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2011 Orientation Schedule
Friday, August 26
8:30am - 12pm
Check-in and Matriculation,
(Rain Site: Bristol Field House)
8:30am - 1:00pm
Move-in, Residence Halls
11:30am - 12:45pm
On-Campus Lunch, Compliments of the Parents Association
Scandling Campus Center Café or Abbe Center for Jewish Life
1:00 -1:30pm
Meet Your Orientation Mentors, William Smith Green
1:15 - 2:00pm
Parent Concurrent Sessions, Part 1:
Parenting William Smith First-Year Students, Albright Auditorium
Parenting Hobart First-Year Students, Vandervort Room, Scandling Campus Center
Parenting Transfer Students, Coxe Hall, Classroom 002
1:45 - 3:00pm
First-Year Seminar Meetings for Students, See your OM for Room Locations
Community Tour for Transfer Students, See your OM for Locations
2:15 - 3:00pm
Parent Concurrent Sessions, Part 2:
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century, Albright Auditorium
Student Affairs Panel, Vandervort Room, Scandling Campus Center
Beyond the Classroom, Geneva Room, Library
3:15 - 4:15pm
Student Snacks with OM Groups, Scandling Campus Center
3:30 - 4:00pm
William Smith Transfer Students Meet with Dean, Smith Hall
3:30 -4:00pm
Parent Welcome From First-Year Seminar Faculty (optional), See Location on Student Folder
4:30 - 5:00pm
President's Welcome Ceremony, Stern Lawn
5:00 - 5:30pm
Family Farewell, Stern Lawn
5:30 - 6:30pm
Parents, Faculty and Staff Reception, Houghton House
5:30 - 7:30pm
Worlds of Food, Saga, Scandling Campus Center
7:45 - 8:15pm
Hillel Oneg Shabbat Reception (optional), Abbe Center
8 - 9:00pm
Illumination - Classes of 2015 Photo, McCooey Field
9:00pm - 12:00am
First Year, First Night, The Quad (Rain site: Bristol Field House)
2011 Orientation Schedule