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*Please Note: A version with more details and final locations of events will be available at Registration on Sunday, August 26.

Sunday, August 26
8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Welcome, Registration and Check-in You will need a driver's license or other government-issued photo ID to check-in Residence Halls
8:00a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Breakfast
Available to new students with meal plan (need ID card given at check-in) and family members for a cost, 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: Continue to unpack, get settled and meet your neighbors.

Families: Welcome from the Deans
Dean of Students Joe Tolliver, Dean of the Faculty Valerie Lehr and Associate Dean of the First Year Rebecca Daniels 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 to new students with meal plan (need ID card given at check-in) and family members for a cost, cash only. 		Dana Dining Center (for Gaines, Priest, Reiff and Whitman) and Eben Holden (for Lee and Rebert)
11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Campus Resource Area Student Center Millennial Way (Rain Location: Sullivan 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
Families: Meet Your Student’s First-Year Program Faculty. Locations will be provided at Registration. 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.

  
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)
5:00 – 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. 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: Gunnison Chapel)
Monday, August 27
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
8:30 a.m. First FYP Class FYP Plenary Location
10:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Academic Planning 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 - 6:00 p.m.

Afternoon Programming Details will be included on the formal schedule provided during move-in.

  
6:00 p.m. Dinner Dana Dining Center
7:30-8:45 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 Registration Run
(Results available on APR by 9:00 p.m.) 		 
9:00 p.m. Evening Programming & Advising Assistance Details will be included on the formal schedule provided during move-in. Course schedule advising help will also be available during this time.  
Tuesday, August 28
7:00 a.m. Second Registration Run
 (Results available on APR by 7:30 a.m.)   		 
7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast Dana Dining Center
9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. CIRP FYP Plenary Location
9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Welcome to College: What You Really Do Need to Know Deans Thacker, Davis and Daniels will share information and advice to help you succeed in your first semester and beyond.

Gulick Theatre
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Course Advising Assistance Sullivan Student Center Atrium
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Lunch Dana Dining Center
12 noon Third Registration Run (Results available on APR by 12:30 p.m.)    
1:30-2:00 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
3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Campus Safety 101

Gulick Theatre
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Dinner Dana Dining Hall
5:40 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Dessert Reception FYPs will be given a scheduled arrival time for this event. MacAllaster House,
54 East Main Street
7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Can I Kiss You? Program Gulick Theatre
Wednesday, August 29
8:30 a.m. Classes Begin    
Friday, August 31
3:00 p.m. First-Year Cup Festival Sullivan Student Center (Rain Location: Sullivan Student Center Atrium)
5:00 p.m. Adirondack Theme Welcome Dinner Student Center Millennial Way
Friday, September 7
4:00 p.m. Student Organization Fair Student Center Millennial Way (Rain Location: Sullivan Student Center Atrium and Winston Room)