Eagle Expo Spring 2024

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

EAGLE EXPO

WELCOME

EAGLES

9 A.M. – 1 P.M. / FEBRUARY 17, 2024

WELCOME TO FGCU AND EAGLE EXPO 9:00 a.m.

Welcome and opening remarks on the Library Lawn:

President

Dr. Aysegul Timur

Associate VP Enrollment Management

Dr. Lisa Johnson

Check out Student Resources and Registered Student Organizations in the Student Services Plaza and by the Student Union - ongoing until 1:00 p.m.

WALKING TOURS Find out what it’s like to be a student at FGCU on this guided tour.

ONGOING UNTIL 12:30 p.m.

LOCATION/STARTING POINT:

Look for the large white tent on the Library Lawn patio.

HOUSING BUS TOURS * Take a shuttle bus tour of campus to see Alico Arena, the Arts Complex, Bower School of Music, the University Recreation and Wellness Center and student housing at South Village and North Lake Village.

ONGOING UNTIL 12:30 p.m.

LOCATION/STARTING POINT:

Bus loop near the tall colorful sculpture in Student Services Plaza.

Plan one hour for each loop. } SOUTH VILLAGE: South Village features suite-style single bedrooms, a resort-style

pool, SoVi Dining Hall, movie theaters, game rooms and a variety of other activity spaces.

To visit South Village, the University Recreation and Wellness Center and the Bower School of Music & the Arts Complex, take the shuttle located to the RIGHT of the colorful sculpture in the Student Services Plaza. } NORTH LAKE VILLAGE: Apartment-style living along Lake Como offers an outdoor

recreation area that includes basketball, volleyball and tennis courts. To visit North Lake Village and Alico Arena, take the shuttle located to the LEFT of the colorful sculpture in the Student Services Plaza. *The last tour bus will depart at 12:30 p.m. with the official housing tours concluding at 1:30 p.m.

However, buses will run until 2:00 p.m. for pickups.

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OPEN HOUSE SESSIONS Admissions, You & FGCU Edwards Hall, Room 112 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Financial Aid & Scholarships Seidler Hall, Room 114 10 - 10:30 a.m.

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

The Honors College: Excelling In & Out of the Classroom Seidler Hall, Room 115 10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Live the FGCU Life: Creating a Place You Call “Home” on Campus Cohen Student Union, Room 201 10 - 10:30 a.m.

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

Student Engagement at FGCU: Everything You Need to Know About Getting Involved at FGCU Cohen Student Union Ballroom 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

PGA Golf Management Sugden Hall, Room 208 10 - 11:00 a.m.

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DESCRIPTION OF SESSIONS Admissions, You & FGCU Are you interested in becoming an FGCU Eagle, or do you know someone who is? Learn more about our awesome university, the admissions process, requirements and strategies that are a slam dunk in helping make you an FGCU Eagle!

Financial Aid & Scholarships Get the facts on applying for financial aid and scholarships! We will help you understand the application process and important deadlines and provide you with a five-step action plan to maximize your financial aid awards.

The Honors College: Excelling In & Out of the Classroom Discover the Honors College at FGCU and its central features of scholarly advancement, cultural enrichment, community engagement and leadership development. You will learn how the Honors College prepares students for success at FGCU and beyond.

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Live the FGCU Life: Creating a Place You Call “Home” on Campus Experience the value, convenience and support that comes with living on campus. You will learn about our various housing options and amenities as well as the many ways living on campus will benefit you as a student.

Student Engagement at FGCU: Everything You Need to Know About Getting Involved at FGCU Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring current students who share how they navigated getting involved at FGCU. Hear real, firsthand stories of challenges, accomplishments, fun times, and what they have learned on their journey to becoming who they are today.

Don’t miss it!

PGA Golf Management Learn more about becoming a PGA member while earning your college degree. Become familiar with the Specialized Access Admissions process, swing lab spaces and internship requirements.

COLLEGE DISPLAYS 9:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

} COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES LOCATION: Location: Seidler Hall, Whitaker Hall, 1 Reed Hall, Griffin Hall, the Arts Complex, and Bower School of Music Anthropology, Art, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Forensic Science, Forensic Studies, History, Integrated Studies, Journalism, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Music, Music Education, Music Performance, Music Therapy, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Theatre

} COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LOCATION: Merwin Hall Child and Youth Studies, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Biology Education, Secondary Mathematics Education, Secondary Social Science Education, Special Education

} DAVELER & KAUANUI SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOCATION: Lucas Hall Digital Media Design, Entrepreneurship

} LUTGERT COLLEGE OF BUSINESS LOCATION: Lutgert Hall 2

Accounting, Agribusiness, Analytics and Informatics, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, Resort & Hospitality Administration, Supply Chain Management.

LOCATION: Sugden Hall 2 PGA Golf Management/Swing Performance Lab

} MARIEB COLLEGE OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LOCATION: Marieb Hall 3

Clinical Laboratory Science, Exercise Science, Health Administration, Health Science, Nursing, Public Health, Social Work

} U.A. WHITAKER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING LOCATION: Holmes Hall 4 Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Environmental Engineering, Software Engineering

} THE WATER SCHOOL LOCATION: Academic Building 9 5 Environmental Geology, Environmental Studies, Marine Science

LABORATORIES & DEMONSTRATIONS

1 } Art Studio Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts Complex, Main Lobby } Biology Scale-Up Demonstrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitaker Hall, Room 104 } Bower School of Music Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Building, Main Lobby } Theatre Facilities Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts Complex, Main Lobby

2 } Bloomberg Investments Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lutgert Hall, Room 1205 } PGA Golf Management/Swing Performance Lab Demonstrations . . . . . Sugden Hall, Room 227

3 } Exercise Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marieb Hall, Room 110

} Health Simulation Labs: Critical Care, Pediatrics, Medical/Surgical Health Assessment, Foundations Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marieb Hall, Third floor

4 } Building Your Future in Construction . . . . . . . . . Wright Construction Group Method Laboratory, Holmes Hall, Room 100 } Characteristics of Concrete/Concrete Canoe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holmes Hall, Room 117 } Waste Water Treatment Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holmes Hall, Room 439 } Bioengineering/Instrumentation Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holmes Hall, Room 335 } Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIPER Lab, Holmes Hall, Room 403

5 } The Water School Outdoor Demonstration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Building 9 } Marine Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Building 9 5

Academic Building 9/ The Water School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Alico Arena. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Aquatics Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Arts Complex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Boardwalk Waterfront Dining. . . . . . . 36 Campus Rec Waterfront Complex. . . . . . . 29 Campus Support Complex. . . . . . . . . 10 Center for Career & Exploratory Advising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cohen Student Union/Bookstore . . . . 17

Marieb Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 McTarnaghan Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Modular Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Music Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Music Modular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911 Myra Janco Daniels Public Media Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Outdoor Sports Complex . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Reed Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Edwards Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Richard C. Ackert Community Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Egan Observatory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Seidler Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Griffin Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SoVi Dining Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Holmes Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Student & Community Counseling Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Howard Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Information Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kleist Health Education Center. . . . . 20 Little Eagles Learning Center. . . . . . . . . 9 Lucas Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Lutgert Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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WATCH THE EAGLES IN ACTION

We have locations all over campus to get a coffee, grab a bite to eat or cool off.

LIBRARY: } Starbucks

7:45 a.m. - noon

COHEN STUDENT UNION: } Einstein Bros. Bagels

7:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Great spot for a coffee and a bagel.

} Chick-Fil-A

10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Serving lunch only

NORTH LAKE HOUSING: } The Boardwalk Restaurant

4 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

BUY TICKETS HERE

SOUTH VILLAGE HOUSING } SoVi Dining 9 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Great place to bring the whole family and take a tour.

Scan for discounted tickets

Softball vs Akron 4 p.m.

Softball vs Middle Tennessee 6:30 p.m.

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