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Skidmore College

New Student Welcome


Class of 2028 and Transfer Student Schedule 

Draft: August 12

Click here for Pre-O arrival schedule

Sunday, September 1

Time
Event
Place

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

3:00pm-4:30pm
Getting Settled

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

 
 
Time
Event
Place

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

Time
Event
Place

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

Special Advising

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

Time
Event
Place

3:30pm–5pm

SGA Club Fair

Case Green

 

Upcoming Events

Date/Time
Event
Place

September 10th or 11th
4:30pm-5:30pm/5:30pm-6:30pm

(Students will be assigned to a reception day/time by Scribner Seminar)

FYE President's Receptions
Scribner House

Monday, September 16 at 8pm

Summer Reading Event
Ladd Hall, Zankel Music Center