Dear Scoutmaster,
Enclosed in this envelope is all the information you will need in order to register your troop for this year's Merit Badge University on Saturday, February 18that Southeast Missouri State University.
On the last page of this packet, you will find a registration roster for your troop. You may feel free to make extra copies. Registration will be taken on a first come first serve basis.Please use your 4 digit troop number (i.e. 7001, 0001, 4001) Please have scouts pick 3 merit badges, there is a chance that they might not get into their first choice. Registration begins 31 October 2016 and ends 1 February 2017. Troops who wait to register after that will be registered if space permits. All troops will receive a confirmation letter in the beginning of February. If you do not receive confirmation, please call or e-mail me. My information is on the registration form.
Each scout should bring a current Merit Badge Pamphlet, paper, pen, and pre-requisite work. If there is nothing to show for the Pre-Req, a letter from the Scoutmaster is acceptable. A Scout is Trustworthy. Please remind your scouts that the use of cell phones during a training session or seminar is not appropriate.
We are trying to do everything possible to make registration for MBU run smoothly. Please help us in this effort by returning this information in a timely fashion. Beta Psi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega is hard at work to make this year's event a great success, and we hope to see your troop there! Thank you!
Yours in Scouting,
Haleigh Holmes
Merit Badge University Chair 2016-2017
Alpha Phi Omega – Beta Psi
Schedule of Events
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
Check-in …………………. 8:00-9:00am
Scoutmasters should check in troops in the Dempster Hall Atrium.
Welcome and Opening...... 9:00am
Scouts andLeaders should assemble in Glenn Auditorium where they will be taken to their respective classes.
Classes Start...... 9:15am
All leaders should remain in Glenn Auditorium for a meeting after which they can visit classes if they like.
Lunch A...... 11:30am-12:00pm
Lunch B...... 12:00pm-12:30pm
Lunch C...... 12:30pm-1:00pm
Pizza and drinks will be served in the Atrium. Leaders may eat at any of the three lunches for free.
Closing...... 3:15pm
Scouts and Leaders should assemble in Glenn Auditorium. One leader from each troop should meet outside DH 102.
Depart for Home...... 3:30pm
Directions to Dempster Hall
From I-55
Exit the highway at Exit #96 and turn east (towards the hospital) on Route K. Follow for about 2.5 miles until you come to the West End Blvd. stoplight. Make a left and follow to the second light (Broadway). Turn right onto Broadway and then make another left on Henderson St. (you will see Southeast Missouri State University fountains on your left). Follow Henderson St. through one stop sign and then you’ll come to the top of a hill. Dempster Hall sits on the corner on your right.
From Illinois
Arriving on Illinois Route 146, cross the Mississippi RiverBridge, and continue straight on Hwy. 74 to the second stoplight (Sprigg St.). Make a right. You’ll go through 4 stoplights before making a left on New Madrid St., just in front of the Show Me Center. Follow to the top of the hill and turn left on Henderson St. Dempster Hall is the building that sits on that corner.