. These organizations have been deemed as the Divine Nine. The nine organizations are Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. Currently we offer for membership Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. We are looking to grow our NPHC to more organizations.

JOIN GREEK LIFE AT C-SC If you are interested in Sorority or Fraternity Life, we invite you to participate in Formal Recruitment in September.

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DIVERSITY INITIATIVES Welcome!

We are excited for your arrival and thrilled that you have chosen to jump into the world of higher education as a Wildcat. Here at Culver-Stockton we value all students while welcoming and celebrating the differences and diversity that they bring to our campus. As new college students it is important to know that campus and community involvement are crucial to success, more specifically students of color and students that identify as part of marginalized or underrepresented populations. The Office of Diversity Initiatives acknowledges this and works to promote involvement for all students. We have two organizations that students can get involved in: Black Student Union (BSU): The mission of the Black Student Union

is to develop and foster relationships among students of diverse backgrounds through awareness, education, service and social interaction. This organization works to be a space that students can call their own. They work to promote an understanding of social justice, equality, and inclusion. They also work to create a united campus and provide a support system for students.

Student Diversity Council (SDC): The Student Diversity Council

works to promote the diversity, equality, and inclusion education to the area community. This group focuses on awareness events and months, including Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, HIV/AIDS Awareness and LGBTQ+ History Month.

It is important that students have a space that they can call their own. I dedicate myself to assisting you in finding that space.

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SPIRITUAL LIFE Welcome to Campus!

There are many ways to explore your faith at C-SC. Join us in the All Faiths Chapel at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22, for worship!

Also, get involved in campus organizations and activities:

All-campus assemblies (Thanksgiving, Advent and Lent) Chi Alpha Community service projects Counseling with the College Chaplain Disciples on Campus Fellowship of Christian Athletes Religion courses (through the Division of Humanities) Robison Lecture on Religion Service-Learning Travel Chapel services Worship in local congregations CareMail (Emails informing of needs for prayer, expressions of concern or congratulations) Sincerely, Chaplain Amanda Sorenson asorenson@culver.edu Office: Crown 208 573-288-6420

WORSHIP SERVICES

Chapel services are held every other week at 5 p.m. in the Merillat Recital Hall, located in the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center.

SERVICE LEARNING

The College stresses to students the value service activities have on one's community, church and humanity. Students who perform service to others also benefit, by learning more about their personal strengths and weaknesses.

CAREMAIL

To strengthen the caring community on campus, submit info for an email. With permission by the person, contact the chaplain with the names of faculty, administrators, staff or students who have experienced a birth, wedding, illness/surgery or death.

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SPECIAL REMINDERS FROM STUDENT LIFE RESIDENTIAL STUDENT MOVE-IN For those living on campus, please make sure to check the list on what NOT to bring to campus. It will save you a lot of headaches while packing the car.

COMMUTER STUDENT LOCKERS For those not living on campus, consider renting a commuter locker located in the Carl Johann Memorial Library. The lockers are free and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

RESERVE LOCKER Email Campus Safety Skip Barton Assistant Director of Campus Safety sbarton@culver.edu 573-288-6300

SHUTTLE SERVICE A free shuttle is available for students traveling on breaks to the Quincy Airport or Amtrak Station.

Sign up for the following dates: Thanksgiving Break Christmas Break Spring Break Easter Break End of year No sign up, $10 fee with no guarantee of seat. Failure to show up, $10 fee. Must wear C-SC apparel when being shuttled, if not, $5 fee.

PARKING If you have a vehicle and plan to use it while attending C-SC, you will need to register the vehicle.

REGISTER FOR PARKING MyCulver.com - Under the Campus Life tab, click Register Vehicle.

- This can also be completed at Check-In. - Students will receive parking tickets for failing to register a vehicle, or for violating a parking rule.

For a Parking map, go to culver.edu.

Cape Air: capeair.com Amtrak Train: amtrak.com RESERVE SEAT Susie Sutton, Student Life ssutton@culver.edu 573-288-6472

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