Spark Schedule

Welcome Home Under the Palms

Enjoy a Luau theme dinner to include mocktails, pineapples, Huli Huli Chicken, & much more! 

Parents are welcome to attend!!

Screen on The Green: MineCraft

Enjoy sitting out under the stars on our beautiful & beloved Front Lawn.

Popcorn & Drinks provided. Bring your own blanket/towel.

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Student Union Takeover

Join your fellow Blazers as we takeover the Union with:

Karoke

Art & crafts

Dance Dance Revolution Wii Competition

Line Dancing

9:00am - 9:55am

Family Breakfast in Student Union Ballrooms

Student Union Ballrooms

Kick Off

• Welcome by Dr. Vince Miller, VP of Enrollment & Student Affairs
• SCOTIX, Counseling Center, Student Health

Session 1

11:00am - 12:00pm

Team Flare: Vision Board Party/DJ

Team Blaze: Vision Board Party/DJ

Team Torch: Flash Point Challenge 

Team Inferno: Flash Point Challenge 

Student Union Ballrooms 

University Center

Session 2

12:15pm - 1:15pm

Team Flare: Flash Point Challenge 

Team Blaze: Flash Point Challenge 

Team Torch: Vision Board Party/DJ

Team Inferno: Vision Board Party/DJ

University Center

Student Union Ballrooms

1:30pm - 2:45pm

Lunch Break

Palms Dining

3:00pm - 5:00pm

Hydration & Conversation/ Campus Resources Fair 

• First 300 students will get a FREE Starbucks Drink
• Hosted by various campus partners
• Interactive booths provide information and resources.
• Technology Tutoring
• Odum Odyssey
• Chef on a String

 Student Union Rotunda

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Small Groups

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Dinner on Your Own

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Boom Boom Bingo

Student Union Ballrooms

8:00am - 8:30am

8:30am - 8:55am

9:00am - 10:00am 

New Student Convocation

Academic College Meetings

Meet with your academic deans and professors to learn about your academic program, what its like to learn in college, what support resources are available, and what academic student organizations exist.

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch Break

 Palms Dining Center

Small Groups

Campus Tour

Break Time On Your Own

Dinner

 Palms Dining Center

Walk to the PE Complex

Spirit and Traditions Pep Rally!

Let the VSU Cheer Team, marching band, and the student Fire Pit (VSU's biggest fans) teach you the cheers and chants of being a VSU student!

 PE Complex

After Party @ The Plex

 PE Complex

12:00pm - 5:00pm

Campus Rec & Food Trucks

 Campus Rec

Local Shopping

VSU Buses will offer shuttle service from Oak Street Parking Lot Behind the PE Complex.

5:00pm -6:30pm

Residence Hall Floor Meetings

If you are living on campus, you must attend this meeting to learn more about the important community standards for living in the residence hall. Meet your RA in your hall for this meeting.

Kindle the Fire Ice Cream Social @ Palms