UNC –Chapel Hill Visitors’ Center (919-962-1630)

FIRST LOOK: A Program of College Access for North Carolina’s Middle School Children

First Look Itinerary Fall 2014

(Times are approximate)

9:45 am

Arrival (Wednesday & Friday groups drop off at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Thursday groups drop off at UNC Student Union. See directions in another attachment). Please remain on the bus.

First Look guides will board the bus to welcome and lead your group to the classroom.

Learning about college

10:00 am

  • Welcome. Overview of the day’s experience.
  • Meet your First Look guides + group introductions.
  • Using the language and lingo of college to learn about the many different aspects of the experience

 Getting ready for college

 Academics

 Student life and campus living

 Athletics

 Global learning

 Pathways to a career

  • Q & A with First Look guides

Discussing financial resources / Addressing barriers to going to college

  • How to pay for college: A Carolina Covenant Scholars’ story & explanation of options
  • Introduction to resources @ college and in schools
  • Q & A with First Look guides
  • Summary: Ready to tour

Touring the Campus

11:00 am

  • Campus tour to visit classrooms, student union, library, landmarks, etc.

Experiencing college

11:45 am

  • Visit and wrap-up in Kenan Stadium
  • Final questions
  • Concluding remarks
  • Roadmap
  • Delivery to RamsHead Plaza (dining hall) or back to UNC Visitors’ Center if another lunch plan
  • Guides say good-byes

Tour guides have been instructed that shopping inside Student Stores is NOT on the itinerary. If you and your group

wish to visit Student Stores, please plan to do so after lunch.

12:30 PM

  • Solar System Odyssey

1:30 PM

  • Lunch: Chick Filet

LATE ARRIVAL: Educators confirm that the classroom portion of First Look is even more im)

portant than the guided tour of campus. The full experience of First Look is outlined in the itinerary. Guides set aside First Look time between their classes and they are only available from 9:45 am – 12 pm. Modifications to the program must be made if groups arrive late.

If arriving late, we prefer to shorten the campus tour to allow full access to the classroom portion. This may mean

that, due to lack of time, groups do not visit the football stadium or actually go inside a library or the Student Union.

Please call UNC Visitors’ Center as soon as you realize you will be arriving late so adjustments can be made: 919-962-1630.

Please share itinerary and Note for Chaperones before arrival.