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Orientation Schedules

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Sunday, August 23
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Welcome, Registration and Check-In
Residence Halls
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast
Available free of charge to new students with ID card (given at check-in) and family members for $5, cash only.
Dana Dining Center
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Student Financial Services Open Office Hours Student Center Third Floor
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Health and Counseling Center Information Tables Student Center Atrium
10:30-11:30 a.m.

Students: start to unpack, get settled and meet your neighbors.

Families: Welcome from the Deans

Dean of Students Joe Tolliver and Dean of the Faculty Valerie Lehr will provide useful information as your student begins the transition to college.  Representatives from Health & Counseling, Residential Life and Safety & Security will also be available to answer your questions. This session is not intended for new students.


Gulick Theatre
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch OR Box Lunch
Available free of charge to new students with ID card (given at check-in) and family members for $5, cash only.

Dana Dining Center (for Gaines, Priest, Reiff and Whitman) and Eben Holden (for Lee and Rebert) Northstar Café (all colleges)

11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Campus Resource Area Student Center Atrium and Winston Room
1:15-2:15 p.m.

Students: continue to unpack, get settled, meet your neighbors, and visit the campus resources area.

Families: Meet Your Student’s First-Year Program Faculty
The faculty for your student’s FYP will be available to meet you, provide information about the course and answer questions.  This session is not intended for new students. Locations TBA.

Brown College: Making a Difference
Buys College: The Age of Globalization
Campbell College: The Fifties
Corey College: Coldest Cold War Flicks
Curtin College: Representatives of the American Family
Eaton College: Thoreau Lives!
Ford College: Reading Contemporary Media
Gaines College: Finding a Voice
Herrick College: Mississippip Delta Blues
Holmes College: Youht Culture Then and Now
Manley College: Narratives of Identity
Plaisance College: Canada's Great War
Priest College:  Lifestyles
Reiff College: Having an Impact
Romer College: Finding a Balance
Romoda College: Identity and Belonging int he St. Lawrence Valley
Sawyer College: Power, Sex and Money
Sprague College: Representations of Africa

 
3:30 p.m. Matriculation Ceremony
Creasy Commencement Commons
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)
4:30 p.m. Goodbye to families  
Student Orientation:
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. Get to Know Your First Year Program (FYP) Community Members Library Grove
(Rain location: Newell)
5:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Dinner with Faculty
Your Orientation Leaders will take you to meet your FYP faculty and have dinner at your assigned time.  You will be welcomed to the dinner by President and Mrs. Fox.
Eben Holden Lawn and Patio (Rain location: Eben Holden)
7:00 p.m. First Community Meeting Respective Colleges
9:00 p.m. Quad Experience
Quad
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)
Monday, August 24
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
8:30 a.m. First FYP Seminar
Your FYP Plenary Location
10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. Advising Panels
Faculty and staff will provide valuable information to assist you in academic planning.  Your FYP faculty and OLs will have information about the specific panels and their locations.
Various Locations
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Academic Planning Meetings with Faculty Advisors Faculty Offices
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Academic Planning Meetings Continue Faculty Offices
3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Inter-FYP events. Get to know your classmates
Get to know students in other FYPs. FY students are encouraged to join in any activity that interests them and meet students in other FYPs.
Check with your Orientation Leader
4:00 p.m. Ice Cream Break Patio Behind Whitman
6:00 p.m.

Dinner

Dana Dining Center
7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. A Conversation About Social Life at St. Lawrence
Your CA’s and OL’s will facilitate a discussion about life outside the classroom and share resources available to assist you in transitioning to campus life.
Various Locations
8:00 p.m. First Batch Run for Registration
(Results available by 9:00 p.m.)
 
9:00 p.m. Late Night Breakfast
With course schedule advising help!!  Student course schedules will be available for review on APR starting at 9:00 this evening.
Student Center Atrium
Tuesday, August 25
7:00 a.m. Second Batch Run for Registration
(Results available by 7:30 a.m.)
 
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast
Course schedule advising assistance will be available
Dana Dining Center
For students in Brown, Campbell, Eaton, Ford, Gaines, Holmes, Priest, Reiff, Sprague
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. CIRP Your FYP Plenary Location
10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Welcome to College: What You Really Do Need to Know

Deans Thacker, Davis and Crosby-Currie will share information and advice to help you succeed in your first semester and beyond.

Gulick Theatre
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Campus Safety 101 Gulick Theatre
For students in Buys, Corey, Curtin, Herrick, Manley, Plaisance, Romer, Romoda, Sawyer
9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m.

Welcome to College I: What You Really Do Need to Know

Deans Thacker, Davis and Crosby-Currie will share information and advice to help you succeed in your first semester and beyond.

Gulick Theatre
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. CIRP Survey
Your FYP Plenary Location
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Campus Safety 101 Gulick Theatre
12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
For All Students
12:00 p.m. Third Batch Run for Registration (Results by 12:30 p.m.)  
1:15-2:00 p.m. Advisor Open Office Hours  
2:00 p.m. Open Re-Registration session for First Years ODY 140B
3:30 p.m. Open Re-Registration Session for all students ODY 140B
Choose from among the following afternoon activities:
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Campus Employment Fair
Student Center
Fitness Center Tour and Orientation Newell Fitness Center
ODY Library Tour ODY Library
Classroom Location Tour Respective Colleges
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Dinner Dana Dining Center
7:00 p.m. Can I Kiss You? Program
Campbell, Ford, Eaton, Holmes, Sprague, Brown, Gaines, Priest, Reiff
Gulick Theatre
9:00 p.m. Can I Kiss You? Program
Buys, Curtin, Herrick, Romer, Romoda, Sawyer, Corey, Manley, Plaisance, Transfer and Exchange Students
Gulick Theatre
Wednesday, August 26
8:30 a.m. Classes Begin  
Friday, August 28
3:00 p.m. First-Year Cup Festival

Student Center
(Rain location: Leithead Fieldhouse)

 

5:00 p.m. Adirondack Theme Welcome Dinner Student Center Millenial Way
Friday, September 4
4:00 p.m. Student Organization Fair Student Center

 


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