DiscOvery Schedule of Events | April 11, 2024
10 – 11 a.m.
Arrival and Check-in
Case Center
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Welcome
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
- Jess Ricker, VP Enrollment and Financial Aid
- Janessa Dunn, Director of Admissions
- Vicky Grijalva '24, Student Government
Dessert and Financial Aid
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
- Beth Post, Director of Financial Aid
1:45 – 3:30 p.m.
Student Panel: Perspectives on Student Life
Arthur Zankel Music Center
Social Identity Discussion
Arthur Zankel Music Center
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Free Time
- Check out the bookstore, the Skidmore Shop
- Meet with the Opportunity Program
- Visit the Tang Teaching Museum
- Hang out in Case Center
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Tour of Saratoga Springs
Depart from Case Center Parking Lot
5:30 – 7 p.m.
Dinner with the President and Faculty
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
7:15 p.m.
Meet your host
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, Second Floor
8 – 10 p.m.
Evening Fun!
Williamson Sports Center
10:30 p.m.
Ice Cream and Performances
The Spa, Case Center
11 p.m.
Time for bed
Assigned host/Residence Hall
Next Day
8:15 – 9:15 a.m.
Breakfast
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
9:30 – 3 p.m.
YES! Day
DiscOvery FAQs
The Office of Admission will send final travel details via email on Tuesday, April 9.
For arrivals, Skidmore College staff will pick students up and shuttle them to campus. For returns, a coach bus will deliver students traveling by air to ALB at the program's end. If your flight departs before 5:00 PM on Friday, you will be shuttled separately.
We will be keeping an eye on all flights! If you encounter a delay or cancellation, or if miss your flight, please contact Mindy Rose (contact information contained within travel email and GroupMe Chat).
If you are traveling by car, please park in the Tang Lot. Please know that Campus Safety is aware that our guests will be parking in this lot for the duration of their visit.
If you are traveling on the coach bus, you will meet the bus at 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Skidmore College chaperones Mindy Rose and Darren Drabek will meet you at this location and facilitate loading them on the bus. Mindy and Darren's contact information will be emailed in the Discovery Travel Reminder email on Tuesday, April 9. Please reference this email for further detail.
Please reference your Discovery Travel Reminder email (will be sent Tuesday, April 9). We have detailed packing information including pillow, sleeping bag, towel, toiletries, and shower shoes.