2015 New Student Orientation (NSO) Program
August 11 – 18, 2015
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Check-In & Move-In Residence Halls 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Course Scheduling Concerns
(Students without schedules, concerns or issues only)
Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center
Meeting Rooms 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Photo ID/Yearbook Photo
(Scheduled by Residence Hall)
Sale Hall Annex - Room 003/ Sale Hall Chapel
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Honors Program
(Parents and Honor Students Only) African American Hall of Fame (2nd Floor King Chapel) 3:00 p.m. - 3:50p.m. 2015 NSO Overview
Morehouse Student Development Presentation (Parents and Students)
King Chapel
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Communications Campus and Community Safety
(Parents Only)
King Chapel
4:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
6:35 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. The Class of 2019 - "The Assembly" (Students Only)
Brown Street
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. "Welcome to the House" (Parents and Students)
King Chapel 9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list located at the end of the
schedule)*
Events highlighted in Blue are for Parents Only, events highlighted in Maroonare for Both Parents & Students, events in Black are for Students Only.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Course Scheduling Concerns
(Students without schedules, concerns or issues only)
Shirley Massey
Executive Conference Center
Meeting Rooms 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Morehouse Leadership
& New Students Session (Students Only)
King Chapel
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Opening Assembly
President John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. Speaker
Student Financial Services Presentation (Parents and Students)
King Chapel
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH
(Students Only) Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. President and First Lady Reception
(Parents Only)
Forbes Arena
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Major, Minor, and Career Fair Forbes Arena
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The Responsibilities of a Man of Morehouse
(Dr. Calvin Mackie ’90 – Speaker) King Chapel 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Transfer Students Reception
(Transfer Students and Parents Only)
Shirley Massey
Executive Conference Center
Meeting Room B
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
7:00 p.m.- 7:15 p.m. New Student Assembly Brown Street
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Parents’ Parting Ceremony King Chapel
Note: The Parents’ Parting Ceremony marks the end of the Parents’ Orientation Program
9:30 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list located at the end of the
schedule)*
*Events highlighted in Blue are for Parents Only, events highlighted in Maroonare for Both Parents & Students, events in Black are for Students Only.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Student Success Strategies King Chapel
9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. General Education, Crown Forum,
and First Year Plan King Chapel
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Stamps Scholars Luncheon
(Stamps Scholars Only)
African American Hall of Fame (2nd Floor King Chapel)
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Academic Division Advising Informational King Chapel 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Special Programs Informational (Various Locations)
Health Careers Nabrit-Mapp-McBay
Honors Program African American
Hall of Fame
International Students Shirley Massey Conference
Center Room
Music Majors Ray Charles Performing
Arts Center
Walk-On Athletes Shirley Massey Conference
Center Auditorium 3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Experiential Learning Discussion Panel:
Learning by Doing
Areas of discussion: Interfaith Engagement Maker Space
Service Learning Study Abroad
Undergraduate Research
King Chapel
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Morehouse College: Historical Perspectives/
Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area (Please refer to the list located at the end of the
Friday, August 14, 2015
5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. “For Whom the Bell Tolls” Frederick Douglass Hall
6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
1:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. New Student Focus Session King Chapel
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. TigerNet,
Morehouse’s Communications and Resource Tools
King Chapel
2:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Counseling & Disability Services Student Health Services
(Houses 1 & 2)
Counseling & Disability Services Student Health Services
(Houses 3 & 4)
King Chapel
(Please refer to the House travel groups at the end of
the schedule)** Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center Bank of America Auditorium
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
7:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. New Student Focus Session King Chapel
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Alumni Interaction King Chapel
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Spirit Night Forbes Arena
11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list
located at the end of the schedule)*
Saturday, August 15, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH - "Alumni Feeding the Soul"
(Morehouse Metro Atlanta Alumni and New Students)
Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Healthy Brothers Workshop TBA
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Operation Olive Branch Processional Brown Street 6:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Operation Olive Branch Program King Chapel
11:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list located at the end of the
schedule)*
Sunday, August 16, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. New Student Focus Session King Chapel
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Morehouse & Spelman New Student Convocation
King Chapel
11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Morehouse & Spelman
Brother - Sister Network King Chapel
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Introduction to STEM
(STEM Majors Only)
Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center Bank of America Auditorium
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
Monday, August 17, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Student Conduct and Title IX Presentation
(Houses 1 & 2) King Chapel
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Student Conduct and Title IX Presentation
(Houses 3 & 4) King Chapel
11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. SGA & CASA Presentations (Houses 1 & 2) King Chapel
(Please refer to the House travel groups at the end of
the schedule)**
NSOL & RHA Presentations (Houses 3 & 4) Sale Hall
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. SGA & CASA Presentations (Houses 3 & 4) King Chapel
(Please refer to the House travel groups at the end of
the schedule)**
NSOL & RHA Presentations (Houses 1 & 2) Sale Hall
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fraternity Life, Maroon Tiger & Torch
Yearbook
King Chapel
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list located at the end of the
schedule)* 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Introduction to STEM
(STEM Majors Only)
Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center Bank of America Auditorium
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Student Survey/NSO Week Survey King Chapel
10:15 a.m. - 1:35 p.m. Woodruff Library Tours-
(Groups leave from Kilgore Hall Plaza)
(Please refer to the House travel groups at the end of
the schedule)**
House 1 - 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. House 2 - 11:05 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. House 3 - 11:55 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. House 4 - 12:45 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. LUNCH Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
2:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Introduction to STEM
(STEM Majors Only)
Shirley Massey Executive Conference Center Bank of America Auditorium
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. DINNER Chivers/Lane Cafeteria
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Morehouse & Spelman Honors Program Mixer (Honors Students Only)
Spelman Manley Center
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Residence Hall Meeting Designated Meeting Area
(Please refer to the list located at the end of the
schedule)*
* List of designated meeting areas for Residence Hall Meetings (Subject to change)
Brazeal Hall, Mays
Hall, Kilgore Hall Sale Hall Chapel
DuBois Hall Dansby Hall Room 200
Graves Hall Nabrit - Mapp - McBay Room 1 Hubert Hall Merrill Hall
LLC Hall Nabrit - Mapp - McBay Room 2 White Hall Brawley Hall Room 100
** Traveling House Groups (Subject to change)
House 1 Brazeal Hall & Kilgore Hall House 2 Graves Hall & White Hall House 3 Hubert Hall & LLC Hall House 4 DuBois Hall & Mays Hall