Welcome! 환영합니다! 歡迎光臨! Karibu! Bienvenue! Bienvenido!

We are happy that you’ll be joining us soon!

Orientation will begin on Thursday, August 23rd and end on Friday, August 24th.  We want to remind you that Orientation is Mandatory. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at theooc@drew.edu.

God Bless,
Amanda Rohrs-Dodge
2012 Theological School Orientation Coordinator

Reminders

  • You must be given clearance from Health Services before you may occupy University housing.
  • If you have questions about Health Services, please refer to their website: http://www.depts.drew.edu/health/ or call Health Services at (973) 408-3414.
  • If you have questions about Orientation, email the coordinator: theooc@drew.edu or leave a voice message for the coordinator to return your call at (973) 408-3049
  • Contact the Housing, Conferences, and Hospitality Office at (973) 408-3103 if you or your guests for Orientation need any kind of special assistance
  • We look forward to seeing you in August! Have a great summer and let us know if there is any way that we can help make your transition to Drew easier.

A List of Everything You Need!

Orientation Schedules

Masters Students

Thursday, August 23, 2012

3:00 p.m. Check-In
I.D. Cards
Parking Permits		 Seminary Hall Lobby
Tilghman House
Pepin Building
5:00 p.m. United Methodist Student Meeting Rev. Jeff Markay SEM 101
6:00 p.m. Dean’s Welcoming Table Dean Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan Ehinger Center
Guest Speaker: Dr. Leonard Sweet, E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism
8:00 p.m. Opening Communion Service Craig Chapel
9:00 p.m. Dismissal

Friday, August 24, 2012

8:30 a.m. Check-In/Continental Breakfast Seminary Hall
9:00 a.m. Writing Skills Exam
ESOL		 SEM 101
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. Living in Community
Spiritual Formation		 Dean Virginia Samuel Craig Chapel
11:30 a.m. Program Overviews Dean Morris Davis Craig Chapel
12: 00 p.m.  LUNCH
Inclusive Language
Dealing with Diversity
Critical Thinking		 Professor Mark Miller
Dr. Chris Boesel
Dr. Catherine Peyroux
1:30 p.m. Academic Formation Dean Morris Davis Craig Chapel
3:30 p.m. Registrar Horace Tate Craig Chapel
3:50 p.m. BREAK
4:00 p.m. Advising Dr. Kate Ott, MDIV
Dr. Elias Ortega-Aponte, MDIV
Dr. Catherine Keller, MDIV
Dr. Chris Boesel, MDIV
Dr. Heather Murray Elkins, MAM
Dr. Stephen Moore, MA/STM		 Break-out Rooms, TBA
Family Time Dean Virginia Samuel TBA
6:00 p.m. Family Picnic Seminary Hall Lawn

PhD Students

Thursday, August 23, 2012 – Optional

Please note: when entering campus, college freshmen will be moving into dormitories, severely limiting parking availability. All vehicle traffic must enter campus at the main Lancaster Road entrance. When stopped by Public Safety at this entrance, please inform the officer that you are a GDR student; you will be directed to the appropriate parking area in the Main Lot.
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. It is suggested that new GDR students use this day to complete the following on campus tasks:

  • Obtain student ID card from Business Office (Tilghman House)
  • Obtain Parking decal (if needed) from Public Safety (must pay in Business Office in Tilghman House first)
  • Check with Financial Aid office (Tilghman House) if any further paperwork is needed.
6:00 p.m. Dinner with Graduate Division of Religion Student Association (GDRSA) Seminary Hall, Atrium

Friday, August 24, 2012

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Mead Hall, Wendel Room
9:00 a.m. Welcome Dean Morris Davis Mead Hall, Wendel Room
9:15 a.m. Introduction to the GDR Dr. Virginia Burrus Mead Hall, Wendel Room
11:00 a.m. Faculty Introductions Mead Hall, Wendel Room
11:30 a.m. Instructional Tech Krista White Craig Chapel
12:15 p.m. Lunch with Faculty Mead Hall
1:15 p.m. Area and Advisor Meetings
Biblical Studies & Early Christianity Mead Hall, 102
Historical Studies Mead Hall, 103
Religion & Society Mead Hall, 104
Theological & Philosophical Studies Mead Hall, 110
2:30 p.m. Library Tour Dr. Ernest Rubinstein, Theological Librarian (with MA/STM students) Rose Memorial Library, LC 16
4:00 p.m. Registrar Horace Tate, University Registrar Mead Hall, Founders Room
4:30 p.m. Academic Life Workshop Dr. Virginia Burrus Mead Hall, Founders Room
6:00 p.m. Picnic Dinner – Families are invited (with GDR, MDiv, MA, and STM Students) Seminary Hall, Lawn

Saturday, August 25, 2012 – Optional

2:00 – 4:30 p.m. Philosophical Iconography Tour Morningside Heights, New York City
GDR students, faculty and staff are invited to a tour of images of or relating to philosophers in some of the buildings of Morningside Heights, including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the campus of Columbia University, and Riverside Church. Enjoy images of Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Erasmus, Averroes, Dante, Kant, Simone Weil, and also theologians Origen, Augustine, Luther, among many others. One of the buildings holds the memory of a philosophical ghost. Tour guide is theological librarian, Ernie Rubinstein. Meet on steps of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, at the south entrance, Amsterdam Ave and 112th St., at 2 pm. The tour should go till about 4:30. Refreshments planned afterwards for those who would like to linger longer together.