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First-Year Orientation Schedule


The time for you to start your Dickinson College experience is nearly here! Below is the tentative schedule for each day of Orientation. Attendance is required at many of the events and sessions. You will receive an official printed schedule when you arrive on move-in day with additional information and locations. Please be aware that this schedule is subject to change as we prepare for Orientation 2012.


Wednesday, August 22, 2012 (Move-In Day)

8 – 11 a.m. Check-in for First-Year Students at Residence Halls
8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. All-College Information Tents
10 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. Trout Gallery Open House
11 a.m. – noon Student Accounts and Financial Aid Q&A Session
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch
Noon – 4 p.m. Late Check-In at the Office of Campus Life
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.  First-Year Floor Meetings
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Parent Information Session
2:30 – 4 p.m. Dining Services Employee Training
3 – 4 p.m. Family Introduction to College Life
4 – 5 p.m. President's Reception and Family Farewell
5 – 5:45 p.m. Vice President and Dean of Students Welcome
5:45 - 7 p.m. Dinner with Orientation Group and BBQ
7 - 7:30 p.m. Neighborhood Warm-up
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Dickinson College History Quiz Bowl Challenge

Thursday, August 23, 2012

7:15 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 – 9 a.m. Associate Provost's  Welcome
9 – 10:15 a.m. First-Year Seminar Class
10:30 a.m. – noon Language Placement Testing
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch
1 - 2 p.m. Meet with your Orientation Group
2 – 3 p.m. Dining Services Training
2 - 3 p.m. Pre-Health Advising Information Session
Pre-Law Advising Information Session
Teacher Certification Information Session
3:15-4:15 p.m. Thinking about Graduate Fellowships and Prestigious Awards?
3 – 4:30 p.m. Math Placement Testing
5:30 p.m. Red and White Banquet
7:30 p.m. Sex Signals and Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness
Prep Time for First-Year Seminar
9 p.m. Sex Signals and Sexual Assault Prevention Awareness
Prep Time for First-Year Seminar
10 p.m. – midnight Late-Night Walmart Runs

Friday, August 24, 2012

7 - 8:45 a.m. Breakfast
9 - 10 a.m. Advising Meeting with First-Year Seminar
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. CIRP Administration
11:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch
1 – 5:30 p.m. Discover Dickinson
5 – 6:30 p.m. Dinner
6 p.m. Shabbat Service
6 - 8 p.m. Prep Time for First-Year Seminar
8 - 9 p.m. Residential Neighborhood Meeting
9 p.m.     John Cassidy, Comedian and Magician
10 p.m. - midnight     Late-Night Walmart Runs

Saturday, August 25, 2012

7 – 9 a.m. Breakfast
7-10 a.m. Prep Time for First-Year Seminar
10 a.m. Center for Sustainability Education at Dickinson
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 - 1 p.m.     Meet with Orientation Assistant
1 - 2:15 p.m. First-Year Seminar
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Time Management and Study Skills
4:45 – 6:30 p.m. Dinner
7 – 8:30 p.m. Diversity Reel
10 p.m. Pizza, Bingo and Prizes

Sunday, August 26, 2012

7:15 – 9 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. Catholic Mass
10 a.m. Religious Life Brunch
11 a.m. – noon Hillel Bagel Brunch
Noon – 1 p.m. Lunch
1 - 3:30 p.m. Beginning "My Dickinson Narrative"
3:30 p.m. Meet with Orientation Group
4 p.m. Convocation and Sign-In
6 p.m. Picnic and Concert
8 p.m. Dance and Theatre Production