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Move-In and Orientation Schedule

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New students should download the Corq app and find their Event Pass to check into events throughout Orientation and beyond. Corq allows students to add events to their calendars, explore campus groups and offices, and even maps each session on Google Maps to help you find your place at Dickinson. 

  • Download the Corq app (in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store). 
  • Log in to the app with your Dickinson username and password (for help, click here). 
  • Open your options and select “Event Pass.” 

From there, you can save it to Google Pay or your Apple Wallet or take a screenshot. The event pass is specific to you and will remain the same throughout your entire Dickinson experience. 

Orientation 2026

Wednesday, August 26th

8-11am                        New Student Move-in, Residence Halls

10am-12pm                 All college information tents, Morgan Field

11am-1:45pm              Welcome Lunch, Dining Hall

11:30am-12:30pm       Posse Family Lunch, Union Station

12-1pm                        Legacy Lunch, Paz Center

12:30-1:30pm              Welcome reception hosted by the Popel Shaw Center for Race &    Ethnicity, Popel Shaw Center

2-3pm                          First Floor Meeting, Residence Halls

2-3pm                          Transfer Student Meeting, HUB Underground

2-3pm                           Commuter Student Meeting, Althouse 106

2-3pm                           Family Welcome to Dickinson, ATS

3-4pm                           Family Farewell, KW Lawn

4:15 – 5pm                   Students Welcome to Dickinson, ATS

5-7pm                           Meet and Eat with New Student Guide, Dining Hall (half the groups)

5-7pm                           Meet and Greet with New Student Guide, various locations (half the groups)

7-9pm                           Welcome Night, KW Lawn

9-11                              Dickinson After Dark

Thursday, August

7:30 – 8:30am              Breakfast with New Student Guide, Dining Hall

8:30 – 9:30am              Welcome/Hype Session, ATS

8:45 – 10am                 Academic Integrity & Library Research for Transfer Students, Library Classroom 2

9:30 – 10am                 First-Year Academic Overview, ATS (with instructors)

10-10:15am                 Instructors/Advisors lead students to FYS classroom

10:15 – 11:30am          First-Year Seminar Classes

10:15-11:30am            Transfer Academic Overview, Biddle 102

11:30-12:30pm            Lunch with Instructors/Advisors, Dining Hall

12:30- 1:50pm             Language Placement Tests, various locations

12:30-1:50pm              Dining Services onboarding, HUB SRs

12:30-1:50pm              International Student Session, Althouse 106

2-2:30pm                     GROUP 1 - Financial Literacy, ATS

2:30-3:15pm                GROUP 1 - Make Dickinson Yours, ATS

3:15-4:15pm                GROUP 1 - Responsibilities of Dickinsonians, ATS

2-4:15pm                     GROUP 2 – Road to Resources Campus Tour

4:30 -5pm                    GROUP 2 - Financial Literacy, ATS

5-5:45pm                     GROUP 2 – Make Dickinson Yours, ATS

5:45 – 6:30pm             GROUP 2 – Responsibilities of Dickinsonians, ATS

4:30 – 6:30pm             GROUP 1 – Road to Resources Campus Tour

6:30 – 8pm                  Dinner, Dining Hall

8-10pm                        Free Time

10pm-12am                 Dickinson After Dark – Target Takeover

Friday, August 28th

7-8:45am                     Breakfast, Dining Hall

7-9am                          Dining Services onboarding, HUB SRs

9:15-10am                   Discovering your strengths, ATS

10:15-11:30am           Why Are You Here? Advising Connect, FYS classrooms

11:45am-12:30pm       Lunch with RA’s, Dining Hall

12:45-1:45pm             Title IX & Sexual Respect, ATS

2-2:45pm                    Spotlight Session 1

3-3:45pm                    Spotlight Session 2

4-4:45pm                    Spotlight Session 3    

4:45 -6:30pm               Dinner, Dining Hall

                                   Shabbat Service and Dinner, Asbell

6:30-9pm                    Free Time

9-11pm                       Dickinson After Dark

 

Saturday, August 29th

7-8:45am                    Breakfast, Dining Hall

7:30-8:30am               Yoga, Kline Patio

7:30-8:30am               Safely running around Carlisle, Kline Atrium

9-10am                       Wellness Session, ATS

10am-12pm                Dickinson <3 Carlisle event, Academic Quad

12-1pm                       Lunch, Dining Hall

1:15-3:30pm               First Year Face-off and awards

 3:30-5:30pm              Free Time  

3:30-5:30pm               Popsicles on the Patio!, Landis House

3:30-5pm                    ROTC Orientation, ROTC Office – 556 W. Louther St.

5:30-7:00pm               Dinner, Dining Hall

7-9pm                         MOB Chill Event, Social Hall  

9-11pm                       Dickinson After Dark

Sunday, August 30th 

8-9am                         Yoga, Kline Patio

10 -11:30am                Nuts and Bolts: The Basics, across campus

11:30am-2pm              Brunch, Dining Hall

11:30-3pm                   Free Time

3-3:45pm                     Letters to Yourself, FYS classrooms

4pm                             Convocation, Academic Quad

5:30-7:30pm               Welcome Back Dinner, Dining Hall

7-8pm                         Catholic Mass, Allison Interfaith Chapel