SPRING 2017 EDITION
Welcome to Liberty University!
To help you settle into your new home on campus, we have put together a list of things to do in and around Lynchburg. Use this booklet to track your college experience; if you complete enough activities, you will have the chance to win Flames Cash prizes and be entered into a $3,000 scholarship drawing each semester of your first year at Liberty. We hope this checklist encourages you to branch out, try new things, and have a little fun between classes.
If you have any questions, please call us at (434) 582-7200, email SAO@liberty.edu, or stop by one of our office locations in DeMoss Hall, Room 2247 or Montview Student Union, Room 1720B.
Jeremy Breaux Director of Orientation and Retention Student Advocate Office
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GET STARTED
Complete activities to collect points and win prizes! 1. Earn points by completing items on the list. Most items include an additional action, which will be noted with one of these icons:
Obtain a signature as noted in the activity. Hang on to your ticket stub. Take a selfie or screenshot while doing the activity and use #MyLUMountain on Instagram! Each item on the checklist is worth
2. Take your completed booklet to SAO to verify and calculate your point total. (See next page for details.)
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Scholarships
& PRIZES Bring this booklet and any ticket stubs, screenshots, and your phone to one of the Student Advocate Office locations in DeMoss Hall, Room 2247, or Montview Student Union, Room 1720B, before the deadline for review.
►► Collect 50 points by April 14 to be entered into a drawing for a $3,000 scholarship.
►► Be one of the first 20 students to earn 50 points before April 14 and win $75 in Flames Cash.
►► Complete at least 25 points to be invited to a catered networking brunch!
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academic and administration
01. Follow SAO on Instagram and post a selfie with your Mountain booklet for your first point! @LibertyUSAO #MyLUMountain 02. Take a time management course at the Academic Success Center. _______________________________________ (Instructor) 03. Meet with a counselor at the Career Center. _______________________________________ (Career counselor) 04. Visit a professional from Financial Aid, Student Accounts, or the Registrar’s Office at the Student Service Center. _______________________________________ (Representative)
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academic and administration 05. Meet the dean of your school or chair of your department. _______________________________________ (Dean or chair) 06. Read the academic policy handbook, including the honor statement. Screenshot proving you have passed your NSSR quiz. 07. Attend Scholarship Search 101 and 102.
_______________________________________ (Scholarship Search 101 instructor)
_______________________________________ (Scholarship Search 102 instructor)
08. Meet with a CASAS or faculty advisor. This meeting should occur before the first week of March. _______________________________________ (Advisor)
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academic and administration 09. Meet with a student advocate from the Student Advocate Office. _______________________________________ (Student advocate) 10. Visit the Undergraduate Writing Center and/or the Foreign Language Lab and meet with a tutor. _______________________________________ (Tutor) 11. Meet with an official from the Center for Digital Wellness. _______________________________________ (Center official) 12. Ace an exam. _______________________________________ (Professor of class)
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academic and administration 13. Form a study group for at least one class.
_______________________________________ (Group partner 1)
_______________________________________ (Group partner 2)
14. Set up a one-on-one meeting with an instructor. _______________________________________ (Instructor) 15. Attend a Liberty Division I sporting event. 16. Go to Campus Community and have your picture taken with the speaker. 17. Eat lunch with a professor.
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on - campus recreation 18. Attend at least two community group meetings.
_______________________________________ (Community leader) (Date)
_______________________________________ (Community leader) (Date)
19. Join a Student Government Association club on campus and participate regularly. _______________________________________ (Club advisor) 20. Participate in LU Serve. 21. Paint the Spirit Rock. 22. Go to Coffeehouse. 23. Hike up to the LU monogram. 24. Ski, snowboard, or tube down Snowflex.
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on - campus recreation 25. Participate in a group exercise class at the LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center. _______________________________________ (Instructor) 26. Visit the Liberty Farmer’s Market in the Doc’s Parking Lot. 27. Attend a Tower Theater production. 28. Take a picture with Sparky. 29. Attend an alternative Convocation. 30. Go horseback riding at the Equestrian Center. 31. Attend Midnight Mayhem or a Blackout game. 32. Go skating at the LaHaye Ice Center. 33. Go rock climbing at the LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center rock wall.
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on - campus recreation 34. Join the Student Flames Club. Receive a $5 discount for participating in the Mountain when you use promo code “MOUNTAIN” during checkout at LibertyFlames.com/SFC. 35. Attend a campus event with a CFAW student. 36. Participate in a Brother/Sister residence hall activity. 37. Have a movie night with your roommate. 38. Watch an intramural sports game. 39. Join an intramural sports team. _______________________________________ (Team captain) 40. Paint up for a basketball game. 41. Stargaze at Liberty’s observatory.
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on - campus recreation 42. Visit the International Student Center in DeMoss Hall, Room 2003, and take a selfie in front of the world map with an international student. 43. Take a selfie at the first home baseball game of the season. 44. Volunteer at the Morris Campus Farm. _______________________________________ (Campus Farm staff member) 45. Attend a Club Sports event. 46. Attend a concert in the LaHaye Event Space. 47. Participate in Open Mic Night. 48. Go on a Student Activities trip. _________________________________________________ (Event staff member)
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on - campus recreation 49. Run in a Student Activities trail race. _______________________________________ (Event staff member) 50. Book a session with a personal trainer at LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center. _______________________________________ (Personal trainer) 51. Go swimming in the David’s Place pool. 52. Catch a fish in Lake Hydaway. 53. Check out a canoe, kayak, paddleboard, or mountain bike from Hydaway Outdoor Recreation Center. _______________________________________ (Hydaway staff member)
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on - campus recreation 54. Audition for Coffeehouse. _______________________________________ (Student Activities staff member) 55. Get a Student Activities T-shirt at one of their events.
lynchburg area 56. Hike up Sharp Top. 57. Visit the Natural Bridge. 58. Visit Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. 59. Take a picture with the LOVE sculpture in downtown Lynchburg. 60. Go to an LU sports game hosted by another school.
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lynchburg area 61. Visit the National D-Day Memorial. 62. Visit a historic landmark in Virginia. 63. Visit the Lynchburg Community Market. 64. Hang out at Percival’s Island. 65. Attend a Lynchburg Hillcats game. 66. Go biking on the Blackwater Creek trail. (Rentals available downtown.) 67. Hike up Crabtree Falls — but don’t leave the path!
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