Transfer Student Fall Orientation

TENTATIVE 2012 Schedule

Friday, August 31st

9:00 a.m. -- Resident Student Check-In
Meier Hall Stephans Lounge

10:30 a.m. -- Commuter Student Check-In
Meier Hall Stephans Lounge

11:00 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. -- Welcome and Beanie Ceremony
Meier Hall Stephans Lounge

Noon-1:15 p.m. – Lunch
Campus Center Dining Hall

1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m. -- Student Resources Information Session
Gibson Theatre

2:45 p.m.- 3:15 p.m. -- Academic Advising and Registration Information Session
Campus Center Tift Lounge

3:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m. -- Academic Advising and Course Registration
Advisor’s Office & Registrar
Note: Direct Foreign Language questions to Dr. Lynne Diamond-Nigh at 607.735.1898

Immediately following: -- Walking Tour of Downtown Elmira
Depart from Registrar’s Office

5:15 p.m. -- Change into your Class Shirt for the Class Barbecue
Assigned Residence Hall
Note: Wear your beanie and nametag.

5:30 p.m. -- Meet with OLs to go to Barbeque with Group Leaders
Simeon Benjamin Lawns
Note: Wear your beanie and nametag.

Immediately following -- Orientation Barbecue: 
The President’s Garden
Rain: Campus Center Dining Hall

Immediately following -- Orientation Celebration: 
The President’s Garden
Rain: Speidel Gymnasium
Note: Join OLs from your class year.

7:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m. -- Residence Hall Meeting
Commuter students: EC Billiards and Darts
Twin Towers Main Lounge
Campus Center MacKenzie’s & Bowling Alley

9:00 p.m. -- OL Talent Extravaganza
Gibson Theatre

Saturday, September 1st 

9:30 a.m.-10:20 a.m. -- Breakfast with your Orientation Leaders
Campus Center MacKenzie’s
Note: Bring your Orientation booklet.

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. -- Orientation Evaluation, Encore Pre-Survey, Class Gift Presentation and Recollection’s Magic Sway
Cowles Hall Peterson Chapel

11:30 a.m.- 12:45 p.m. -- Activities Fair Luncheon with your Orientation Leaders
Campus Center Dining Hall

1:00 p.m. -- “Sex Signals”
Gibson Theatre

2:30 p.m. -- RA Floor Meetings and Roommate Contracts with Residence Life
Your assigned Residence Hall

Immediately following -- Downtime and New Student Recreation
Your assigned Residence Hall, campus lawns, Speidel Gymnasium, Racquetball Courts, and the Locke Pool

5:30 p.m. -- Picnic Dinner
Cowles Lawns
Rain: Campus Center Dining Hall
Note: Wear your Class Shirt, nametag, and beanie. Bring your schedule booklet.

Immediately following -- EC Olympics and Tug of War
Carnegie Hall Lawn
Rain: Speidel Gymnasium

Immediately following -- Candlelight Ceremony
Assemble at Harris Hall
Rain: Campus Center Dining Hall

Immediately following -- Encore: Spanish & Classical Guitar with Edgar Cruz
Gibson Theatre
Note: Your Student ID will be required at this event.

Immediately following -- Night Party
Obelisk Fields

Sunday, September 2nd

9:00 a.m.- Noon -- Brunch with your Orientation Group Leaders
Campus Center, Dining Hall
Note: Your STUDENT ID will be required.

9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. -- Gibson Theatre Box Office Open
Gibson Theatre Lobby

10:00 a.m. -- Upperclassmen Arrive
Upperclass Residence Halls

10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. -- Computer Center Help Desk Hours
Gannett-Tripp Library, Nathenson Computer Center

10:00 a.m. -- Women’s Varsity Tennis Match
Murray Athletic Center

11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. -- Bookstore, Business Office, and Post Office Open
McGraw Hall

2:00 p.m. -- Varsity Women’s Soccer Game
Campus Field

2:00-3:00 p.m. -- Academic Advisors available for Academic Information
Individual Offices

2:00 p.m. -- Foreign Language Advising and Assessment
McGraw Hall, Room 236B

2:00- 3:30 p.m. -- Office of the Registrar available for Course Information
McGraw Hall, Room 113

4:00 p.m. -- Encore 1010, 1020, 2010, 2020: Alex Torres y su Orquesta
Gibson Theatre
Note the following: *Business attire (coat and tie for men, equivalent for women) required.
*Your student ID will be required at this event
*Proceed immediately from Encore to Academic Dinner

6:00 p.m. -- Orientation Academic Dinner
Campus Center Dining Hall
Note: Business Attire (coat and tie for men, equivalent for women) required.