1. Welcome toTHE CAROLINA EXPERIENCEHow will you leave your HEELprint?

2. What is a Living-Learning Community?Connects classroom learning with residence lifeFueled by programmingCAMPUS IS YOUR CLASSROOM! 3. What is TCE?TCE = Short for The CarolinaExperienceMaking connections (to makeyou feel closer with the otherresidents on the hall and withcampus)Shaping your first year throughprograms and eventsBy the end, youll know whatthe Carolina Way means andhow you plan to leave yourHEELprint 4. TCE is the experience you make of it!! 5. How Will You Leave Your HEELprint?A successful themed entertainment and attractions venue creates a memorableexperience and makes people want to return to it time after time. -Apogee Attractions 6. What Will You Do?Attend weekly meetings (Check schedule)Plan events within a committee (There are 4 planningcommittees)Set goals for yourselfPut yourself outside of your comfort zoneBlogMake friends/ build a communityHAVE FUN! 7. TCE PillarsAcademic: Connects students to academic supportand broader learning opportunitiesSocial: Connects students with other students aroundcampus and builds the social atmosphereCultural: Connects students with other socialidentitiesService: Connects students to the community andgreater causes through direct support 8. ExpectationsBring your laptop, a pen and paper to every meeting.Respect our guest lecturers by listening attentivelyand asking questions afterwards. 9. Requirements & the fabulous point systemGain points, Get rewardedThe student who achieves the highest point total forthe year will receive top prize. (Well reveal the prizeafter the third checkpoint date)Students who reach 90 points will also receive a prize.Failure to reach the number of points necessary bythe respective deadline will result in removal fromthe program. (Warnings will be issued at the mid-point of each checkpoint date) 10. Requirements (cont.) & the fabulous point systemMeeting Participation: 1 point per meeting (10 pointdeduction for every unexcused absence)Committee Participation: 3 points per semesterGoal Map and reflection pieces: 3 points per piece(required: 9)Pulse checks/Evaluations: 2 points per responseBlogging: 1 3 points per post (required: 60 points)Service: 1 point per hour (required: 24 points) 11. BloggingYou can customize your blogging experienceYou can select any site to host your blog (Suggestionsinclude Tumblr, WordPress or Blogger)You will be required to post within 36 hours of ameeting, or you forfeit your points.Additional points are rewarded for writing about outsideeventsYou will earn 1 point for every substantial comment madeon another students blogThe number of points rewarded is up to my discretionI will select a top post every week that will be added toStudent Life. This person will receive 5 extra points. 12. Who Should You Contact?The Student Coordinator (SC)The Resident Advisor (RA) Ilyasah Shabazz Alricka JacksonThe SC plans programs that center The RA plans programs outside ofaroundyour experience in TCEacademic, cultural, social, andservice opportunities for TCE RA programs are not MANDATORYstudents! but highly encouraged!!The SC is the person you talk toThe RA takes care of issues involvingabout MISSING a TCE Meeting. TCEMEETINGS ARE MANDATORY fordrugs, alcohol, roommate/suitemateALL TCE STUDENTS!!!!conflicts, general concerns aboutThe SC ensures that your first-year your academics and college life andexperience is full of different much, much more.campus resources and organizationsthat you may one day be interestedThe RA is the person you talk toin. about getting involved withCommunity Govt, or planningprograms for the entire hall (TCE andNon-TCE students included) 13. Who is the Community Director (CD)? Elizabeth StewartServes as an advisorFull time Professional StaffMember that lives in theBuildingManager of the Hinton JamesCommunity assisting inprogramming, issues related togeneralconcerns, roommate/suitemate issues, and conduct 14. Leadership Opportunities for YouCommittee chairMoralerCommunity Government (COGO) representativePhotographerSocial Media directorCampus Events ChairStudy Group FacilitatorDance Marathon repRelay for life rep 15. Important Dates8/24 TCE Kickoff !Zumba in the Student Recreation CenterMeet at 5 p.m.11/25 A Taste of Home must be back for this event,which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Parents are invited tojoin us. 16. Stay Connected!Follow us on Twitter @UNCTCELike us on FaceBook The Carolina Experience Living-Learning CommunityAdd us to StudentLife The Carolina Experience (UNCTCE)TCE Calendar of Events http://bit.ly/Ok6Ib4 17. To Be Turned InStudent Agreement for Participation in The CarolinaExperiencePhoto releaseTCE Student QuestionnaireCommittee/Position Preference SheetOne prize idea for top winner 18. Scavenger Hunt RulesYou have 75 minutes! You must be back here byCheck in on FourSquare AND/OR Tweet Im at_______ #UNCTCE Group1 (or whatever your groupnumber is)Take a picture with at least three group members