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Orientation Schedule

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Monday August 22
7:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Welcome, Registration and Check-In
Get your room combination, ID/meal card, and more!
at Residence Halls
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Campus Resources Area

Get information and find answers to your questions with the following offices: Academic Advising and First-Year Program, Business Office, Dining Services, Financial Aid, Information Technology, Registrar, Safety and Security, Counseling Services, Health Center, Student Employment, Canton Police Department, International Studies

Student Center
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Complimentary Lunch OR Complimentary Box Lunch
Dine as our guest in Dana or enjoy a box lunch on the Quad. Box lunches are first-come, first-served (complimentary for families). Meet your family for lunch.
Dana Dining Center
Northstar Cafe
1:00 p.m. Family Orientation *See separate schedule for details
Students: unpack, get settled and meet your neighbors.
 
3:30 p.m. Matriculation Ceremony
For new students, families, faculty and staff.
Creasy Commencement Commons
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)
4:15 p.m. Goodbye to parents  
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Get to Know Your Community Members Library Grove
(Rain location: Newell)
5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner with Faculty at your FYP Respective Colleges
5:45 p.m. Transfer and Exchange Student Welcome Dinner and Information Session
Enjoy a meal with student leaders and University staff who serve as important campus resources.
Student Center
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. First Community Meeting Respective Colleges
9:00 p.m. Quad Experience
Listen for the drums!
Join President Daniel F. Sullivan in this long-standing St. Lawrence tradition.

Quad
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)
Tuesday, August 23
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
8:30 a.m. First FYP Seminar
A chance to get to know your classmates and faculty and to begin exploring some issues of common interest.
Check with your Orientation Leader
10:15 a.m. Advising Panel  
11:00 a.m. Advising Panel  
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Advising Meetings  
12:00 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Advising Meetings  
3:15 p.m. Academic Resource Panel  
4:15 p.m. Academic Resource Panel  
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Open Advising  
6:00 p.m. Dinner Dana Dining Center
7:00 p.m. In-Hall Activities  
Wednesday, August 24
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Open Advising
Faculty Offices
9:30 a.m. CIRP Survey
Information to help us to help you!
FYP Room
(Check with your Orientation Leader)
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Student Life  
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
1:30 p.m. Open add session for First Years Whitman 169
3:00 p.m. Open Re-Registration Session for all students Whitman 169
Choose from among the following afternoon activities:
3:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. Campus Employment Fair
Learn about potential job opportunities on campus with “Calling All Saints,” dining services, and positions requiring particular skills, including first responders and roles with information technology.
Student Center
  Fitness Center Tour and Orientation
Tour the fitness center and learn what opportunities await you to learn about the hours of the center, how to get oriented to the equipment, sign up for time with a personal trainer and learn when that fitness class will fit into your schedule. (This brief orientation is mandatory prior to utilizing the center.
Newell Fitness Center
  ODY Library Tour
Orientation leaders will assist you in finding your way around the library.
ODY Library
  Classroom Location Tour
Orientation leaders will assist you in finding your classrooms.
Respective Colleges
  Other Suggestions: buy your books at Brewer Bookstore, relax, finish getting settled, explore campus  
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. President's Picnic

President Daniel F. and Ann H. Sullivan welcome new students to their home for a picnic.

MacAllaster House, 54 East Main Street
(Rain location: Eben Holden Dining Hall)
7:00 p.m. Can I Kiss You? Program Gulick Theatre
9:00 p.m. Can I Kiss You? Program Gulick Theatre
Thursday, August 25
8:30 a.m. Classes Begin  
4:30 p.m. Convocation and First Lecture
President Daniel F. Sullivan invites you to join us as we honor faculty, staff and student award winners and gather for a talk by our own (All are welcome to this traditional ceremony to start the academic year!)
Gunnison Memorial Chapel
Saturday August 27
3:30 p.m. The Will O’Brien ’06 Third Annual First-Year Cup Festival, Student Organization Fair,

and Welcome Theme Dinner

Student Center
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)