- 8:00 AM4hKey Pick Up & Check In at your Residence HallGeneral | Your Residence Hall
You will meet your house staff and check-in at tables located right outside the main entrance to your residence hall. Please arrive at your assigned arrival time (Group A, B or C). Student staff will be available to assist you in moving your things into your room. If you traveled by car, please have the driver move the car to one of our parking lots (North, South or Gravel) to make room for your housemates to arrive and unpack. - 8:00 AM8hInformation DeskGeneral | Larrabee Green Tent (Between Katherine Blunt and Larrabee Houses)
Have a question? Need directions? Staff members will be available all day at our information desk under the tent on Larrabee Green. - 10:00 AM1hWelcome to Varsity Athletics for New Students, Parents and FamiliesGeneral | Palmer Auditorium
Meet the Athletic Department team and learn about the student athletic experience at Conn. This session is for incoming varsity athletes and their families only. Location: Palmer Auditorium. Attendance: Required for Varsity athletes only. - 11:00 AM2hCommunity Resource FairGeneral | Larrabee Green Tent (Between Katherine Blunt and Larrabee Houses)
Representatives from Citizens Bank, SEAT Transportation will be present to answer any of your questions about the New London community. The bookstore will also have a pop-up location! Location: Location: Larrabee Green Tent - 11:30 AM1h 30mLunchGeneral | Harris Dining
Grab your lunch from Harris Refectory. Parents & Families are welcome to join you for lunch today. Location: Harris Refectory (located in the center of the "Plex" residence halls in North Campus). - 1:15 PM15mNew Student WelcomeGeneral | Tempel Green
Introduction to Welcome Weekend (our Orientation program) by Associate Dean of Campus Life Geoff Norbert and Senior Associate Dean of the College and Dean of First-Year Students Emily Morash. This is an outdoor event, so please plan accordingly for your comfort. Attendance: Required. - 1:15 PM45mParent & Family Welcome with Student Experience Group DeansGeneral | Palmer Auditorium
Please have your parents and family members join us for our Parent & Family Orientation. They will hear from the Student Experience Group Deans and have the opportunity to ask questions during two panel discussions (Life Outside the Classroom and Academic Life at Conn). - 2:00 PM1h 30mMeetings with Student Advisers in FYS GroupsGeneral | Your Student Advisers will let you know where your meeting locations will be for Welcome Weekend.
After our welcome, you will head outside and meet your Student Advisers (SAs) (they will be holding big signs with your FYS number and name, so make sure you remember it!). You will spend a few hours together getting to know your first-year seminar classmates, have time to ask questions and learn more about the Welcome Weekend schedule. Be prepared to be outside for this meeting and sit on the ground (think: comfortable clothes, sunscreen, bug spray, something to sit on, water bottle, etc.). If it's raining, your SAs will take you to your FYS classroom for this meeting. Attendance: Required. - 2:00 PM2hParent & Family OrientationGeneral | Palmer Auditorium
Our Parent & Family Orientation will begin with a welcome from our Student Experience Group Deans: Victor Arcelus (Dean of Students), Erika Smith (Dean of the College and Interim Dean of Institutional Equity & Inclusion). Geoff Norbert (Associate Dean of Campus Life) will then host a panel on “Life Outside of the Classroom” and Emily Morash (Senior Associate Dean of the College and Dean of First-Year Students) will host a panel on “Academic Life at Conn.” Schedule: Life Outside the Classroom (2–2:45 PM) Break (2:45–3 PM) Academic Life at Conn (3–4 PM) - 3:30 PM30mNew Student Snack BreakGeneral | Shain Library Patio
A chance to meet the Class of 2028 and our student leaders. Location: Shain Library Patio. - 4:30 PM30mPresident’s AssemblyGeneral | Tempel Green
Connecticut College’s President, Andrea Chapdelaine, along with Erika Smith, Dean of the College, and the Student Government Association President, will extend a formal welcome to all new students and their families on Tempel Green. Be prepared to be outside for this event (think: clothing appropriate for warm weather, sunscreen, bug spray, water bottle, etc.). Feel free to dress casually. You can sit with your classmates or your parents/family. This event will start promptly at 4:30 PM, so please arrive a few minutes early to get seated. Attendance: Required for students. - 5:00 PM30mCamel GoodbyesGeneral | Larrabee Green Tent
After the President's Assembly, it will be time to say good-bye to your parents and family members, so that you (students) can start the rest of your Welcome Weekend program. After you say your goodbyes and head to dinner at Harris Refectory at your designated time and meet up with your SAs and FYS. Your next event will start at 7:30 PM.After saying their goodbyes, parents and families will join President Chapdelaine and the Conn community for a send-off reception. This event is for parents and families only. Location: Larrabee Green Tent. - 5:30 PM1h 30mNew Parent & Family ReceptionGeneral | Larrabee Green Tent
After saying goodbye to your student, please join President Chapdelaine and the Conn community for a send-off reception. This event is for parents and families only. Location: Larrabee Green Tent. - 6:00 PM1h 15mMeet your Student Advisers for Dinner at Harris (Check description for your FYS Time Slot for Dinner)General | Harris Dining
Worried about finding your way through Harris this evening for dinner on your own? We've got your back! Your Student Advisers will let you know where to meet so that you can go to Harris in small groups from your FYS tonight. This will keep the lines shorter and your SAs can show you how things work! Make sure to bring your Camel Card so that you can swipe in for your meal. 6pm: FYS: 1000, 1001, 1009, 1013, 1015, 1017, 1022, and 1023; 6:15pm: FYS: 1025, 1027, 1038, 1040, 1043, and 1044; 6:30pm: FYS: 1050, 1051, 1061, 1062, 1069, and 1074' 6:45pm: FYS: 1076, 1083, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1089, 1090, 1091, and SL 106 - 7:30 PM5mNew Student WalkGeneral | Outside of Shain Library
Line up with your class to take part in the traditional first-year walk to Tempel Green for our Camel Moments Event. Location: Meet outside of Shain Library. Attendance: Required. - 7:45 PM30mCamel MomentsGeneral | Tempel Green
You will be welcomed by our upperclass students for your first major campus tradition: Camel Moments. Be prepared to be outside for this meeting (think: weather appropriate clothes, bug spray, water bottle, etc.). You will be walking as a class, so also pack light. Attendance: Required. - 8:30 PM1hHouse MeetingsGeneral | Your ResLife Staff will let you know where your House/Floor meetings will take place.
Get to meet other students in your house, learn about some important resources and protocols, and, most importantly, get to know your Res Life staff. You will be dismissed by residence house/floor. Attendance: Required. - 9:30 PM2hBatch Blast: Moonlight BreakfastGeneral | Harris Dining
Each night of Welcome Weekend, we will host social events known as Batch Blasts. These events were funded in perpetuity by an anonymous donor in honor of Esther Batchelder from the Class of 1919. Relax after a long day of moving in with a Moonlight Breakfast in Harris Dining Hall.
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