Due to the change in the schedule, the pace of the preparation of the camp's student counselors and the staffs of the AU's Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition offices has been stepped up, too, Armstrong said. We did that last year when we moved to registration by computer. This year, we chose not to make major changes because of the semester transition and the short summer we're working with. That's challenge enough. The camp is a structured program that emphasizes academic and personal success.
Students meet faculty, talk with academic advisors, and register for fall quarter classes.
The students can talk with representatives about various student activities on campus and are indoctrinated with the Auburn Spirit at a pep rally and a session called Auburn Mania, where students divide into small groups to participate in various contests. Each group is headed by a camp counselor and discussions center on issues ranging from anxieties of attending college to alcohol awareness. The counselors go through weeks of training and testing to prepare them for the summer, when we entrust them to inform our incoming freshman of the many programs and services available to them here. There's so much the freshmen need to hear while they are here, and just a limited time. We think the counselors do an excellent job in getting this information to the freshmen effectively in the limited amount of time they have.