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Courtesy Steve Harmon,         

The Fall semester at TAMIU is just around the corner and new students and first-time freshmen will participate in the summer’s first New Student Orientation, Dusty Camp, scheduled Thursday and Friday, June 16-17.

         The Dusty Camp experience focuses on giving students information that sets the stage for atimely and purposeful transition to University life. The required overnight program for all first-time entering TAMIU freshmen is designed to give them the necessary tools to be successful as they begin their TAMIU studies.

         The experience is also available as an option to TAMIU parents with Parent and Family Orientation scheduled June 16. It provides an excellent opportunity for parents to connect with both University administrators and other parents and learn about TAMIU’s various support programs and services available to all students.

Thursday, June 16 from 8:30 a.m. – Friday, June 17 at 4:45 p.m. in various locations across the TAMIU campus. 

         Dusty Camp highlights include: 

Day One:

8:30-10 a.m. Check-in (Residential Learning Community Main Lobby)

11:30 a.m.    Meet your Orientation Leader

1 p.m.           Academic Survival from a Professor’s Viewpoint (Western Hemispheric Trade Center, 116)

2:30 p.m.      College Brag Time

6:30 p.m.      Getting to Know Your Roomies

7 p.m.           NIGHT WORKout @ the Rec

10 p.m.         Orientation – Live from the RLC 

Day Two:

9 a.m.    Breakfast (RLC)

10 a.m.  Your Life as a TAMIU Student Part 1

1:25 p.m.    What Every College Student Wants to Know (Student Center Ballroom)

3:30 p.m.    Final Remarks and Evaluation (Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall) 

Parent and Family Orientation highlights include:

9 a.m.         Check-in (University Success Center Lobby)

9:30 a.m.    The TAMIU Difference

10:45 a.m.  Official University Welcome (CFPA Recital Hall)

1:15 p.m.    Academic Programs and Expectations

2 p.m.         Making it through the First Year

3:15 p.m.    Letting Go…

4 p.m.         School Spirit and Campus Traditions (CFPA Recital Hall)

5:30 p.m.    Final Remarks and Evaluation