2008 Woodie Awards
SHU Welcomes Class Of 2009
Shaun Mitchell Staff Reporter
Issue date: 9/15/05 Section: News
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September is a very special time for college bound teenagers. It is the start of a better future and the start of freedom that comes with being in college.
It's early morning on September fourth, and you are driving on the Merritt Parkway heading toward your destiny that is Sacred Heart University. A feeling of nervousness mixed with tension and fear manifest in the body, while the sound of spinning tires race for exit 47. You realize the hundreds of people surrounding you, taking their luggage and hauling it into the dormitories of Seton, Merton, or Roncalli.
A goodbye to family and friends later, you are officially a college freshman; on your own and ready to take on the world, or at least Flik food. For the nearly 900 incoming freshman this year, that is what September fourth was all about.
It can be a terrifying experience for some, and a liberating experience for others. College usually means the first time for teenagers to move out of the homes and into the real world without mom and dad by their side.
The college experience for Sacred Heart students actually starts back in June when the accepted students partake in the University's orientation program that is run by the Student Life office. We've all been through it, as it gives us a taste of what college life is like with an overnight stay and an endless amount of info sessions that turn out to be really helpful and informative.
"My orientation was so bad that I wanted to enlighten upcoming students about the great things SHU has to offer, and not have them experience the awful time I had at my orientation," said Joshua Sedlock, the VP of Greek Life on campus, who was an Orientation Leader this past summer, and who helped the freshmen matriculate on campus.
Ray Mencio, Graduate Assistant in Student Life, is in charge of the orientation program, and the First Year Experience. The orientation program gives the faculty and administration a good feel for the upcoming students including the size and major demographics of the class.
It's early morning on September fourth, and you are driving on the Merritt Parkway heading toward your destiny that is Sacred Heart University. A feeling of nervousness mixed with tension and fear manifest in the body, while the sound of spinning tires race for exit 47. You realize the hundreds of people surrounding you, taking their luggage and hauling it into the dormitories of Seton, Merton, or Roncalli.
A goodbye to family and friends later, you are officially a college freshman; on your own and ready to take on the world, or at least Flik food. For the nearly 900 incoming freshman this year, that is what September fourth was all about.
It can be a terrifying experience for some, and a liberating experience for others. College usually means the first time for teenagers to move out of the homes and into the real world without mom and dad by their side.
The college experience for Sacred Heart students actually starts back in June when the accepted students partake in the University's orientation program that is run by the Student Life office. We've all been through it, as it gives us a taste of what college life is like with an overnight stay and an endless amount of info sessions that turn out to be really helpful and informative.
"My orientation was so bad that I wanted to enlighten upcoming students about the great things SHU has to offer, and not have them experience the awful time I had at my orientation," said Joshua Sedlock, the VP of Greek Life on campus, who was an Orientation Leader this past summer, and who helped the freshmen matriculate on campus.
Ray Mencio, Graduate Assistant in Student Life, is in charge of the orientation program, and the First Year Experience. The orientation program gives the faculty and administration a good feel for the upcoming students including the size and major demographics of the class.