Alcala Yearbook 1998

Pictured Below: The 1997Orientation Board with Orientation Chair Mark and advi or Dr. Tom Cosgrove Pag

Pictured Right: The annua l O-Week CommunityServiceProjectatCar on Elementary is always fun for alJ those

and Ms. Marie Minnick

involved.

for the almost 200 people who collaborated

on the production Orientation Week 1997, work tarted lon8 before i\u8u t 31st. Nearly every part of the University had some input on the event, and the plannin8 be8an at the end of the previous O-Week. 8tudent L\ffair , i\cademic Departments and the Office of Under8raduate i\dmissions are at work year– round with plannin8, schedulin8, colle8e fairs and ummer send-offs. In sprin8 of 1997, Mark Pa8es was chosen as Orientation '97 Chair. The first-ever repeat chairperson, he had the responsibility of selectin8 the 13 person Orientation Board. The Orientation Board and 0-Week planni08 committee then selected the 100 per on Orientation Team from over 300 applicants. nee selected, team member attended several workshops, retreats and plannin8 medin8s. They came back for the final preparation four day before new tudents and had thin8 ready to roll for Move-In on L\u8ust 31st. The Orientation Team, Board and Committe were a 8uide, resource and friend to every new student durin8 -Week '97. The effort and preparation they put into the event was clear.

Pictured Above: There'

fun and activity even before the start of O-Week

"Po ter-Day" is always a busy day for the O-Team.

12 Orientation Week