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Building Your Hive

Date:  08/03/2022 - 08/05/2022

Venue: St. Ambrose University

Cost: Free

Building Your Hive is a free, in-person, 3-day program focused on connecting first-generation and underrepresented minority first-year students to the community and resources at SAU.

Who is invited to attend?

First-year students who plan to enroll at St. Ambrose University in Fall 2022. Local Quad Cities-area residents who identify as first-generation students or Black/African American, Chicano/Latino, Native American or Asian.

Program Benefits:

• Head start on everything you will need to be successful at SAU - resources, study skills, and time management
• Opportunity to build relationships with your peers before classes start
• Paired with a university mentor throughout the year for guidance and support
• Meet the university President before you start school
• 3 days of free breakfast and lunch
• Shared suite and dinner at Modern Woodmen Park baseball stadium
• All participants will be entered for a chance to win an iPad (8th Generation 32GB)

Click here to register for the event

Building Your Hive Agenda

Day 1 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)

9 - 9:15 a.m. Check-in and gather

Rogalski Center 

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Program overview

9:45 - 10:05 a.m. Student Panel - Why SAU

10:05 - 10:25 a.m. Ice breaker with student mentors

10:25 - 10:40 a.m. Transition to MLK Interpretive Center in downtown Davenport

10:40 - 11:10 a.m. SAU History of Commitment to Social Justice 

11:10 - 11:30 p.m. Commitment to Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

11:45 - 12:45 p.m. Lunch

Miss Phay Cafe, Davenport

1 - 2 p.m. Campus Tour with Student Mentors

Rogalski Center

Health Services and Counseling Center (Nurse Nancy Hines and Sarah Oliver)

Student Activities (Jason Richter)

Dean of Students and Residence Life (Cathy Cunningham)

Career Center (Lindsay Adolphs)

Bookstore (Sarah Hubbel)

Christ the King Chapel (Tammy Norcross-Reitzler)

2 - 2:30 p.m. Student Panel - Getting Your Books and Other College Hacks

Rogalski Center

2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Wellness Activity: Zen Garden and Stress Management Tips

Hayes Courtyard

Lindsay Hohertz and Jason Richter

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Stretch break and snacks

3:30 - 4:15 p.m. Local Alumni Presentation: Making the Most out of Your College Experience

Rogalski Center

Jabari Woods '02, '05 MSW

4:15 - 4:30 p.m. Group debrief and overview of day 2

Day 2 (Thursday, August 4, 2022)

8:30 - 9 a.m. Get your BeeCard (if not already obtained)

Rogalski Center

9 - 9:15 a.m. Check-in and gather

Rogalski Center

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Ice breaker with student mentors

9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Study Skills - From a Professional Perspective

Sarah Rissler, Student Success Center

10:45 - 11:05 a.m. Study Skills - From a Student Perspective

11:05-11:45 a.m. Everything Information Technology: Part 1

Cosgrove Hall Computer Lab

12 - 1 p.m. Lunch

Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, Davenport

1 - 2 p.m. Campus Tour

Athletic facilities in community and Wellness and Recreation Center

Mike Holmes, Athletics Director

2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Everything Information Technology: Part 2

Cosgrove Hall Computer Lab

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Stretch break and snacks

3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Advisor Meet and Greet

Rogalski Center

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Group debrief and overview of day 3

4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Residence Life (on-campus students only) 

6:30 - 8 p.m. Special Event: Night at the Ballpark

Day 3 (Friday, August 5, 2022)

9 - 9:15 a.m. Check-in and gather

Rogalski Center

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. Ice breaker with student mentors

9:45 - 10:30 a.m. Time Management - From a Professional Perspective

Sarah Rissler, Student Success Center

10:30-10:50 a.m. Time Management - From a Student Perspective 

10:50 - 11:15 a.m. How to Bee Part of the Ambrose Community

Christopher Waugh, Dean of Students

11:15-11:45 a.m. Collegiate Communication and Professionalism

John Byrne, College of Business

12 - 1 p.m. Lunch

PeeWees, Rock Island 

1:15 - 2 p.m. Campus Tour

Student Success Center in Ambrose Hall (Dianne Gilchrist)

Galvin Fine Arts Center (Lance Sadlek)

McMullen Hall

McCarthy Hall

Accessibility Resource Center, Cosgrove Hall (Alyse Schmidt)

2 - 2:30 p.m. Financial Aid presentation

Cosgrove Hall Computer Lab

Alvin Vesey, Financial Aid Specialist

2:30 - 3 p.m. Library tour and information literacy

Julia Salting, Interim Library Director

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Stretch break and snacks

3:30 - 4 p.m. Welcome Week and Leadership Opportunities

Rogalski Center

Jason Richter, Director of Student Engagement

4 - 4:30 p.m. President Amy Novak, Closing Remarks

4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Assessment and thank you

Original source can be found here.