Office of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives NSO & YEAR OF HEALTH 2014 Office of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives

NSO 2014 Staff David Fox, Director Troy Majnerick, Associate Director NSO Student Coordinators Andre Ficerai Darby Day Fola Onifade Jack Weir Jade Parker Marc Petrine PHINS – Peers Helping Incoming New Students Over 150 Student Volunteers in Light Blue Polo Shirts

NSO CHECKLIST: Mandatory Events Day Date Event Friday 8/22 College House Meetings Saturday 8/23 Safe Living & Speak About It Sunday 8/24 Penn Life Sketches and College House Activities Monday 8/25 Penn Reading Project Tuesday 8/26 School-Specific Events (Advising, etc.) Convocation President and Provost’s Dessert Reception

NSO: Don’t miss! PennFest in Houston Hall & Wynn Commons Friday, August 22 from 11pm-1am Fun, Food, Games! Philadelphia Museum of Art Gala Event Saturday, August 23 from 6:30pm-9:30pm Food, dancing, gallery tours, awesome views! Bus transportation to and from the event Toga Party at the University Museum Sunday, August 24 from 9pm-11pm Costumes, scavenger hunt, gallery tours, live band, karaoke

2014-2015 Academic Theme Year

PRP 2014: Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Monday, August 25 Panels: 11:45am and 1:30pm; Irvine Auditorium Writing Component: 3:15pm Discussion Groups: 4pm RA & GA Expectations Make sure your residents have a copy of the book. Contact your House Office for additional copies. Make sure your residents know which panel to attend at Irvine. Make sure your residents know the location of their writing component and small group discussion – www.prprooms.org (Attendance will be taken.) For the writing component, make sure your residents have charged laptops with AirPennNet installed. For additional assistance, contact an ITA. At the writing locations, blue books and pens will be provided ONLY for students who do not have a lap top. Dinner & Class Photo at Franklin Field from 5pm-7pm

Talk with your students about The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Reading Guide from the Publisher http://media.us.macmillan.com/rggguides/9780374533403RGG.pdf Study Questions from the Publisher http://media.us.macmillan.com/discussionguides/9780374525644DG.pdf Resources presented by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries provide background information and context https://secure.www.upenn.edu/themeyear/health/prp-resources.html

Year of Health Website

Year of Health (2014-2015) Upcoming events include: Year of Health symposium (day long symposium on LGBTQ Health Issues) 250th anniversary of Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine Shaun T from Insanity and T25 What YOU can do… Bring Year of Health into your College House Grant funding available for interesting projects Talk with your House Dean and Faculty in Residence

College House Grants Year of Sound (2013-2014) house grants included: DuBois: Tech Talk with a former ITA regarding modern music production and the role of technology. Included a trip to a recording studio in Rittenhouse Square. Stouffer: Bus trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a sound installation celebrating experimental composer John Zorn’s 60th birthday. Year of Health (2014-2015) ideas (SWAG TIME): What are programs you can host in your house? What are programs you can host off campus?

NSO, PRP, & Year of Health Contacts NSO & PRP Hotline 215-898-7000 Email nso@exchange.upenn.edu Websites NSO & PRP: www.upenn.edu/nso Year of Health: www.yearofhealth.org Year of Health Grants: www.themeyeargrants.org