New Student Welcome
Winter Orientation 2025
Class of 2028 and Transfer Student Schedule
Draft: August 12
Click here for Pre-O arrival schedule
Sunday, September 1
8:30am–11:30am
New Student Check-in
Zankel Music Center and Residence Halls
11am–1:15pm
Complimentary Lunch
South Park Tent
1:30pm–3:00pm
Peer Mentor Meeting and Class Photo
Case Green (Meet Scribner Seminar at Case Walkway)
1:30pm–2:45pm
Parent, Family & Friends Orientation
Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center
3:00pm–4:00pm
Parent, Family & Friends Reception
Scribner House
1:30pm–3:30pm
Transfer Student Orientation
Emerson Auditorium, Palamoutain Hall
Residence Halls
4:30pm-5:30pm
Residential Hall Meet and Greet
Residence Hall Floors/Small Groups
5:30pm–7:00pm
First-Year Orientation Dinner
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
5:30pm–7:00pm
Transfer Student Orientation Dinner
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd floor
7:00pm-8:30pm
Creative Thought Matters Social
Case Walkway
8:30pm–10:30 pm
New Student Ice Cream Social and Karaoke
Case Center
Connecting with campus resources
Monday, September 2
Groups:
A. Seminars 001 - 010
& In-Season Athletes
B. Seminars 012 - 020 & Transfers
C. Seminars 021 - 034
D. Seminars 035 - 047
7:30am (open)-10:00am
Breakfast
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
9:00am-10:30am: Group A +
In-Season Athletes
11:00am-12:30pm: Group B +
Transfers
2:00pm-3:30pm: Group C
4:00pm-5:30pm: Group D
Factuality
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, 2nd Floor
8:15-8:45am: Group A +
In-Season Athletes 9:00-9:30am: Group C
3:00-3:30pm: Group D
3:45-4:15pm: Group B+
Transfers
Resources and Emergency Procedures
Gannett Auditorium
11:00am-12:30pm: Groups C&D
2:00pm-3:30pm: Groups A&B+
Transfers
Sex Discussed Here
Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center
5:00pm-7:00pm
Dinner
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
6:30pm-8:30pm
Summer Reading Movie
"American Symphony"
Gannett Auditorium
8:30pm–10:30pm
Laser Tag, Hungry, Hungry Hippo, and Build-a-Squirrel (or Bear or Thoroughbred)
Case Green
Preparing for Class
Tuesday, September 3
7:30am (opens)-9:30am
Breakfast
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
8:15-9:15 am
Dining Hall Employment Training
Gannett Auditorium
9:30am–10:00am
Convocation Processional Line Up
Wachenheim Field (Sports Center)
10:00am–11:15am
New Student Convocation
South Park Tent
Rain location: Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center
11:30am–1:00pm
Lunch
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
1:00pm–3:00pm
Scribner Seminars: First Class Meeting
Various Classrooms
3:00pm-5:00pm
Advising
Assigned Rooms/Faculty Offices
3:00pm–4:30pm
Resource Fair
Case Green/Case Center
3:00pm- 5:00pm
QR Re-Test
(QR diagnostic re-test to students who placed into MA100)
Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
3:30pm–4:15pm
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
4:30pm–6:30pm
Founder’s Day BBQ
South Park Tent
8pm–9pm
Hall Meetings: Life on Your Floor
Residence Halls: Floor Lounge
Classes Begin on Wednesday, September 4th
Friday, September 6
3:30pm–5pm
SGA Club Fair
Case Green
Upcoming Events
September 10th or 11th
4:30pm-5:30pm/5:30pm-6:30pm
(Students will be assigned to a reception day/time by Scribner Seminar)
Monday, September 16 at 8pm