2015 sg freshmen orientation packet

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Welcome future Seminole Parents and Students to our SouthGate 2015 Freshman Orientation Pack! We want to thank you for your interest in our dorm at SouthGate. For years our focus has been to provide our freshman and sophomore students the ideal environment for a great start to their college careers. Combined with a focus on success in academics, we strive to infuse our kids in the deep traditions of FSU. School spirit, university involvement, and campus life are all the cornerstone of SouthGate’s Residence Life program. We truly believe when our kids leave, both parents and students together feel they have taken away the best freshman experience at Florida State. We have provided the following for you and your family to look over in the SouthGate 2015 digital Freshman Orientation Pack:

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Everything from A to Z you need to make an informed decision about staying with us at SouthGate Campus Centre.... The AY 2015-16 Housing Contract is attached as a separate e-mail attachment. SouthGate thanks all of our parents and students for their support!

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Welcome future Seminole Parents and Students to our

SouthGate 2015 Freshman Orientation Pack!

We want to thank you for your interest in our dorm at SouthGate. For years our focus has been to provide our freshman and sophomorestudents the ideal environment for a great start to their college careers. Combined with a focus on success in academics, we strive to infuse our kids in the deep traditions of FSU. School spirit, universityinvolvement, and campus life are all the cornerstone of SouthGate’s Residence Life program. We truly believe when our kids leave, both parents and students together feel they have taken away the best freshman experience at Florida State.

We have provided the following for you and your family to look over in the SouthGate 2015 digital Freshman Orientation Pack:

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· Freshman Orientation Letter

· 2015 SouthGate Room and Board Sheet

· How do we compare – SouthGate vs. FSU Dorm’s housing costs

· Traditional Double Housing Contract

· Roommate Matching on Facebook

Below is the SouthGate Freshman Orientation Letter for you and your family to read over, giving you all the information you need about our dorm at SouthGate.

In order to apply for the dorm, please read the following Freshman Orientation letter and specifically the section discussing making a commitment for 2015. At this point, the room and board costs for the2015 school year have not been released so parents will be securing their student’s housing with the room and board costs in 2014.

Any parents with students coming to school in summer 2015, please note that your student must have applied and have been accepted to the dorm for the Fall/Spring term to be eligible for the summer session. Applications for the summer session open on February 1, 2015.

Housing Director Mike with our amazing RA team shortly before summer move-in.

SouthGate in 2015

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SouthGate is FSU’s most well-known freshman experience, immersing students in all

the traditions of Florida State, right on Sorority Row, and across from FSU’s historic eastside residence halls. At SouthGate students get the best of Florida State’s campus environment and develop friendships they will take with them for the rest of their collegecareer. If freshman don’t live on campus their first year, SouthGate is the place to be!

SouthGate is also the first choice for the TCC to FSU program, giving students

the opportunity to experience all the traditions of Florida State while they prepare at TCC to become a Seminole!

SouthGate is committed to academic pursuits by offering parents a complete student

living package giving our students everything they need to be successful for their first year of college. Focusing on school and doing well freshman year, our students have everything provided for; all of their housing cost and meal plan, cable and internet, as

well as their utilities and even weekly housekeeping; a whole room and board package.

Roommates and the Legendary Social Atmosphere

Roommates are essential to the freshman experience. SouthGate’s legendary social

environment is based on a one-of-a-kind roommate matching program. Through using Facebook, the world’s largest social network, our students have the opportunity to meet and choose someone who fits them best. With our Facebook system and with a roommate they love, all our students arrive more comfortable, excited, and ready to get involved at FSU! SouthGate freshman can all choose their own roommates and can even request to live near their friends from high school!

SouthGate is defined by a great social atmosphere, academic achievement, and a

successful transition into the college environment. It's where students can meet new friends and get involved in everything from FSU intramural sports, to campus life, and learning all the traditions of the Garnet and Gold! The friendships and experiences our

students take away will be with them at Florida State for the rest of their college career.

Below are some features of our Res-Life Program in the previous yearthat we have already completed for the students.

Events | Early and meaningful involvement....

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This fall the RA’s worked hard to come up with lots of activities to getthe kids meeting each other and making new friends and memories for their first year of college. These are the kind of activities you can expect for your students in 2015:

Seminole Sensation Week- During move in week FSU held a week long meet and greet for all new students. The RA’s at SouthGate went door to door to their students, bringing them to the Union, Landis Green, Crenshaw Lanes (Bowling), and the FSU Theatre at theStudent Life Centre. All kinds of activities were held by the university to encourage meeting new people and getting accustomed to Tallahassee. All the dorms brought their students around for an introduction to FSU and the traditions of our school as freshman.

The Mathletes vs. Athletes Social- During the first week of school we threw the first social for the students with the theme of geeks and jocks. The kids could dress up or come in plain clothes, they played ice breaker games, Rock Band, Just Dance, had food and drinks, and the RA’s tried to help mingle them together for the first time. Over $2000.00 in prizes were given out including Halloween Horror nights tickets to best dressed and winners of rock band and dance battles!

CMT-BET Hip Hop Hoe Down- In early September we brought ina mechanical bull, cooked up some spare ribs, sweet potato pie, and mac & cheese for the second big social of the year. Students were encouraged to dress up either country or gangster and compete in DJ.Hero and Dance Battles on the X BOX Kinect, and longest ride on the mechanical bull! Over $1500.00 in prizes were given away for this event, including Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Jake Owen, and Wiz Kalifa tickets!

Oklahoma State Away Game TailGate- We hosted FSU’s first away game this season in the ballroom on the big screen. We had Pizza and Wings and students competed at half time in the Garnet and Gold Rewind, testing their knowledge of Seminole Football history! Prizes were given out and we encouraged the kids to get

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dressed up in all their Seminole gear showing their enthusiasm for our #1 ranked Florida State Seminoles!

SouthGate Ultimate Assassins Week- The students all were given “target” to find in the dorm and once they found the student, they had to take a little video and show it to the RA’s. At the end only all the targets were caught, only two remained! The winner got a big screen TV and all the rest of the students had a really cool ice breaker,meet all kinds of new friends!

SouthGate Powder-puff Classic- SouthGate RA’s got our students together and put on a really fun Powder-puff game in the falland dorm football tournament in the spring! Winners got their own custom team shirts, trophies, and prizes!

RA’s and IM Sports

This year we worked hard to get our students involved in FSU intramural sports. FSU has one of the best IM sports complexes in thecountry and we want to make sure our students are a part of the tradition. Have your kids talk to their RA about joining the team and being a part of one of the biggest IM sports programs in the nation! SouthGate also has its own Flag Football league to make sure we can get everyone involved!

Individual RA Events

Throughout the year each of SouthGate RA’s will be working with their groups of students on their floors in separate smaller Res-Life events designed to introduce your kids to new things at FSU and in Tallahassee. Each month they will try something new such as Frisbee on Landis Green, a Saturday at the FSU Reservation, or work-out classes at the Leach Center. Be sure your kids are on the lookout for these and that they get involved!

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The Unconquered FSU Statue, a minutes walk from the dorm.

SouthGate Aspects, Features, and Particulars

· Just like the FSU Dorm Adopt a Cop Program, SouthGate has a security team of FHP and Tallahassee Police Officers that have been helping our students for over 10 years. They are here seven nights a week to give you peace of mind while your student is away from home. Dads and moms can feel comfortable at move in, and get a chance to speak to the officers that will be taking care of their students throughout the year.

· If you’re working with financial aid, we have a deferment plan for your loans, grants, or scholarships. Parents and students can pay for their room and board with financial aid, they can pay in advance by July 1 and save $350.00, or pay in installments to stretch their payments out over 10 months.

· Parking is available in our private garage so that you can avoid the hectic parking scenes of Tallahassee and FSU. At SouthGate students don’t have to worry about finding a spot, they have their ownassigned space right next to the dorm. Our garage is priced at $450.00 per semester.

· SouthGate’s meal plan package allows students the freedom to get what they need on their schedule. Whether it’s some fruit before class, a snack, or a meal, enjoy our home-cooked entrees, endless made-to-order selections, an always healthy 25-item salad bar, and

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the popular slushy and ice cream treats. You can’t beat having all this right downstairs right where you live!

SouthGate Meal Plans and their Social Connection

A meal plan in a dorm atmosphere is ideal for all freshman students. As part of the freshman program, SouthGate strongly encourages unlimited meal plans. We believe all the kids have a better opportunity to hang out with friends, meet more people, and get moreinvolved when they have unlimited access to the social center of SouthGate; the dining hall!

We support this package through making the savings between unlimited meals and 14 meals per week, only $100.00 per semester.

Try not to think just about food when choosing a meal plan at SouthGate, the social experience our students develop during their freshman year is much more important.

SouthGate is the preferred home for TCC 2 FSU Transfer Program students, esp. the Golden Guarantee Program, speak with our Housing Director for more details.

Payments and Making a Commitment

Our flexible payment options include the advanced plan with the discount price mentioned above, the semester payment option, allowing you to use loans, grants, or scholarships (most common), or

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the installment payment plan breaking everything down with your monthly bills. With unlimited meals, SouthGate’s Complete Student Living package is $5,000.00 per semester in 2015.

Please do not hesitate to call or email us to go over everything and ask any questions you may have. When you do decide to join us and want to secure a space for 2015, you can make your commitment and secure your space by scanning and emailing, or faxing the attached paperwork over. As soon as we have everything we’ll let you know youhave been accepted, and that you’re in at SouthGate in 2015!

SouthGate Campus Centre was the most sought out place for freshman students to live in Tallahassee from 2009-2014!

Experience the Best of Florida State, Don’t miss out, come join the tradition and live the legacy!

Thanks so much and we hope we can welcome you to the SouthGate and Seminole Traditions, Go Noles!

Mike DeFeudis

AGM | Housing Director

Director of Residence Life and Student Development

SouthGate Campus Centre

Uphold the Garnet and Gold! Go Noles!

You can ALWAYS personally contact me....

675 W. Jefferson St | Tallahassee, Fl 32304

P 850 521 5375 | F 850 561 6994

E [email protected] (BEST)

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[email protected]

Text "SOUTHGATE" to 47464 for info

https://modernmsg.com/rewards/southgate-campus-centre

Read on to learn about How we compare to on-campus housing options, our distinctive Facebook roommate matching program, and, when you are ready to join our team, attached to the original e-mail is a copy of the Traditional Double 2015-16 Housing Contract that you can print, complete, scan, and e-mail as an attachment to [email protected] for your convenience (recommended), or, you can always print, complete, and mail to the dormitory, Attn: Housing Director.

SouthGate thanks you for your time and support!

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HOW DO WE COMPARE....

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Find Your Own SouthGate Roommate On

Hey SouthGate Parents and Students!

This year we are continuing our tradition of letting all SouthGate students find their own

roommates on Facebook. Since it started over 3,000 kids have chosen their first college roommate using

Facebook. Many have told us they built friendships that will last long after they leave SouthGate and FSU,

friendships that will last a lifetime.

We are again encouraging everyone to use Facebook to select their roommates this year so if you

don’t have a Facebook account, get one! Below is a list of instructions to get you ready to find an

awesome roommate for Freshman year. All special requests must be sent through Facebook. These

include being next to friends, living on certain floors, or having a certain RA!

1.) Now- Request to be a friend of SouthGate Campus Centre (Tallahassee, FL) on Facebook.

There is a fan page and a personal page. Everyone must be friends with our personal page.

If you are unsure, just post on our Facebook wall and we will let you know you are in the

right place.

2.) Starting on May 1- You will need to request to be added to the 2015-2016 Fall and Spring

Roommate Matching group or 2016 SouthGate Summer Roommate Matching group

depending on your academic session. To request to be added, simply post on the wall and

send us a message on Facebook and we will add you to your group.

3.) After you are accepted to the Roommate Group- Check out the survey template we put up.

You can fill out your info and people can learn a bit more about you. After, begin to search

through the students in the group, post on the wall to let people know you are looking for a

roommate, and if you see someone that looks like they would work well with you check out

their profile and send them a message!

4.) When you find someone- and you both agree, each student must send us a message and we

will confirm we received it.

5.) Every week after May 1- the current matches will be placed in a “Facebook Doc” so

everyone can make sure their roommate selection has been taken care of. If you don’t see

it, message us!

6.) If you already know who you want to room with- a friend from home or high school, send

us a message all the same so we can get you matched up! We run all roommate matching at

SouthGate through Facebook, so make sure to send your request there.

The final date to select a roommate for the Summer is June 15th. The final date to select a roommate for

the Fall and Spring is July 15th.

All students, even those who have requested roommates on their dorm contract, must submit their

requests through the Facebook program.

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Southgate is defined by a great social atmosphere, academic achievement, and a successful transition into the college ex-perience. It’s where students can meet new friends and get involved in every-thing from intramural sports to campus life, and all the traditions of the Garnet and Gold! The friendships and experienc-es our students take away will be with them for the rest of their college career!

Right on FSU's historic Sorority Row!

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