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Welcome to Harvey Mudd College’s New Student Orientation 2009 website! We’re glad that you’ve decided to make Mudd your home for the next four years. You may now officially consider yourself a Mudder.

Nearly everything you need to submit to the College this summer will be available from this website. This whole process can be confusing and deadlines for forms back to Mudd vary. To help you organize everything, at the top and in the sidebar of our pages you will find some important links. We have a handy deadline checklist of all the forms that should be turned in, which you should start working on right away. As materials come in we will compile an accounting of everything you’ve submitted—and what’s still missing—will be recorded on a “received” checklist, which is also available above. The materials should be returned to us no later than their assigned due date although you can begin working on them early.

Above you will also find a general information section that answers the most frequently asked questions regarding Orientation and campus life. Finally there is the Campus Map and the HMC Calendar which gives you all the important dates to keep in mind, including a very important date, August 27, 2009, which is when you arrive on campus!

From the Deans:

Welcome to the Harvey Mudd College family! We are preparing the campus and continuing to plan for the opening of the 2009-10 school year. The Dean of Students office will be working closely with all incoming students throughout their HMC careers to ensure that they benefit as much as possible from their college experience.

Even though we open at 8am on August 27, please note that the first Orientation activity begins at 12:15pm, allowing you the morning to move into your room. If you are driving to Claremont and need to arrive the evening prior to Orientation, please consult the website listing for accommodations. If you are flying, Ontario International Airport is much closer to HMC than Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). A free shuttle service is available from Ontario Airport.

We expect that you will receive your room assignment and roommate information in late July. Until then, have an enjoyable and relaxing summer. We look forward to your arrival in late August.

Guy Gerbick
Associate Dean of Students and Dean of Residential Life

Chris Sundberg
Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Activities

And now on to some fun stuff from your student Orientation directors...

  "Hello from your 2009 Orientation directors!  We’re one of the only institutions in the nation    that have a student led orientation and we are the 3 students that are planning it this year. The experience here is not what you would find at your average college institution. Oh, no. Harvey Mudd guarantees you the best first experience of college ever!! This year’s theme for orientation was lovingly chosen by us and your 40 student sponsors. So get ready to get your game on and join us on August 27^th for your Awesome Old School Video Games Orientation!! And in the meantime if you have any questions, come to us! Don’t believe everything you see on the internet. We look forward to getting to know you all when you arrive this fall! Have a Super Mario Summer!!"

Leo Altmann (laltmann@hmc.edu), Michelle Hansen (mhansen@hmc.edu), Cassie Nguyen (cnguyen@hmc.edu)

Questions?

For questions about Orientation itself, contact Chris Sundberg, Associate Dean of Students/Director of Student Activities at (909) 607-1478 or by email at chris_sundberg@hmc.edu. He handles the coordination of Orientation.

For questions about housing, contact Guy Gerbick, Dean of Residential Life, at (909) 621-8301 or by email at guy_gerbick@hmc.edu.

For questions about this website and the information contained here, contact Amy Laird at (909) 621-8125 or by email at alaird@hmc.edu . You can also e-mail the Dean of Students office or fax us at (909) 621-8494.

If you would like to contact one of the student Orientation Directors, email them directly.

• Leo Altmann (laltmann@hmc.edu)
• Michelle Hansen (mhansen@hmc.edu)
• Cassie Nguyen (cnguyen@hmc.edu)