STUDENT LIFE PROGRAMMING
Student Activities Suite
Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center
Telephone: (570) 208-5802

The office of student life programming, in collaboration with student leaders, develops social programs for students, provides a transition to campus life through the new student orientation program and empowers student leaders. The director of student life programming is responsible for advising the Association for Campus Events, coordinating Family and Friends Weekend, working with the first year, sophomore and junior class officers.
The advisor to the Association for Campus Events (ACE) works closely with the officers, chairpersons and membership in developing social activities for students. Through working with the ACE leaders the advisor promotes student leadership development, empowers them as an effective student organization and helps them in being accountable for the responsibility they have assumed to coordinate student social experiences on campus.

ASSOCIATION OF CAMPUS EVENTS (A.C.E.)
The Association of Campus Events (A.C.E.), is the social programming board for the college. The members and officers of A.C.E. are responsible for planning, designing, and implementing social and recreational activities for the King's College community. This organization is comprised of seven committees-Concerts, Formal Events, Excursions, Live Entertainment, Movies, Public Relations, and Special Activities-therefore appealing to a wide variety of interests.
The success of A.C.E. is based on the commitment of its members. By becoming involved, students enhance their organizational, programming, time-management, and communication skills, while having a lot of fun.

NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
New Student Orientation Mission Statement
The educational mission of King's College is reflective in the New Student Orientation program. The Orientation program helps fuse the academic and social environment of King's College to new students. Throughout the program, students are encouraged to participate in activities with Orientation Assistants, upper-class students, faculty, and administration. The New Student Orientation program supports and extends the mission of King's College by collaborating with other institutional departments to provide students with assistance, guidance, and direction throughout their college experience.
The mission of the New Student Orientation program is to educate new students and their families about the expanding King's College community. New students and their families are invited to informational sessions that help address major concerns and issues facing todays college students. The orientation program nurtures and challenges new students to find their individual direction in the co-curricular environment of King's College.
This interactive program highlights the King's College community. The program challenges, educates, and informs students to assume individual responsibility and commitment. Students are encouraged to respect individual differences, personal interests, and community values. The orientation program is a rewarding experience that supports new students in their quest for knowledge, experience, personal growth, and an education.

Transfer students are invited to attend a separate and distinct orientation that supplements the first-year orientation. During this time, transfers are advised on the academic and social policies of the College and are welcome to discuss any concerns that may be unique to their situation.
In January, an abbreviated orientation is offered for new students who enter King's College for the first time in the Spring Semester. Orientation for new students is an evolving process that actually begins from the time of admission through the first semester of attendance. Orientation is extended into the beginning of the fall semester through involvement in the First-Year Experience Seminar (FYE 010).

THE FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE SEMINAR
(FYE 010)
The First-Year Experience Seminar or FYE as it is known on campus, is part of the New Student Orientation program that all first-year students participate. The seminar consists of eight one-hour sessions that are held during the first semester on campus.
A faculty or staff member and a student leader typically teach the seminar. The sessions include information and discussion regarding decision making on a cross section of topics that apply to campus life. The topics include: campus services, alcohol and drugs, leadership, spirituality, sexual harassment, date rape, and AIDS awareness.
All first-year students who begin their undergraduate experience at King's are required to complete the seminar to be eligible for graduation from the College. FYE appears on your class schedule and on your college transcript with a pass/fail grade indicated. Attendance and active participation in all FYE sessions is required to pass the seminar.
The First-Year Seminar is coordinated by the director of the counseling center in conjunction with faculty, administrative staff and student leaders.