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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY
Spartan Training
Experience
AGOGE
WELCOME WEEK
2013 SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13
7 am – 4 pm
First-Year Students Move-IN
Housing & Residence Life
11 am – 1 pm
Lunch - Spartan Cook-Out
First-Year Students & Parents
(Convocation Decorum Presentation
Student Center)
Spartans Greens & Student Center
Rooms 149, 138 ABC
Student Center Lobby - Rain-Site
2 – 4 pm
Spartans Get Acquainted
NSU Campus
4 – 5:30 pm
Dinner – Meal Plan
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
6 – 8 pm
First-Year Student’s Convocation
Echols Hall
AGOGE HISTORY
In ancient Sparta, the agoge was required to
properly train a Spartan into becoming a true and
complete warrior. Agoge comes from the Greek
language and means education or training. Agoge
aims to enrich and perfect the entire human being.
It is the development of the mind and the molding of
the character. Virtue, excellence, honor, beauty and
heroism are some of the aspects involved with the
pursuit of education. They are achieved by good
teaching and proper example. In ancient Sparta,
girls and boys were required to enter training at the
age of seven. The agoge could last a few days for
some, and months for others depending on how
they proved themselves in training. Skill is a
prerequisite. Acceptance into the agoge means you
already have the potential to be great; the agoge
will simply temper you into the total warrior.
(Dress-up / Black & White Attire)
8:30 – 9:30 pm
Community Building Activity
All Residence Halls
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Achieving Excellence. Success Beyond Measure.
Students are required to attend all sessions.
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Spartan Training
Experience
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Source: Phougias, Methodios.
The Hellenic Agoge. 387-393.
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Spartan Training
Experience
8 – 10 am
Welcome
Dr. Littleton, Interim Dean
of the School of Education
- Overview of Programs
- Department Heads
- Milestones
2013 SCHEDULE CONTINUED
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14
7 – 9 am
Breakfast – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
9 am – 6 pm
New Student Orientation*
Echols Hall
Student Center, Rooms 138 A, B, C & 149
8 – 10 am
College of Liberal Arts
Student Center, Room 149
8 – 10 am
Ethelyn R. Strong
School of Social Work
Social Work Seminar I: Social Work
Practice: Values and Ethics.
This seminar will review the NASW
Code of Ethics and the Value
Base of Social Work.
(Attendance is mandatory)
Brown Hall, Room 126
* only for students who did not attend the
June session.
11 am – 1 pm
4 – 6 pm
Commuter Student Connection
Lunch
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
Dinner – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
7 – 10 pm
Residence Hall Meetings
(Mandatory)(As Assigned)
All Residence Halls
9 – 11 pm
Bookstore Shopping Night
Experience
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
7 – 9 am
Breakfast – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
10 am – 4 pm
Returning Students Move-in
All Residence Halls
8 – 10 am
College/School Meetings
( Academic Affairs events)
8 – 10 am
School of Business
Wood Science Bldg., Room 118
8 – 10 am
8 – 10 am
12 – 1:30 pm
Student Center, Room 138
Students are required to attend all sessions.
Lunch –MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
11:30 am – 12:30 pm TransferMation Sessions*
Student Center, Room 307
*Only for transfer students. Transfer
students need only attend ONE session.
12:30 – 2 pm
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Honors College
Overview & Luncheon
Midrise Honors Residential College
Critical Thinking Skills Testing
Wilson Hall, Testing Center
2 – 3 pm
4 – 5 pm
Common Reading Program
44-56 Classroom locations
4 – 6 pm
Dinner – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
5 – 7 pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
7 am – 9 am
Breakfast – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
School of Business
Wood Science Bldg., Room 118
10 am – Noon
College of Science, Engr. & Tech.
More information on how to succeed in
your courses and survey questions.
Student Center, Room 138
10:30 am – 1:30 pm Brunch – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
8 – 10 am
8 – 10 am
8 – 10 am
College of Liberal Art
Student Center, Room 149
8 – 10 am
Ethelyn R. Strong School
of Social Work Social Work Seminar II:
Success Skills for Social Work Majors
Brown Hall, Room 126
9 am – Noon
Campus Resource Fair
Student Center Lobby
10 – 11 am
Introduction to Fraternity & Sorority Life
Student Center, Room 149
Noon – 1:30 pm Lunch – MEAL PLAN
Scott-Dozier Dining Hall
Noon – 2 pm
Dr. A’s Ice Cream Social
Student Center, Lobby
1 – 3 pm (F)
** We’re Keepin’ it Real (HRB)
Student Center, Room 138 A
3 – 5 pm (M)
** Love Lust & Lies (HRB)
Student Center, Room 138 A
4:30 – 6:30 pm Hawaiian Luau
Spartan Park
6 – 8 pm
TransferMation Sessions*
Student Center, Room 307
*Only for transfer students. Transfer
students need only attend ONE session.
7 – 8 pm
Spartan Generals Training
William “Dick” Price Stadium
8 – 10 pm
Play Fair - Activities
William “Dick” Price Stadium
School of Education
Breakout sessions by program
and department
Bozeman, Room 231
8 – 10 am
Nursing
RTC, Room 136
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Critical Thinking Skills Testing
Wilson Hall, Testing Center
College of Science, Engr. & Tech.
Meet the Dean and Chairs of the
CSET departments and gather vital
information on how to succeed
in your courses.
School of Education
Bozeman, Room 231
9 pm – until
Spartan Pride Rally
(Spartan Generals teach NSU
chants & songs)
William “Dick” Price Stadium
Spartan Movie Night
Spartan Greens
(Rain Site- Echols Hall)
**Workshop provided by NSU Health and Wellness
Initiative for Women (Office on Women’s Health/DHHS) in
support of High Risk Behaviors (HRB) Initiative
Day of Community Service
( w/ Spartan Generals Lunch)
Meet -Student Center Lobby
Brambleton Community Center
Noon – 1:15 pm
Brunch with your Spartan General
Scott -Dozier Cafeteria
1:30 – 3 pm
Spartan Generals “Points of Pride”
Campus Tour and NSU History
Scavenger Hunt
Meet -Student Center Lobby
4 – 6:30 pm
Dinner – MEAL PLAN
On-Campus Dining Halls
6 – 7:30 pm
Spartan Shuffle - Line Dances
Student Center, Room 149
8 – 10 pm
Spartan Expressions
Echols Hall
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18
10 – 11 am
Inspirational Service
Student Center, Room 138 ABC
10:30 am – 1:30 pm Brunch – MEAL PLAN
On-Campus Dining Halls
2 – 5 pm
The Three Doctors Common
Reading Program: The Pact
Speaker Series
Echols Hall
4 – 6:30 pm
Dinner – MEAL PLAN
On-Campus Dining Halls
6 – 8 pm
Spartan Generals and Mentee
Basketball Tournament
Gills Gymnasium