Opening days schedule

Ice cream social
Lambright Center Dining Hall
Welcome, announcements, campus life, and student handbook

All-campus opening worship
Waltner Hall Lounge or Wadsworth Room

Light supper
Lambright Center Dining Room

Community Life and Values Discussion
Lambright Center Room H

Ultimate Frisbee
Meet outside Lambright Center

Orientation registration with continental breakfast
Lambright Center dining room

Welcome, morning prayer and introductions
Lambright Center Dining Room

Academic success at AMBS
Waltner Hall Room 116

Students not required to attend the Academic Success session may choose from the following:

Library self-guided tour and orientation
(repeated on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)
Library

Student resources orientation (Repeated at 12:30)
Lambright Center Room H
Student health insurance, financial aid, business office, bookstore information, registration processes, and Damascus Road introduction
hosted by Bob Rosa

Make an appointment ahead of time and meet with your advisor

Lunch (purchase or bring your own)
Lambright Center Dining Room

Student resources orientation
Student health insurance, financial aid, business office, bookstore information and registration processes, and Damascus Road introduction
Lambright Center Room H
hosted by Bob Rosa

Library self-guided tour and orientation for all incoming students
Library

Computer orientation (repeated at 4 p.m.)
Waltner Hall Room 116
hosted by Brent Graber

Tour of Elkhart (repeated at 4:30)
Meet at Waltner Hall mailboxes
hosted by Janeen Bertsche Johnson

Computer orientation
Waltner Hall Room 116
hosted by Brent Graber

Tour of Elkhart
Meet at Waltner Hall mailboxes
hosted by Janeen Bertsche Johnson

Classes begin

1:45 p.m.

Library orientation (repeated on Wednesday and Thursday)
Library
Do self-guided tour prior to orientation session

1:45 p.m.

1:45 Library orientation
Library
Do self-guided tour prior to orientation session

All campus introduction to community life
Lambright Center Dining Room
hosted by Rebecca Slough and Janeen Bertsche Johnson

1:45 p.m.

Library orientation
Library
Do self-guided tour prior to orientation session

Noon

Lunch meeting for new or returning students in the U.S. on student visas (buy a lunch or bring your own to the meeting)
Lambright Center Room H
hosted by Janeen Bertsche Johnson, Bob Rosa and Irene Koop

Labor Day
No classes
AMBS offices and library closed
Most local banks and government offices are closed

All seminary outing at Camp Friedenswald