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• Student Affairs
• Arrival on Campus / First Year Students
• Residence Life
• Telephone / Voice Mail / Cable TV / Data Service
• Mail Service / ID Cards
• Parking
• Airport Shuttle
• Class Schedules / Academic Advising
• Accounting and Registrar
• Financial Aid
• Kellogg Center
• Campus Calendar / Library Information
• Information Technology
• Center for International Education
• Athletic Schedule
• Alumni & Parent Relations / Student Newspaper
• First Year Information (FYI) Schedule
• Briton Bash/Albion Community
• 
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New Students Registered for August SOAR

First-year and transfer students registered for August SOAR will arrive on campus Thursday, August 20, 2009. Please begin the day by picking up your SOAR materials between 8:00 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. at the Kellogg Center. You may then proceed to your assigned residence hall to check in and obtain keys for your residence hall room. Parking for First-Year students for unloading purposes will be available behind Wesley Hall (enter at the Bidwell Street parking lot). Transfer students also have parking options available near their assigned living units.

Keep in mind this is move-in day for August SOAR  participants. Please bring all of your personal items that you will need for the school year as you will be moving into your assigned room for the fall semester. The first August SOAR program begins promptly at 9:30 a.m., so please allow ample time to arrive and unpack your car. While this time frame will most likely not allow you to unpack everything in your room, additional time is built into the weekend schedule for students to settle and personalize their rooms. All August SOAR students are required to stay for First-Year Information programs that run beginning Friday afternoon through Sunday (August 21-23).

New International Students and International Transfer Students

International first-year and international transfer students will arrive on Monday, August 17.  Students will be assisted by shuttle pick-up at the Detroit Metro Airport.  Orientation will begin for international first year students and international transfer students on Tuesday, August 18.  For additional information, please visit the Center for International Education web site at www.albion.edu/intledu .

The Center for International Education: 517/629-0392

All Other New Students

First-year and transfer students who attended SOAR sessions in late May/Early June are expected to arrive on campus Friday, August 21 in time for the First-Year Information (FYI) activities which begin at 3:30 p.m. that afternoon. You may check in beginning at 8:00 a.m. and anytime thereafter throughout the morning and until 3:00 pm. Students residing in Wesley Hall should go directly to Wesley Hall to check-in and obtain keys. Parking for unloading will be available behind Wesley Hall (enter at the Bidwell Street parking lot). All other students should follow the instructions regarding check-in locations, listed under "Returning Students."

Important sessions for all new students will begin on Friday, August 21, with floor meetings at 3:30p.m. See the FYI schedule of events on page 18 of this newsletter. Attendance is required at most FYI activities.

The first meal on the board plan for new students is lunch on Friday, August 21, 2009

The Office of Residential Life: 517/629-0224

Returning Students

Returning upper class students may arrive on campus beginning Saturday, August, 22. Check-in will continue Sunday, August, 23. Students may check in at their respective halls from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on either day. Students living in Dean Hall should go to Mitchell Towers to check in and obtain keys. Students living in the Apartments, Annexes, and Fraternity Houses should go to The Office of Residential Life in the Ferguson building, room 124 to check in and obtain keys.

The first meal on the board plan for returning students is Saturday lunch in Baldwin Hall.

The Office of Residential Life: 517/629-0224

Being new in a new environment can sometimes be overwhelming. Lingo, acronyms, and nicknames can all be hard to figure out, especially when you're the new kid on the block. To help the transition, Albion College has put together a website especially for First Year Students to help give you inside information to all things Albion. To get the inside scoop, follow this link to the new students page.