Orientation Schedule

New Student Orientation

Transfer Student Orientation

Updated: 4/28/26

8:30�11:30 a.m. New Student Check-in at Zankel Music Center and Residence Halls
11 a.m.�1:15 p.m. Complimentary Lunch in Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
1:30�3 p.m. Transfer Student Orientation at Wyckoff Center
1:30�2:45 p.m. Family Orientation at Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center
3�4 p.m. Family Reception at Scribner House
3�4:30 p.m. Getting Settled in the Residence Halls
4:30�5:30 p.m. Residential Hall Meet and Greet at Residence Hall Floors/Small Groups
5:30�7 p.m. Transfer Student Orientation Dinner at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd floor
7�10:30 p.m. Social Event

Times will be assigned. Please check the transfer schedule when you arrive.

7:30�10 a.m. Breakfast at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
8:15 a.m.�4:15 p.m. Safety and Emergency Resources in Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall (possible time slots include: 8:15�8:45 a.m.; 9:00-9:30 a.m.; 3:00-3:30 p.m.; and 3:45-4:15 p.m.)
9 a.m.�5:30 p.m. Factuality at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd floor (possible time slots include: 9�10:30 a.m; 11:00a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 2:00-3:30 p.m.; and 4:00-5:30 p.m.)
11 a.m.�3:30 p.m. Sex Discussed Here in Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center (possible time slot include: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:00-3:30 p.m.)
5�7 p.m. Dinner at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
7:30�10:30 p.m. Social Event

7:30�9:30 a.m. Breakfast at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
8:15�9:15 a.m. Dining Hall Employment Training in Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
9:30�10 a.m. Convocation Processional Line Up in Wachenheim Field
10�11:15 a.m. New Student Convocation in the South Park Tent (rain location: Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center)
11:30�1 p.m. Lunch at Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
3�4:30 p.m. Resource Fair, The McCaffery-Wagman Tennis and Wellness Center(rain location: Case Center)
3�5 p.m. QR Re-Test (QR diagnostic re-test to students who placed into MA100) in Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
3:30�4:15 p.m. Special Advising: Art, Arts Administration, Asian Studies, Chinese, Academic Accommodations, Education Studies, Engineering, Japanese, Off-Campus Study and Exchange, Pre-Health (HPAC), Social Work, Media and Film Studies
4:30�6:30 p.m. Founder's Day BBQ in South Park Tent
8�9 p.m. Hall Meetings: Life on Your Floor in Residence Halls: Floor Lounge