First Year Students
     » Freshman Service Experience (FSE)

Please visit the Community Service Center Web site for more information about the Freshman Service Experience.

If you have registered for the FSE program but have not completed a New Student Orientation program, you will be participating in an abbreviated orientation program prior to the official start of the Freshman Service Experience. The schedule below reflects the 2005 FSE Orientation program:

Freshman Service Experience Orientation Schedule
Monday, August 22

9:00 am—10:00 am
Check-In
Mary Graydon Center Lobby

10:00 am
Math Placement Exam
Ward Circle Building, Room 2
This examination will determine which mathematics course you should take in the fall. The exam is mandatory for all students.

11:00 am
“Takin’ Care of Business”

During this time, you'll have the opportunity to:
• Get Photo IDs in Anderson Hall, first floor
• Take the Foreign Language Placement Exam (if necessary) in the Language Resource Lab
• Visit the Campus Store in Butler Pavilion, 2nd and 3rd Floors
• Open a bank account (if necessary) at Chevy Chase Bank, Butler Pavilion Shops
• Visit the Vendor Fair fair in the Mary Graydon Center, Tavern

12:00 pm
Lunch on your own

1:00 pm
Academic Advising
Please see locations below

All students are required to attend the academic meetings. During this time, you will have the opportunity to review/ Adjust your class schedule.

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Mary Graydon Center, Gianni Lounge
Kogod School of Business (KSB) KSB Building Room 39
School of Communication (SOC) Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler Theater
School of International Service (SIS) SIS Lounge
School of Public Affairs (SPA) Ward Building, Room 5

4:00 pm
Freshman Service Experience Opening Ceremony
Amphitheater (rain site: Bender Arena)

5:30 pm
Dinner
Terrace Dining Room (roped off area)

7:30 pm
Evening Events
Mary Graydon Center, first and second floor