Orientation First Day Program (King and Katz)
Keyes 4th floor
9:30-9:45 Introductions and a few chemical demonstrations on energy. Chemists like things that explode!
9:45-10:30 Group discussions and analysis organized by COOT group. Data review and preliminary calculations
10:30-11:30 Groups build their topical Wikis
11:30- 1:30 Lunch: COOT groups can discuss their Wiki and prepare to present it to the entire group (OK, OK, you can eat too...).
Meet in AREY 5
2:00 - 2:30 Group Wiki Presentaitons
2:30 - 3:30 Group discussion on our carbon footprints and agenda list for further study
Other things that we will consider in the context of our discussions
- The precepts and the goals of a liberal arts education
- Intellectual community
- Intellectual climate
- Academic honesty
- Finding a balance between academic life and other activities
- Interacting with faculty
- Time management and making time to take advantage of campus extracurricular programming;
- Etiquette, as it affects intellectual community
Reference
The Colby Plan: Mission and Precepts
Colby's Academic Honesty policy (2008-09 Colby Catalog)