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Fall Welcome Events will occur during the week of August 25-29, 2008. This is a perfect opportunity for students to visit campus departments, take tours, participate in orientation sessions and workshops, and make some new friends before the fall semester gets too hectic.
Saturday, August 23,
10am-5pm, Triples in Res Hall Units 1, 2, and 3 Move-in
Move-in day for students living in triples (i.e., three students
in a room) in Units 1, 2 and 3, 510/642-3213, http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/
welcome_to_cal.html.
Sunday, August 24, 10am-5pm, Res Hall Move-in for
everyone else
Move-in day for students living in doubles and singles in Units
1, 2, and 3, and all residents in Bowles, Clark Kerr, Foothill and Stern, 510/642-3213, http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/
welcome_to_cal.html. Note: students living in apartments should refer to their contracts for
move-in dates.
Sunday, August 24, 10am-5pm and Monday, August 25, 10am-4pm, Caltopia
2008
A festival of fun, music and Cal Spirit, Recreational Sports Facility,
2301 Bancroft Way (http://www.caltopialive.com/details.php).
Monday, August 25, Various Times, College and Major Orientations
Monday, August 25, 3:45pm-6pm, Convocation
All new freshman, transfer, and extension students are invited to hear
from the Chancellor and the ASUC President and enjoy a picnic dinner in
Memorial Glade (Cal 1 Card, your photo ID, required).
Tuesday, August 26, 7:30am-3:30pm, Getting your Bearings
Orientation
For new students who have not attended CalSO. Registration required, $45, http://calso.berkeley.edu.
Tuesday, August 26-Thursday, August 28, 4pm-5:30pm, Chancellor's Receptions for New Undergraduates
Tuesday, August 26: Clark Kerr and Unit 2 residents
Wednesday, August 27: Unit 4 (Bowles, Foothill, Stern), International House, Channing and Bowditch Apartment residents, and off-campus residents (includes co-op dwellers)
August 28: Unit 1 and Unit 3
Chancellor's Garden, University House, invitation required (it will be mailed to all new undergraduates), attire is business casual, http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/newstudents/.
Thursday, August 28, 5:30-9pm, Calapalooza
A student activity fair extravaganza. Dinner will be served to all students
living in the residence hall and all new undergraduates; bring your Cal
1 Card (your photo ID), Upper and Lower Sproul Plaza, 642-4970. Check the webpage for participating groups (http://welcomeweek.berkeley.edu/cala08.html).